It's finally time to apply the paint and furnishings to our building; this chapter will teach you how to use the Squarespace Style Editor to adjust the appearance of your website. You will probably find that this chapter is either your favorite part of the project or the bane of your life, depending on how you feel about working with visual design.

By this point, your website should be filled with content and have all the key functions set up. In theory, you can go live right now, and you'll have a fully operational website. Saving visual design choices until now was a deliberate decision, because you will quickly discover that there are infinite ways to customize your site's look and feel, even if you are using one of the more restrictive Squarespace templates. A lot of choice can be overwhelming, and confusion or frustration about not being able to get the visual design right is the number one reason why people...