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DIY Website Resources

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This list is going to help you DIY your website. As a website designer, I'll show you exactly how to design and build specific elements of your website. Although focused on Squarespace, these lessons and principles can be applied to other platforms l...
 
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A beginner-friendly way to create a cohesive, professional brand without hiring a designer. Perfect starting point before layering in website strategy and SEO.
DIY Branding Course - DIY Website Resource
 
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This focuses on the structure behind high-converting websites, not just the words themselves. It helps you think through page flow, user experience, and how your messaging works together across your entire site so everything feels clear, intentional,...
Write Your Website Copy in a Weekend — Brand, Website and Funnel Build Services
 
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Your logo isn’t your brand. It’s not going to make or break your business. And spending 6 hours tweaking a swirly font isn’t going to get you more clients. If you're in the early stages of business, we'll walk you through how to design a clean simple...
How to Make a Simple Logo for Your Website (and Why You’re Probably Overthinking It)
 
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Squarespace? Showit? Wordpress? As a website designer, I've designed and launched hundreds on these platforms. I'm going to walk you through a simple decision framework to help you choose what's best for YOUR business.
Website Platform Comparison: What Platform Should You Choose for Your Website?
 
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This teeny icon makes a big impact for your business. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through exactly how to create and upload a favicon to your Squarespace website so that your website visitors recognize your brand immediately.
How to Make and Upload a Favicon to Your Squarespace Website
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Squarespace gives you a lot of good font and typography options, which is great… but it can also make it hard to tell which fonts actually work well together. We created 25 font pairings already done for you. Just look, decide, and use for your own w...
25 Best Font Pairings for Squarespace Websites (Designer Picks)
 
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A website footer is the bottom section of a webpage, typically repeated across all pages of a site. It's a valuable space for providing important information and links that visitors might need. Think of it as a quick-reference guide for your site. We...
Here's Exactly What To Include In A Website Footer
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A well-designed contact page can enhance user experience and increase the likelihood of converting visitors into potential leads or customers. Always ensure that your contact page includes essential information like a contact form, your email address...
Here’s Exactly What To Include On Your Contact Page
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Planning your website structure through mapping is crucial for organizing your content effectively. To understand site structure, think of it as the blueprint of your website. It's how all your pages are connected and organized, making it easy for vi...
How to Map Out Your Website
 
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The hero section of your website is the very first section that is sometimes referred to as "above the fold". (An old newspaper printing term for what showed on the front page of the paper before the crease.) Think of your hero section as the first s...
How To Design The Hero Section For Your Website
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If you’ve ever wished your Squarespace website could make sales while you sleep, here’s the secret: you absolutely can, and you can do it with a tripwire page. A tripwire page is one of the easiest ways to turn website visitors into paying customers,...
Can You Create a Tripwire on Squarespace? Here’s How (and Why You Should)
 
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Picking fonts is a huge part of the design process of your website – they help create brand consistency. If you didn't select your website fonts yet, let's walk through font guidelines first and then set you up to choose the best fonts to represent y...
How To Pick Website Fonts Like A Web Designer
 
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Say it with me: “No More Linktree!” Use your website to it's fullest capabilities to get the most ROI. Build your link in bio website page today with this super easy tutorial and keep your website traffic on your own domain.
How to Create a Link in Bio Page With a Squarespace Website
 
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Video is one of the ways you can make your Squarespace more dynamic and interactive for your users. Let me, a web designer of 12 years, walk you through the different ways you can add video to your Squarespace website and the benefits of doing so. Ze...
How To Add Video To Your Squarespace Website
 
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Brand adjectives are descriptive words that define a brand’s personality and identity. Most brands choose three core adjectives by identifying how they want people to feel when interacting with the brand, how the business naturally shows up, and how ...

You'll find an organized list of brand adjectives, examples of how they work together in real brands, and a simple framework for choosing the right ones for your business.
Brand Adjectives: How to Choose the Right Words for Your Brand
 
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Yes, we're going to teach you how to use Squarespace animations. No, you don't need to know how to do coding. We'll go over parallax, image animations, and image slideshows and you'll have an incredible dynamic moving website by the end of the day.
3 Easy Ways to Add Animation to Your Squarespace Website (No Code!)