Finding your way around Squarespace

In order to familiarize yourself with the Squarespace tools, let's take a quick tour of the main Squarespace editing areas, starting with the Squarespace Site Manager. The Site Manager is where you perform all tasks to set up and manage your website, and the Site Manager home screen is where you will land whenever you log in to your site.

The Site Manager home screen is shown here and is split into two parts:

• Side panel: This is present on the left-hand side of the screen. This is where the different control menus appear. The side panel in this screenshot shows you the Home menu, which allows you to navigate to the main areas of Squarespace. Each area gives you access to different sets of tools. The contents of the side panel will change depending on which area you are in.
• Preview screen: This is present on the right-hand side of the screen. This large space is where you preview your website, edit content, make adjustments, and view the results. The Preview screen in this screenshot shows you a preview of the website homepage. The Preview screen always shows you a preview of the part of the site that you are working on.

You will notice that the Preview screen on your computer shows something very similar to the homepage that you saw when you selected which template to use. That's because Squarespace preloads your template with demo content to make it easier for you to see and understand how different elements work with your template.