How to use Google Sites - Tutorial for Beginners

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[@baldbeautiful6950]

Thank you I have a project due and I’ve never heard of Google sites before this gave me a better understanding

[@Simpletivity]

All the best with your project!

[@mohsinfareed1797]

I'm always blown away by the transformations you achieve in your tutorials! It's like watching magic happen.

[@Simpletivity]

That's so kind of you to say! Thanks for sharing and I'm so glad you enjoyed this tutorial.

[@successfuelmedia]

You explain things so very well. Your voice is clear, your words are organised. Thank you for your informative and easy to understand instructions. 👏👏👏❤

[@Simpletivity]

You're very welcome! Thank you very much for watching and sharing your feedback!

[@ONEPalmSprings]

You are really skilled at explaining this. Will share with others in our non-profit org who are looking to make websites.

[@Simpletivity]

I'm so glad to hear that. Thanks for sharing!

[@RoohaniGoyal]

hank you I have a project due and I’ve never heard of Google sites before this gave me a better understanding.You explain things so very well. Your voice is clear, your words are organised. Thank you for your informative and easy to understand instructions.

[@Softskills-hiddenPersonalPower]

A perfect summary and all I needed to break thru my mental block and actually get started on a new website. Thank you so much!

[@Simpletivity]

I'm so glad to hear that. Wishing you all the best with your new site!

[@ሀበሻTube-p4s]

It is truly helpful. We also need more detail tutorials about how to edit our website! Tanks.

[@mark8664]

Thank you for this very clear and concise tutorial of Google Sites.

[@sistersherryd]

Thank you for sharing! Your video gave me confidence to complete my site!

[@odonjav1347]

Wow awesome this helped me alot i am an 3rd grader and our school is doing a project and this helped me alot thanks

[@MohammadaAprilianto]

Thank you so much from Indonesia Scott, i need this to teach the internship in my workplace

[@Simpletivity]

You are so very welcome. All the best with your teaching!

[@shanthirao3774]

One of the best holding your finger and taking you along step by simple point by point details congrats thanks a lot

[@Simpletivity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CedrickOnYT]

@@SimpletivityI need it for mobile or tablet

[@zuleeahtorres2651]

This is so cool. Easy to understand. Thank you for creating this tutorial

[@Simpletivity]

You're very welcome!

[@MissP3224]

So Satisfying to watch this video. It made my day! Thank you!

[@Simpletivity]

You are so welcome!

[@sentient_dinosaurplush]

Your channel logo looks like the button on my dishwasher reminding me to add more dishwasher salt 💀💀 Very helpful video though! It answered all my questions, quick and simple!

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you enjoyed this video and you found it helpful. Now don't forget about that dishwasher warning light!

[@secobaairways4585]

Clear, simple and concise, excellent.

[@Simpletivity]

Thanks so much!

[@nwankwoemmanuel5604]

Google site is the best to create business websites and is the safest of all

[@Simpletivity]

So glad you're finding Google Sites helpful for your needs.

[@tokachan16]

My teacher uses your video to explain 😅 Thank u

[@morazvl]

that was exactly what i was looking for ...

[@aboodessam3524]

Im here cuz i have an IT midterm

[@pjmiller8632]

This was really helpful. Thank you so much! 🎉😊

[@Simpletivity]

You are very welcome, PJ. Glad you found this video helpful!

[@MausamMalik-iw7oh]

Useful video

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you think so!

[@thierrylagrin2859]

Many thanks

[@Simpletivity]

Many you're welcomes!

[@jodismith8580]

I liked the tutorial it is very helpful. How do I upload pdf documents to google sites. I have downloaded some from google sheets but it only allows those with permission to view them and also only allows a fixed number to open the pdf. What do I do?

[@JosephatMeshack-qq7ql]

Good explanation

[@BrunchwithLexii]

Great VIDEO! ❤

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you liked it!!

[@psychological_facts1573]

Great amazing tutorial....I like it....perhaps giving us a knowledge

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you liked it. Thanks!

[@dmira802]

Great video , I'm concerned about google drive space image are large maybe it would take to much of my fre space

[@Simpletivity]

Yes, images can take up a lot of Drive space.

[@philiptownsend4026]

I'm thinking about this too. I am in the process of ripping my DVD and CD collections to my Drive but it is filling up rapidly. Am thinking that a private personal website built with this could be a catalogue/menu to access them to play. Now thinking that if I upload my ripped DVD videos to PRIVATE KZbin videos I can store and view them from there without using my Drive space for those large files. Same with my ripped CDs. But important to keep everything PRIVATE for copyright reasons.

[@susansaeed2019]

Thanks simple and specific. Very useful video

[@jayt4561]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@Simpletivity]

You are so welcome!

[@memberrelationcommitteecac1338]

can you make some pages private, so its only viewable to certain members?

[@蔺美云]

Very good tutorial video.

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you liked it!

[@naomifujishima7443]

Thank you for this very helpful tutorial video. Is it possible to upload files from your own computer? It looks like you can only upload from Google Drive. Thank you for any advice!

[@johnsonfbrian]

Thanks!

[@Simpletivity]

Thank you very much! So appreciated!

[@wengfernandez5374]

thanks for sharing very informative for newbies

[@Simpletivity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dyanzzz]

More tutorials or advance tutorial on google sites plz. Thanks

[@michelcorvington813]

Very nice tutorial Scott, I do have a couple of questions, you did not talk about in your video. 1) If you are half way done, How do you save your project without publishing it? 2) I had a photo retouching portfolio in the classic version of Google sites, with side by side before and after pictures. When you click on the image you want to view, it would zoom in to see more details of the before and after. Is there a similar option on this new version of Google sites?

[@Simpletivity]

1. Saving your project: In the New Google Sites, your work is automatically saved as you make changes. You don't need to perform any specific action to save your progress. You'll see a message at the top saying "All changes saved in Drive" to confirm. This applies even if you're only halfway through building your site. You can safely close the browser tab or window, and your work will be preserved. 2. Image Zooming: Unfortunately, the New Google Sites currently doesn't offer a built-in feature for side-by-side image comparisons or zooming functionality like the classic version.

[@silvianunez5946]

Great and easy info. Thanks

[@ranasheikh1961]

this was a very helpful post ❤

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

[@karenclaro4177]

EASY. THANKS!

[@shewandimashaperera2093]

Great video and very good... thanks you.🤗✨️

[@Simpletivity]

You are most welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@AsharBaig-ky1yj]

❤❤ thank you for this

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You're welcome 😊

[@Digital420]

Very good keep it up Thank

[@Simpletivity]

Thanks for liking

[@nancynow123]

Other than hiding a page from view, is there a way to password protect a page? I am a teacher and have a classroom website and would like to have some teacher resources included that students do not need to view.

[@waseemuds4007]

VERY NICE SIR.........THANX.................

[@sandeshsaranga]

Thanks for this

[@Simpletivity]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

[@ИгорьШвец-п8с]

thank you it is very important and usefull

[@Simpletivity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ReservationsCarriageresorts]

Great tutorial! How do you add a vocal component to the image?

[@Harimayaa]

Excellent explanation Thanks for sharing 👍

[@Simpletivity]

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@JohnHenryArchitect]

Great tutorial. Will google index pages before they get a custom url?

[@Simpletivity]

Yes, Google can index your Google Sites pages even before you set up a custom URL.

[@JohnHenryArchitect]

@@Simpletivity Unfortunately, I cannot see them when I do a search with the exact title of the web

[@ayeshanawaz216]

Really very interesting

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you think so!

[@darius-b]

Hi Scott. Thanks for this. Interesting. I wonder if businesses use it for their actual websites? Or perhaps quick and simple landing pages?

[@hi9branding]

Hi Darius Baria, Google Sites is the best for information website, if you would like to have an e-commerce one you should consider use other platforms

[@FunnyCartoonstory-se3er]

Great video

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@saykogaimer3833]

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[@shahadothossain6811]

Nice work

[@Simpletivity]

Thanks

[@deshan3452]

Nice good message

[@Simpletivity]

Thanks!

[@mjihad1838]

😮😮 this is very help ful video

[@Simpletivity]

I'm so glad that you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!

[@balwalpurkingking]

Good work

[@Simpletivity]

Thank you so much 😀

[@SolomonAmanor-vu7sc]

It’s helpful, thank you soo much. Please, I added a video to my site but it can’t play. Pls what do I do?

[@koreanmixwithsongs1103]

Good video

[@Simpletivity]

Thanks

[@Nkonlinesolutions]

amazing video please explain options under insert

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you enjoyed the video. And thanks for the suggestion for a future video!

[@jkddaddy]

Hi Scott, nice video. Great introduction. Simple, straight forward, well organized and well presented. Do you know if it's possible to allow collaborators access only to sub-pages? or is it only possibly to share at the top site level?

[@myriamdemaine3881]

You need to go under the "Share" button and turn on page-level permissions.

[@shawncostley5538]

Great video! Thanks for the teaching!

[@Simpletivity]

Glad it was helpful!

[@revoja15]

@@Simpletivity What is the link of google sites

[@ashraktahmed-jo1ry]

Amazing

[@Simpletivity]

Thanks for watching!

[@newlightning2306]

How do we access the header code please? I need to add a cookie consent banner for GDPR. Thanks in advance 🙏🏿

[@santhoshmthomas]

Nice video. After publishing a Google Sites website, it need not be hosted separately. Am I correct? You create a GS site first and want to move to WordPress later- is it possible?

[@kenrichcameros1729]

Very good keep it up!

[@RotaryTeamVincent]

Great tutorial, Scott. I am wondering if there is an e-commerce option?

[@Simpletivity]

There isn't an e-commerce option within Google Sites. But I do believe there are extensions and other integrations which you can add.

[@rosariofernandez5094]

Hi 👋 I would like to create a team workspace webpage. I was wondering if this is the best google tool to create a more visual workspace for my team, where we could add links to the shared drive or to other google suite objects. Thank you for your advice 🙏

[@Simpletivity]

Yes, Google Sites can be a great option for this type of space. However, you could also create a more visual Google Doc that can link to the same files/folders and keep everyone within Drive.

[@senurman]

Wow great

[@MdsakibislamMdsakibislam-qi4zc]

Remember to keep coment very nice video it.

[@senapatiarts7408]

Thankyou so muuuch!

[@lutforanam9097]

Sir, make a video on Google Drive for Desktop. I hope it will also be very helpful for others too 😊

[@Simpletivity]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpKUgnimbclmnqs

[@philiptownsend4026]

Thanks for helpful and thought provoking video. I've only just discovered Google Sites and not done anything with it yet. Am thinking of making a PRIVATE (only me to see it) Sites website with it as a catalogue / menu to my ripped DVD and CD collections which presently reside in my Drive. I could publish my collection to youtube as individual PRIVATE videos (ie only me able to see them) and link to them from my PRIVATE Sites website catalogue. That way I have KZbin store and provide the player for my mp3s and mp4s and not fill up my Drive with them... Just my thoughts...

[@Simpletivity]

What an interesting idea. Thanks for sharing!

[@belfourkemi]

so cool

[@Simpletivity]

Glad you think so!

[@mosesmwangi5858]

hi this was interesting

[@Simpletivity]

Thanks for sharing!

[@CRYSTALNEWSREVIEWFILM]

VERY GOOD CHANNEL ! THANK YOU... I ALREADY SUBSCRIBED YOU.

[@jordan5817]

When you publish will this be search able on google?

[@pamtellier1032]

Thank YOU; very clearly spoken. I would like to design different navigation buttons. Is that possible?

[@Simpletivity]

While Google Sites offers some customization options for navigation, the ability to design entirely custom navigation buttons is limited. Here's what you can and cannot do: What you can do: Utilize the built-in navigation bar: Google Sites provides a navigation bar at the top or left side of your website, depending on your preference. You can: Edit the text labels on the navigation buttons to reflect your desired names. Change the color scheme of the navigation bar and buttons to match your website's design. Rearrange the order of the buttons within the navigation bar. What you cannot do: Change the button design: You cannot modify the button shapes, sizes, or add unique icons or images to them. Google Sites offers a limited set of preset button styles. Create custom drop-down menus: While Google Sites allows subpages, you cannot create intricate drop-down menus with custom button designs.

[@pamaytel]

I created a button as per your tutorial but I am frustrated with placement. I want it onto of an image. Do you have more tutorials? Is there a book? Thank you again.

[@Simpletivity]

For this particular issue, you may not be able to do what you want within Google Sites. But if you would like more direct help from me on various Google apps and tools, you may be interested in Streamline Academy: www.simpletivity.com/streamline

[@KP-ei9yp]

once you publish, can you then change to a custom domain after publication?

[@Simpletivity]

Absolutely! You can switch your Google Site to a custom domain even after you've already published it.

[@carlosmattey3135]

What program did you use to record this video?

[@Simpletivity]

I use Camtasia to record and edit my videos.

[@carlosmattey3135]

@@Simpletivity the video was amazing. Thanks for your reply

[@Simpletivity]

You are most welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@DaleHoskin-ub2qd]

How do we add free quote button or content us bottom and is it free to publish?

[@KJ-zr2ko]

❤thank you. Hope do you get a domain name using google sites and will it cost money and ifso how much money? Can I put buttons in the middle of my page?

[@karachikings2161]

Beautiful and amazing well done

[@chrisg5932]

Ty😊

[@tinalarkin2147]

First, thank you so much for your video. My problem. I created my first webpage with google sites and when published, it does not show or mimic the draft version. Any suggestions? Something I missed? Completely frustrated. Thank you in advance.

[@Simpletivity]

There could be a couple of reasons why your published Google Sites page isn't reflecting your draft version. Here's what you can try: 1. Check for Unpublished Changes: Open your Google Site in edit mode. Click the Publish button at the top. Google Sites might show you a side-by-side comparison of your draft (with unpublished changes) and the currently published version. Look for annotations highlighting any unpublished edits. If you see these annotations, simply click the Publish button again to confirm the changes and make your draft version live. 2. Clear Cache and Refresh: Sometimes your browser might be showing a cached version of your published page. Try these steps: Hard Refresh: Hold down the Ctrl key (or ⌘ on Mac) and press F5 to reload the page, forcing it to fetch the latest version from Google's servers. Clear Cache: Clear your browser's cache. The specific steps might differ slightly depending on your browser, but you can usually find this option in your browser settings under "Privacy" or "History."

[@tinalarkin2147]

@@Simpletivity Thank you kindly

[@suzannenowinski632]

Thank you for making this all so simple. Is it possible to have a page on my website that is password protected?

[@Simpletivity]

Yes, absolutely.

[@soumya8306]

Hey Scott! Aren't they shutting this down on Jan 1, 2022? Is it worth learning & shifting to, for like less than 4 months??

[@Oliver-gf8jx]

Where did you get that info?

[@soumya8306]

@@Oliver-gf8jx I researched a little more on this... And I found that "classic" sites is going away, but "new" sites will stay with us

[@Simpletivity]

@@soumya8306 That's right. This version will be sticking around.

[@lawaynethomas8305]

Very Helpful

[@EstellaWilder-ox5xu]

How do I add a document or documents to the webpage

[@Simpletivity]

There are two main ways to add documents to your Google Sites webpage: 1. Embed a Google Doc: This option allows viewers to see a preview of the document directly on your webpage. They can also click to open the full document in Google Docs. Here's how to do it: Open your site in the new Google Sites interface. Click on the "Insert" button on the right side of the page. Choose the type of Google Doc you want to embed (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.). Select the specific document you want to add from your Google Drive. Click "Insert." 2. Link to a document: This option provides a link to the document on your webpage. Clicking the link will take viewers to the separate document in Google Drive (or wherever it's stored). Here's how to do it: Create a text box on your webpage where you want the link to appear. Type the text you want viewers to click on (e.g., "Company Policy Document"). Highlight the text. Click the "Link" icon in the editing toolbar. Paste the URL of the document you want to link to.

[@canicebuchi1765]

Nice

[@Simpletivity]

Thanks

[@DavidHurlburt-o3o]

When I go to publish, the dialog box that you have in this video that has the part "Custom domain" and the "manage" portion - none of that is there for me. How do I get to that? I own a verified domain.

[@jpopjr4066]

Maybe someone can help! On the right side of google sites are tabs: Insert Pages Themes. Clicking on the pages shows all the pages and subpages I have created. The problem is that the Home page is the only active page. All other pages are grayed out. Clicking on any page will not work. How do I get them to work, please?

[@VictorAkinde-ci5wn]

Let me help you

[@NikhilPrajapat-h2b]

How did you add a click animation ?? it seems like you just press on paper sheet

[@shumlanguage]

Thanks for this helpful video. Q: Can i shrink the banner size?

[@gtwocgsf]

Thanks for the video. When I uploaded my logo, it's shows a small log. How do I resize it or expand it? When I click "edit logo", it just ask to upload an image. No resizing. I hope you can help

[@markzupo]

HI, I started a site that is plain but I want to convert it to a template. Can I do that and how?

[@mshamirtaloo]

Thanks for the overview. How can we add title and description of the landing page with respect to SEO

[@MichelleCubas]

I simply want to copy my existing site as a backup.

[@Simpletivity]

Here are the steps to create a copy of your site: support.google.com/sites/answer/98081?hl=en