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Jan 28, 2015
SQUARESPACEREVIEW
BYCMS CRITIC
http://www.cmscritic.com/squarespace-review-the-long-awaited-commerce-solution/
RELEASED LAST JULY 17, 2012
winner of our 2012 Critics Choice Awards for Best Website Builder.
On Valentine’s day 2013 they released Squarespace Commerce.
"The ability to sell goods from Squarespace has been the most consistently requested feature throughout our history. We’re thrilled to be able to release a commerce offering we’re proud of.” - Anthony Casalena, CEO and Founder of Squarespace.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
No need to download any applications to install on your servers. You do everything via your browser.
No need for maintenance and updates. You just need to make sure your browser is compatible with Squarespace.
You can use Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer or Firefox to work with Squarespace 6.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR EDITING
Cookies must be enabled for login purposes. JavaScript must be enabled for the site
manager. Avoid running JavaScript blocking programs,
such as anti-virus software.
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There are 20 new templates you can use for your blog.
You can change the way your blog is set-up via the 'Blog Settings' button, such as changing the name of the blog.
The + symbol lets you add “Blocks” from images to
quotes, to video and code.
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The new Layout Engine lets you drop images onto your image blocks and once they are embedded you can drag them around to rearrange
them in your post.
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There is a wide variety of social media you can tap into. While you build your website you are offered many ways to integrate your site into the social networks you connect to
your Squarespace account.
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Commerce Section
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4 step 'Getting Started'
process to get your store up and running
quickly
CREATING PRODUCTS
Click content manager
Click “Add Page”
Click “Products”
You will be asked to enter a name for the page, which will
correspond to the search friendly URL it will create for the page, although if you wish you can
alter this to be different than the page's title if you want. It also gives you the option to set this page as the homepage of your
website.
ADDING PRODUCTS
When the products page is created it creates a new option
under the Top Navigation in the Content Manager called 'Products', which has similar
options to the Inventory page in the Commerce section.
Click “Add Product”
Lets you describe your product, add images, add
categories for your product, and an option to make the product visible
or not in your store.
EDITING PRODUCTS
EDITING A PRODUCT VARIANT
Click to set price and stock details for each variant
Click to add options to your
items
ADDING A URL AND IMAGE TO YOUR PRODUCTS
it is set to 'new-product' by default and you can’t edit this, regardless of
what you set your product page URL to be. You will
be able to type something after “new-products”.
Click “Save & Publish” once done
You can view the product you have
added here.
IF YOU MADE IT AVAILABLE SO PEOPLE CAN FIND IT ON YOUR STORE THEN IT WILL ALSO SHOW ON YOUR PRODUCTS PAGE. IF YOU CLICK ON THE PRODUCT IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
THE SHIPPING PORTION OF THE COMMERCE ENGINE:
Click to add shipping method
ADDING SHIPPING OPTIONS
Lets you set a single price for shipping costs.
Cost will be based on how
heavy a product is.
EDITING THE WEIGHT RANGE RATES FOR SHIPPING
You get the option to set
weight ranges and the rate each one will
cost.
Click to add more options
SETTING COUNTRY RESTRICTIONS
lets you say which countries you will deliver
to.
CREATING COUPONS
You have the option to make your own
coupons for special promotio
ns and sales etc.
TAX RULE EDITING
You can set how much tax will be charged for your products on a state-by-state basis (and is therefore limited to the USA only). They also give you the option to charge sales tax on
the shipping costs.
EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS
you can customise the text that will be sent out to customers, including
header and footer options. There are two
message templates you can tweak for emails that are sent to the customer regarding
order confirmation and shipping.
If you cancel without doing anything, a
message will pop up asking to save or
discard changes even when none had been
made. Just click discard to move on.
SETTINGS
• Set up your Stripe payment account•Support email address•Express checkout option•Set shopping cart to dark or light•Integrate your MailChip newsletter account•Get stock level alerts•Write your own terms of service, privacy, and return policies
THUMBS UP
Create any kind of website regardless of technical ability Caters to developers
You can build your site for free until you go live
Same monthly cost as a low bandwidth Virtual
Private Server
THUMBS DOWN
Payment option is restricted to USA
only
LastPass does not work with the login
form while using Chrome
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