Signing up for a free GeoCities home page.

1. Choose the Neighborhood that you want to move into.
Before you sign up for your Free Home Page, you first must find the neighborhood that suits your particular tastes and interests. In GeoCities, you will find a directory of all of our neighborhoods in the Homestead Directory. From there, choose the neighborhood which best matches the theme of the Home Page you want to create.

2. Enter a neighborhood and look around for a vacancy.
Once you have clicked on your chosen neighborhood, you will be brought to the main page of that neighborhood. Here you will see links to Featured Homesteader Pages, Chat, Birthdays, Forums, and more. Don't worry about these links for now.

At the upper middle of the page you will see three links labeled "Browse Great Pages Here," "Join This Neighborhood," and "Visit Our Commercial Sponsors."

• Use the "Browse Great Pages Here" link to explore the neighborhood.
  
• Use the "Join This Neighborhood" link if you decide to call this neighborhood home.

3. Choose a Neighborhood Block
On the next page, you will see a list of all of the "blocks" in your chosenneighborhood. Each one of the block numbers represents "100" seperate GeoCities Home Pages. You can click on any of the numbers to enter that block and explore. To find a vacant address in one of the blocks though, it is a good idea to click on one of the higher numbered blocks. These usually have more vacancies since they were added more recently.

Note: If you have trouble finding a vacant address, return to the main neighborhood page and click the "Join This Neighborhood" button. This takes you to the "GeoCities Vacancy Locator."

4. Choose an Address
Next you will come to a page that lists 50 Homesteads in a vertical fashion. From this you can see the status of the Homestead, the Member Name of the owner, the Address, and maybe a description. A vacant Homestead is indicated by a "vacant" sign. If you don't see any vacancies, jump to another 50 members' Homesteads in that neighborhood. Or even you jump to another neighborhood, if you prefer.

When you find a vacant address that you would like to move into, click the address number under the "vacant" sign. This takes you to the Application Form. Your Homestead address will already be filled out. Be particularly careful when typing in your E-mail address! This is where GeoCities will send you your Welcome Letter and Password.

Note:If you have trouble finding a vacant address, go back to the main neighborhood page and click "Join This Neighborhood." This takes you to the "Vacancy Locator."

5. The Next Step
After you have received your Password, you are then able to use the File Manager to create your Personal Home Page. Geocities provides a simple step-by-step guide to teach you how to start your Home Page.

If you already have files to upload, you can submit your custom Home Page and GIFs/JPGs using the EZ File Uploader in the File Manager, or by FTP.

6. More Help
If you have questions about getting started in Geocities, please visit the Getting Started Help forum.