Google Sites Part 2

In this post, we are going to dive into part two of our Google Sites series. We are going to discuss some ways that you can customize your Google Site.

Adding a Logo

while in editing mode, simply head on up to the top left-hand side of the navigation bar at the top of your site and you will see a dialogue box that pops up that says Add logo. Clicking on it will bring up a box that asks you to either upload an image or select an image.

Customizing Accent Color

After you add your logo to your site, you will notice that you have some color options that you can now choose from.

Changing Header Image

To set a custom header image, hover over your banner and you will see a dialogue box with the following options: Change image, reset, and header type. Click on Change image. You then have the option to either upload an image or select an image.

Navigation

To change the navigation mode, hover over the navigation bar at the top of your site. You will see a settings wheel appear on the far left. Clicking on that settings wheel will allow you to choose between top navigation and side navigation.

Drop Down Navigation

To create drop-down navigation, head on over to the Pages section. You will see a list of all of your Pages. Drag a page onto another page and you will see a blue box appear around the page you are dragging onto. Drop your page and you will now see a down arrow next to the top page and the page that you dropped under that page. You will now see a down arrow next to the page title on your site as well.

Hiding Pages

To first hide a page from navigation, click on the Pages section on the right-hand side, hover over the page you want to hide and you will see the vertical ellipsis, click on that and choose “hide from navigation”.

Adding Alt Text

To add alt text to an image, first click on an image that you have uploaded to your site. After clicking on that image, you will see the vertical ellipsis appear in the image options section. From there, you can choose add alt text. Adding alt text allows screen readers to access the image for people who might have trouble seeing the content on your site.

Google Sites: The Basics: Part 1

In this post, we will be talking about Google Sites. This will be a multi-part series. In today’s post, part 1 of the series, we went over the basics of Google Sites. We will cover how to create a site, the controls on the site, and adding content to your site.

How to Create a Site

To create a new site, all you have to do is head on over to drive and click the “NEW” button in the top left-hand corner. You will see options like a folder, file upload, folder upload, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and more. Click more. From there, you will get a new drop-down menu. In there you will see Sites. Click on sites.

The Controls on the Site


Adding Content to Your Site

You will find the sections of where you can add content to your site on the right-hand side. The three sections are labels insert, pages, and themes. In the insert section, here is where you can find all the types of things you can add to your site like a text box, images, embed code, and items from your Drive.

Inserting a Text Box

Clicking on text box will add a text box to your site. After adding it, you can customize the size of the text box, change the text format so it is either a title, heading, subheading, normal text, or small text. You can also adjust the alignment of your text and, depending on the format you chose, you can bold or italicize your text. You will also find our chain link again where you can highlight text and add a hyperlink.

Inserting Images

Here you can either upload an image from your computer or select an image either from a URL, your album, your Google Drive or do a google image search.

Embed Code

This is where you can embed HTML code for widgets and online players. For example, on the podcast website, I use the embed code for the Anchor podcast episode player to post the episode on the site so somebody could just click and play the episode right from the site.

From Drive

Here, you will be able to add items from your drive to your site.

Adding Pages to Site


Themes