Signing up for a Squarespace account

All you need in order to sign up for Squarespace is a valid email address. Squarespace includes a free trial period, so you don't even need a credit card to get started—you can set up payment with your credit card later at the end of your trial period.

To sign up for your Squarespace account, perform the following steps:

1. Go to www.squarespace.com.
2. Click on the Get Started button.

   You will then be presented with a selection of templates to choose from. Don't worry too much about choosing the right template at this point, because we'll cover templates in the next chapter. Choose any template for now.

3. Click on the thumbnail image for your chosen template.
4. On the resulting screen, click on Start With This Design.
5. Enter the information in the First Name and Last Name fields.

   Note

   Whatever you enter here will be your Squarespace Site Name, which is also used to create your site's unique Squarespace.com address. For example, if you enter...