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(I’m 7 traditionally published books in and I’ve learnt some stuff 😉)

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Charlotte Duckworth 11/11/24 Charlotte Duckworth 11/11/24

How to resize book covers for your author website

This is something I get asked for advice on A LOT, so I thought I’d do a quick video to show you how to resize the covers for your books, so that they’re not too big before you upload them to your author website.

Charlotte Duckworth 4/22/24 Charlotte Duckworth 4/22/24

How to add a browser icon to your author website

Here’s a neat little tip that will make your author website look truly pro. I quite often see author websites with missing browser icons, and it immediately marks them out as ‘home made’. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing - in fact, I’m all for authors building their own sites as it can actually be quite a fun creative project (yes really) and it’s very empowering!

Charlotte Duckworth 2/12/24 Charlotte Duckworth 2/12/24

What's the best Squarespace template for authors?

As you’ve might have seen on the Squarespace website, they offer lots of different pre-built templates, all with their own specific look and feel. There are so many that sometimes it can get a bit overwhelming – when I ask my web design clients to take a look through the templates and let me know which they like best, a lot of the time they say they feel bamboozled and come back to me with the same question: ‘but which Squarespace template is best for authors?’

Charlotte Duckworth 10/27/21 Charlotte Duckworth 10/27/21

Squarespace: how to use the accordion block on your author website

Hello! I was SO excited about this new feature that I just had to write a blog post on it - Squarespace has FINALLY introduced an accordion block, which will make having drop-down / Q&A sections on your website super slick and lovely and easy (previously this could only be done with code).

Charlotte Duckworth 3/28/21 Charlotte Duckworth 3/28/21

3 brilliant Squarespace features you may not know about

Squarespace, let me count the ways I love thee! There are many. I’ve become a proper Squarespace nerd ever since I trained as a Squarespace designer, and what I love the most is that Squarespace are constantly evolving the platform and adding new and exciting functionality.

Charlotte Duckworth 8/2/20 Charlotte Duckworth 8/2/20

My favourite Squarespace blocks. No 3: the summary block

Last but not least in my top 3 most useful Squarespace blocks for author websites! And this week I’m going to be talking about the Summary block. This is a REALLY useful block to make the most of if you have a Blog or Events section on your author website.

Charlotte Duckworth 7/26/20 Charlotte Duckworth 7/26/20

My favourite Squarespace blocks. No 2: the quote block

Next up in my mini series all about my favourite Squarespace blocks I’m going to be talking about the quote block. It’s a little-known block that’s actually ideal for author websites – it’s almost as though Squarespace designed it just for us!

Charlotte Duckworth 7/19/20 Charlotte Duckworth 7/19/20

My favourite Squarespace blocks. No 1: the spacer

I thought it was time for some short but sweet technical posts, so over the coming weeks I’m going to highlighting some of my favourite Squarespace blocks. Starting this week with the spacer block.