Google Sites - Basics - Delete Images or Attachments - Recover SpaceThese instructions tell you how to delete any images, files or attachments you upload to your site, releasing the space they use. At the moment Google Sites does not provide ...
Posted 15 Jan 2012 15:44 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Facebook Like Button Gadget
Lots of people like to use Facebook so I created a gadget to add a Facebook Like button to your Google Site. These instructions tell you how to add the ...
Posted 6 Dec 2011 05:15 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Add a Google +1 Button
Google Sites now provides the Google +1 button so you can embed it in your site sidebar and in your pages' content area.Instructions
Add +1 Button to Sidebar
Sign ...
Posted 16 Oct 2011 15:36 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Page-Level Permissions
Google Sites now offers Page-Level Permissions, which means you can
invite users to your Google Site and give them different permissions for
different parts and pages on the site ...
Posted 16 Oct 2011 16:03 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Embed Google Docs VideoGoogle Sites now provides Google Docs Video embedding. This means you can now make use of some advantages over YouTube video embedding: add videos stored in Google Docs that do ...
Posted 16 Oct 2011 16:01 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Mobile View (not editing)
Google Sites now provides a Mobile View (not editing) for smart-phones, mobile phones and other mobiles devices like iPhone and Android-based devices. The updates include: the horizontal navigation ...
Posted 16 Oct 2011 15:56 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Customise System Footer Links
Google Sites now provides the ability to hide the Sign In, Recent Changes and Print Page links from your System Footer. These instructions tell you how to use the new ...
Posted 16 Oct 2011 16:07 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Twitter Tweet Button Gadget
Twitter have released a new Tweet button, so I created a gadget to add
them to your Google Site. These instructions tell you how to add the Steegle.com Twitter ...
Posted 16 Oct 2011 13:42 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Twitter Follow Button GadgetTwitter have released a new Follow button, so I created a gadget to add them to your Google Site. These instructions tell you how to add the Google Sites Twitter ...
Posted 16 Oct 2011 15:44 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Get Found in Google Search - Google Webmaster ToolsYou can now get your Google Site found in Google Search within 2 weeks if you register your naked domain and the www subdomain in Google Webmaster Tools. Many thanks ...
Posted 3 Jan 2012 03:20 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Picasa Web Album Slideshow - No FlashYou can add a Picasa Web Album Sideshow that loops, does not link to the album and auto-plays using the gadget explained in these instructions. I made the gadget ...
Posted 25 Sep 2011 06:22 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Site Sharing and Visibility OptionsGoogle Sites has a new Sharing interface and sharing options: you can now make your site publicly accessible but not indexed by search engines. You can still invite people who ...
Posted 17 Dec 2011 00:57 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Horizontal Navigation with drop-down MenusGoogle Sites now offers two methods of navigation for your site, in the sidebar and now in the header, horizontally, with mouse-over drop-down menus.
Instructions - Horizontal NavigationYou ...
Posted 28 Oct 2010 16:28 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - PayPal Simple Storefront GadgetPayPal and Google have released a gadget to add PayPal Buy Now Buttons and Shopping Carts to your Google Site, as part of the Get British Business Online (GBBO) campaign ...
Posted 12 Jan 2012 05:36 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Basics - GBBO WebinarThe video below is a recording of the webinar I did for the Get British Business Online (GBBO) campaign. In the video I demonstrate how to perform some of the ...
Posted 10 Nov 2010 16:07 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - E-mail Subscription - FeedBurnerYou can get e-mail subscriptions to your public Announcement Pages by
using FeedBurner. This
requires you to register with FeedBurner,
register your RSS feed with FeedBurner
and add their ...
Posted 19 Aug 2010 18:47 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Sort Attachments & Files with a List PageThe File Cabinet page and Attachment section in Google Sites does not offer any way to sort the list of files. These instructions tell you how to use a List ...
Posted 19 Oct 2010 17:15 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Align Site Logo, Site Title & Site SearchGoogle Sites now allows you to vertically align your site logo, site title and site search at the top, middle or bottom and horizontally in the centre. This gives you ...
Posted 10 Jul 2010 18:07 by Stephen Hind
Google Apps Script - Contact Us Form - E-mailGoogle now provide scripts you can add to spreadsheets, so now when a Google Sites visitor uses your Google Spreadsheet Form you can have the response e-mailed to you ...
Posted 2 Jan 2012 11:20 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Link to Files and AttachmentsGoogle Sites offers the ability to upload files and attachments, but did you know you can link to them easily? Use the search facility in the link tool and it ...
Posted 27 Jul 2010 02:39 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Google Buzz Button GadgetGoogle have released Buzz buttons so you can add a button to your web pages to get people to Buzz about them. The button Google has released will not work ...
Posted 22 Apr 2010 05:07 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Adding a Custom FaviconAs of July 15, 2009, Google Sites officially supports the ability to customize the favicon for your Google Sites website.What is a favicon?According to Wikipedia, a favicon (short ...
Posted 20 Mar 2010 16:35 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Move Pages
Google Sites offers the ability to Move pages to sub-pages of other pages, or to Top-Level pages.
More Actions - Move Page
Move Page - Dialogue Box
Instructions
Go to ...
Posted 12 Apr 2010 03:06 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Site Templates - Template TipsGoogle Sites now offers Site Templates to get you started with a structure and a good looking theme. Google Have also provided Template Tips site to help you change your ...
Posted 28 Dec 2011 17:54 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Site Templates - GeThemes.com / Steegle.com Mash-upGoogle has released Site Templates which means when you make a new site you can pick a template with a custom theme and structure ready for use. Steegle.com has ...
Posted 28 Nov 2009 15:20 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Page TemplatesYou can now make custom Page Templates in Google Sites. This means you can make pages with a default layout and content, like certain text and images or a particular ...
Posted 4 Nov 2009 16:04 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Copy Site - Import Personal Site to Google AppsIf you have ran out of space for your personal Google Site you can move your site to Google Apps, to take advantage of the 10GB available!
Instructions
Invite a ...
Posted 28 Jan 2012 04:42 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Picasa Web Album Integration
You can now add pictures from a Picasa Web Album to a Google Site from the Insert menu and upload them to a Picasa Web Album too, without leaving your ...
Posted 12 Sep 2009 07:57 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Copy Site - Change the URL of your SiteGoogle have just released a new feature that allows you to make copy of your site to a new location, which means you can now use this to change the ...
Posted 28 Aug 2009 06:22 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Start Page Template - Google AppsIf you use Google Apps then you
can create a Start Page on Google Sites, similar to the iGoogle page. Please bare in mind this is only available to Google ...
Posted 25 Sep 2009 10:36 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Embed Multiple Calendars (and other things)!Google have just released several new features, two of which allow for
easy embedding so you can now embed multiple Google Calendars that
appear all in one.Instructions
Go to ...
Posted 3 Aug 2009 04:14 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Using Picasa Web Albums for Image StorageThis article is now obsolete as Google Sites now provides Picasa Web Albums Integration. Please see my new article instead: Google Sites - Picasa Web Album Integration Uploading photos, images and ...
Posted 27 Oct 2010 17:15 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Content Countdown GadgetThe Countdown Gadget you can use in the sidebar of a Google Site can sometimes be out by a day, so I have created this gadget so you can embed ...
Posted 26 Apr 2010 06:09 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Google Latitude Public Location Badge
Google Latitude now offers a Public Location Badge for websites, but unfortunately the Google Latitude team have not made a gadget for Google Sites, so I have. These instructions assume ...
Posted 10 Jun 2009 14:58 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites SEO Guide
Acknowledgements
Many, many thanks to the Google Webmasters Team
for allowing me to adapt their SEO Starter Guide for use with Google
Sites. The reason for the adaptation is some ...
Posted 4 Sep 2011 08:33 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Embed a Google Map AcknowledgementsMany thanks to Barry Hunter for bringing the gadget used to my attention and his instructions on how to use the KML Embed Gadget. Barry is heavily in to ...
Posted 10 Jun 2009 15:04 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites FAQStuck with something on a Google Site? Below follow the most frequently asked questions about Google Sites. Don't forget if you can't find what you need use the ...
Posted 31 Dec 2011 09:03 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Table of Contents Google do not provide instructions on how to do everything and one of the useful features of Google Sites is the Table of Contents tool.To get the Table of ...
Posted 12 Jun 2009 08:31 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Visitor Comments - Google Spreadsheet FormOne of the most frequent questions I ask in the Google Sites Help Forum is "how can I get viewer or visitor comments"? Google Sites has restricted the commenting facility ...
Posted by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Making an Image a LinkMany Google Sites users want to know how to make an image a
link and Google have just updated Google Sites (2010-08-02) to make
this even easier to ...
Posted 27 Oct 2010 17:13 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Make an E-mail Address a Link Many have asked how to make an e-mail address a link (clickable) so website viewers can use it (click on it) to send you an e-mail. Here's ...
Posted 12 Jun 2009 08:37 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Google Checkout Buy Now Button - Work-aroundA couple of people have asked me how I got the Google Checkout Buy Now Button working on my Google Sites Setup Service and Google Apps Setup Service pages so ...
Posted 12 Jun 2009 08:39 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - New Features - September 2008
Google Sites has a few new features that they have yet to release an Announcement for, so I thought I would let you know what I have found:
Links - there ...
Posted 12 Jun 2009 08:41 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Re-Using an Uploaded ImageGoogle Sites keeps the images uploaded to each page separate, so if you have already uploaded an image to a page and want to use it on another then you ...
Posted 27 Oct 2010 17:12 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Advanced TablesI thought I would write an article of how to insert a table into a Google Site and then remove the borders. This will require you to edit the HTML ...
Posted 23 May 2011 06:13 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Insert a Google Calendar These instructions tell you how to insert (embed) a Google Calendar into a Google Site. Many people make the mistake of trying to use the embed code from Google Calendar ...
Posted 26 Jun 2009 08:20 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Adding Google AnalyticsThere appears to be a bit of confusion about how to add Google Analytics to a Google Site (in fairness it's due to the way Google Sites have written ...
Posted 4 Sep 2011 08:49 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Images in a row (side-by-side)Instructions
To get images in a row you will need to edit the HTML to remove the <div></div> tags inserted by Google Sites to align the images - follow these ...
Posted 27 Oct 2010 17:14 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Using a Text Box as a second SidebarBefore I made the Google Sites Howtos I had added the article Google Sites - Using a Text Box as a second Sidebar to the News page, so you can find ...
Posted 12 Jun 2009 08:46 by Stephen Hind
Google Sites - Changing URLs (web addresses)I've noticed there's a bit of confusion about changing the URLs of Google Sites, so I thought I would create an article to help explain my understanding. This ...
Posted 21 Jan 2010 23:27 by Stephen Hind
