FOLLW THE INSTRUCTION AND DESIGN
YOUR WEBSITE
How to Build a Website With Google Sites
Sites is a Google service, so you need to create a Google account before you can use it to build your website. If you have a Google account, then creating a website with Google Sites is very easy:
Open your browser and type www.sites.google.com to the Google sites webpage, and click the + button in the bottom right corner.
- FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW AND BUILD A WEBSITE...1. Navigate to the Google sites webpage, and click the + button in the bottom right corner.
- 2. Click SKIP THIS TOUR to start making your site, or click NEXT each time it appears to read about each Google Sites feature.
3 Click Untitled site in the upper left corner, type the name of your new website, and press Enter or Return.
4 Click Your page title, type a title for your page, and press Enter or Return.
5 Move your mouse over the header image, then click Change image > Upload, then select an image from your computer to use on your new website.
How to Add Content to Your Google Sites Website
The content you add into your website depends on the type of website that you're creating. Is it an image gallery to showcase your photography? Is it a blog to keep track of your thoughts? Are you making a website to promote a business.
Once you've figured out the type of content that you want to add, it's time to get started:
- 1. In the Layouts section on the right hand side of the Google Sites interface, select a layout that looks the most like the website you have in your imagination. You can add additional elements later, but you need to start with a basic layout.
- 2. Click each + button to insert an image from your computer into the corresponding slot.
3. Click each text field where it says Click to edit text, and add some text. Some of these sections are for titles, and others will accept as much text as you want to type.
How to Create Additional Pages in Google Sites
Your first Google Sites page functions as your home page. However, you are free to make additional pages that all interlink if you like. Some very basic sites function very well with just a single home page, but most will need additional pages to provide more information.
Here's how to create additional pages in Google Sites:
- 1. With your home page open, click Pages in the upper right corner.
2. Click the + button to create a new page or link.
3. Enter a name for your new page, and click Done.
4. Click Insert in the upper right corner to add some content.
5 ,.Click a layout like you did for your home page, or continue scrolling to add a specific element like a table of contents, image carousel, map, slideshow, or any of the other listed options.
6. Follow any on-screen prompts to finish adding your element. For example, you need to upload several images and then click Insert when inserting an image carousel.
- 7. Add additional elements, or repeat these steps to create additional pages with other types of content.
How to Connect Your Google Sites Pages
Once you've made at least one page in addition to your home page, you'll have to start adding navigational links. These links are how your viewers will get from one page to the next, so they're pretty important.
- 1. From your home page, click an image to reveal the submenu then click the link icon.
2. Enter a URL for an external page, or click one of the pages in the This Site drop down menu. For example, we will link to the photography page. Then click Apply.
3. Alternately, or in addition to that, you can also add text links. To accomplish that, highlight some text to reveal the submenu and then click the link icon.
- 4. Enter a URL, or select one of your pages and click Apply.
- 5. Repeat these steps to add links to any other pages you have created. You can also link from other pages back to your home page, and from pages to other pages. Make sure that each link makes sense so that your viewers will have an easy time navigating your site.
How to Change Your Theme in Google Sites
Your website is pretty much ready to publish at this point, although you can continue to add as much content as you like using all of the available options. You also have the option to set a theme, which changes the default colors, fonts, and other aspects of your site.
Here's how to change your theme:
- 1. Click Themes in the upper right corner.
- 2. The Simple theme is selected by default. Scroll though the themes, and click each one to see if you like it.
- Changing the theme will apply to every one of your pages. If you have set custom header images, they will be overwritten with color blocks. If you still want the custom headers, you can manually set them later the same way you learned to do earlier in this document.
- 3. Once you find a theme that you like, you can click the color swatches to change up the colors a little.
- 4. If you want your image headers back, move your mouse over the header, click change image, and select your custom header image.
How to Publish Your Google Sites Website
Once you're satisfied with your new website, publishing it is extremely simple. You have the option to publish it to a Google Sites URL that uses the format of sites.google.com/view/your_site, or use a custom URL using any domain that you own.- 1. Click Publish in the upper right corner.
- 2. Type a name for your site into the web address field, and click Publish.
- 3. Alternately, click MANAGE in the Custom URL section if you want to use your own domain.
- 4. Enter a domain name into the custom URL field, and click verify your ownership.
- 5. Select your domain registrar from the drop down box, click VERIFY, then follow the instructions. You will have to make changes to your DNS records through your domain registrar or web host. If you have trouble figuring out how, contact your web host or domain registrar for assistance.
- It can take a while for the verification process to complete.
- 6. Publish to make your site go live.
CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BUILT A WEBSITE.
ASSIGNMENT
Carefully go over the notes and follow every steps given and build your website. Post the URL of your website on the WhatsApp Group on Wednesday.