The Novelist | Support Content

Thanks for purchasing The Novelist template. Your writing deserves an online presence deserves an upgrade.

This page contains some tips and links I think you’ll find useful.

Demo Site.

If you ever want to reference the original demo version as you work, you can click here.

Things you should know before you start.

  • Capsule is built on Squarespace 7.1 Fluid Engine. This will be relevant if you’re researching support content on YouTube.

  • Capsule includes custom CSS. This means:

    • I used code to override some of the default style settings.

    • You will need a Business plan to launch your site.

Squarespace terms to make your life easier.

Pages

are made up of

Sections

which are made up of

Blocks

If you’re brand new to Squarespace.

I recommend starting with this section of their Help Center.

Paige Brunton is also a fantastic Squarespace resource over on YouTube. This walkthrough is especially great if you’re a super beginner.

And BigCatCreative is great for more advanced tutorials.

The first things I would do.

  1. Duplicate the Template - Book Page for as many books as you have, and build those first. Don’t forget to change the URL slugs for each page.

  2. Doing this first means will enable you to link book covers to their respective book pages as you build Home and Books.

Here are some links I find most relevant to the The Novelist template specifically.

Newsletter.

The demo version of The Novelist links to the generic Flodesk page; you’ll obviously want to link this to your own newsletter sign up form (Substack, Flodesk, MailerLite, Constant Contact, etc).

If you want to embed the form onto the Newsletter page instead, you can.

Here’s how to use a code block to install a newsletter signup. She uses Flodesk, but the process is similar across email marketing platforms.

If You Need Help.

If you’re feeling stuck, I offer one-on-one email support on the The Novelist template (within reason, don’t be crazy) within 30 days of purchase. Just email me at lauren.ledonne@icloud.com along with your order number.

For questions after 30 days, please contact Squarespace’s excellent support team. From their Help Center, select Contact Us in the top navigation.

🐦‍⬛ If you want to email me a link to your live version of The Novelist, I’d love to see it: lauren.ledonne@icloud.com