082: How to Open A Free Trial on Squarespace - the Exact Steps Demo
It’s important that you get a feel of the website building platform before you go ahead and hire a designer or start building your website yourself. So how do you do that? Start with a 14 day free trial. You won’t need a credit card. Just an email address.
So here’s how to get started with a new a trial account.
Watch the video or read the article below it.
1| Click on my 14 Day Free Trial Link
Now, if you like my free videos and the help I am providing, you can use my affiliate link to start your account. I will get a little something only if you choose to purchase a plan but it will cost you nothing. So consider starting a trial site from here:
14 Day Free Trial for US residents:
https://www.sophiaojha.com/squarespace-us
14 Day Free Trial of International Residents (Non-US):
https://www.sophiaojha.com/squarespace-world
Alright, now you will land on the Squarespace website. Click on “Get Started”.
2 | Now you go to Templates.
You can either click on one of the categories on the left as your starting point. Or preview the templates here.
Now as of July 2020, what you see here are all Squarespace 7.1 templates. There really is no difference between these templates in terms of what they can technically do. So if you start with any of the templates here and want to create the exact about page layout that is on a particular template, you can do it on any other other 7.1 template. They are all different starting points and you can create what you want with ease. Think of templates as your easy starting points not set-in-stone endpoints.
Just a note, if you know and heard about Squarespace 7.0, the predecessor of 7.1, you can find all those templates down at the bottom of the templates page. Look for the link saying “Looking for earlier versions? Click here” or something along those lines.
Now, when I build new websites I still build them on 7.0 and so do many of my colleagues only because we have found a certain list of things that are better done in 7.0 than in 7.1. But if you are a DIY’er and want to put up a website fast, don’t worry about 7.0. You can choose a 7.1 template. If you plan to hire a designer, know that they may still want to build your site on 7.0 and that’s because they can do a lot more design wise without having to resort to coding.
Alright, so now you pick your 7.1 template or your 7.0 (earlier version) template.
And then follow the directions.
Al’right so that’s it. That’s how you open up your brand new website account on Squarespace. Go ahead and start building your first page on your Squarespace site. And again if you like the free content I am putting out here, consider opening a trial account through my affiliate links (see above). And I thank you a ton for doing so.
Bye for now and see you in the next video!
Al’right, so what’s the next step?
1 | Sign up for my workshop Squarespace Fundamentals
In this 90 minute workshop, I show you how to navigate your new Squarespace website. You will learn how to create a new page, add text and photos and understand how to use the different content blocks. This is a training of the 7.1 version of Squarespace.
See all details of the workshop here.
Get Started on Your Dream!
Start your Squarespace website and let me know how it is coming along. Drop me a line in the comments and share with me what your business is and what you want to create.
Peace,
Sophia
