How to use Google Sites - Tutorial for Beginners

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Are you new to Google Sites? In this video, Scott Friesen shows you everything you need to know to get started building your own website. From creating a site from a template to managing your web pages with ease, you'll be a Google Sites expert in no time!
00:00 How to start a new website
01:32 Using the Insert tab on Google Sites
03:09 Managing Pages on Google Sites
03:30 Using Themes with Google Sites
05:08 How to Preview and Share your Site
08:01 How to Publish your Google Site
09:21 How to Add and Edit web page content
11:59 Adding and Organizing Pages
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@Simpletivity 2 года назад

Don't want to miss my next Google tutorial? Sign up for the Simpletivity newsletter and get my FREE guide as a thank you: www.simpletivity.com/free

@sistersherryd 2 года назад

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

@Softskills-hiddenPersonalPower 6 месяцев назад

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 6 месяцев назад

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

@mohsinfareed1797 4 месяца назад

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

@Simpletivity 4 месяца назад

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

@shanthirao3774 Год назад

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

@Simpletivity Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@CedrickOnYT Год назад

@@SimpletivityI need it for mobile or tablet

@secobaairways4585 11 месяцев назад

Clear, simple and concise, excellent.

@Simpletivity 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@susansaeed2019 5 месяцев назад

Thanks simple and specific. Very useful video

@pjmiller8632 Год назад

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

@Simpletivity Год назад

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

@MohammadaAprilianto 11 месяцев назад

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

@Simpletivity 11 месяцев назад

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

@morazvl 2 года назад

that was exactly what i was looking for ...

@odonjav1347 2 года назад

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

@karachikings2161 2 года назад

Beautiful and amazing well done

@darius-b 2 года назад

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

@9branding 2 года назад

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

@senapatiarts7408 2 года назад

Thankyou so muuuch!

@jayt4561 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much for this video!

@Simpletivity 4 месяца назад

You are so welcome!

@lawaynethomas8305 2 года назад

Very Helpful

@stephenqchu 2 года назад

How do I add the slicers from the charts I embedded into the site? Thanks for the tutorial.

@shawncostley5538 2 года назад

Great video! Thanks for the teaching!

@Simpletivity 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@revoja15 Год назад

@@Simpletivity What is the link of google sites

@naomifujishima7443 2 года назад

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!

@mshamirtaloo Год назад

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

@ONEPalmSprings 4 месяца назад

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

@Simpletivity 4 месяца назад

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

@psychological_facts1573 Год назад

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

@Simpletivity Год назад

Glad you liked it. Thanks!

@kenrichcameros1729 Год назад

Very good keep it up!

@Harimayaa 11 месяцев назад

Excellent explanation Thanks for sharing 👍

@Simpletivity 11 месяцев назад

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

@waseemuds4007 2 года назад

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

@shumlanguage Год назад

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

@RotaryTeamVincent 2 года назад

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

@Simpletivity 2 года назад

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

@wengfernandez5374 5 месяцев назад

thanks for sharing very informative for newbies

@Simpletivity 5 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@jkddaddy 2 года назад

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 Год назад

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

@shewandimashaperera2093 Год назад

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

@Simpletivity Год назад

You are most welcome. Thanks for watching!

@ranasheikh1961 Год назад

this was a very helpful post ❤

@Simpletivity Год назад

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

@CRYSTALNEWSREVIEWFILM 2 года назад

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

@senurman 2 года назад

Wow great

@dyanzzz Год назад

More tutorials or advance tutorial on google sites plz. Thanks

@nancynow123 2 года назад

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.

@user-xp7zs7qz3g 10 месяцев назад

thank you it is very important and usefull

@Simpletivity 10 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@chrisg5932 Год назад

Ty😊

@memberrelationcommitteecac1338 2 года назад

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

@SolomonAmanor-vu7sc Год назад

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?

@sandeshsaranga Год назад

Thanks for this

@Simpletivity Год назад

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

@sentient_dinosaurplush Год назад

Is there a way to set it so the menu is in a sidebar instead of having to open it up via the three dots/lines every time? Hope that made sense but I can’t figure out how to.

@santhoshmthomas Год назад

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?

@gtwocgsf Год назад

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

@jodismith8580 Год назад

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?

@earthcitizen57 2 года назад

Can I import an html file with javascript functionality for a rotating image slider ( with 4 photographs ). I paste the code but the images get inserted into the page all at once. I need them to be called by javascript code. It seems difficult to adapt the site to google sites. If you have any advice I would appreciate it.

@ashraktahmed-jo1ry Год назад

Amazing

@Simpletivity Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@michelcorvington813 9 месяцев назад

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 3 месяца назад

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.

@Digital420 9 месяцев назад

Very good keep it up Thank

@Simpletivity 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for liking

@suzannenowinski632 2 года назад

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

@Simpletivity 2 года назад

Yes, absolutely.

@FunnyCartoonstory-se3er 11 месяцев назад

Great video

@Simpletivity 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@saykogaimer3833 Год назад

love from banglades.🥰🥰🥰

@michaeldevaney3307 Год назад

Hi just a question. I created website in google and forwarded address to various individuals. When they went to site some pages loaded and some said request access which generated an email to me as administrator which I guess I can approve. Just curious why this happens for some pages and not others. It seems excel and word and pdf files are involved

@MdsakibislamMdsakibislam-qi4zc 9 месяцев назад

Remember to keep coment very nice video it.

@user-wl9mi3yn3s 3 месяца назад

so cool

@Simpletivity 3 месяца назад

Glad you think so!

@sentient_dinosaurplush Год назад

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 Год назад

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

@ayeshanawaz216 11 месяцев назад

Really very interesting

@Simpletivity 11 месяцев назад

Glad you think so!

@daytripper75 2 года назад

Great video, I am concerned about google drive space? Images are large and maybe it would take to much of my FREE space? What is the average size of a larger website? Thanks

@dmira802 Год назад

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

@nwankwoemmanuel5604 Год назад

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

@Simpletivity Год назад

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

@mjihad1838 Год назад

😮😮 this is very help ful video

@Simpletivity Год назад

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

@dmira802 Год назад

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

@Simpletivity Год назад

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

@philiptownsend4026 11 месяцев назад

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 RU-vid 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.

@deshan3452 Год назад

Nice good message

@Simpletivity 11 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@KJ-zr2ko 5 месяцев назад

❤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?

@vishalkurien1982 Год назад

Not able to find "edit site layout" option. - When I made changes to the homepage , those changes would also appear on any new pages that I added . Not sure where I am wrong. Any idea?

@shahadothossain6811 Год назад

Nice work

@Simpletivity Год назад

Thanks

@jordan5817 5 месяцев назад

When you publish will this be search able on google?

@balwalpurkingking Год назад

Good work

@Simpletivity Год назад

Thank you so much 😀

@charliebrown5355 9 месяцев назад

I want to create links to sections within my homepage, for example: I created an "About Us" section on my homepage and when someone clicks the navigation bar "About Us", I want them to be redirected to that section on the home page not taken to a new page. Can this be done?

@amitkumardasindianpackers 2 года назад

I have created the business website from Google site and have purchased a domain from Google, When the website will be available on Google search? If I need to do some other steps please advise. Thanks.

@markzupo 6 месяцев назад

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

@figgywhipkins 2 года назад

Would this be an alternative to sites like Wix?

@alexherrera3918 Год назад

Question: Is there a way to create a service page and put services in it but I do not want the service page to do anything , I other words , if I click in the menu service it does not go to the page service , I want to do nothing...i just want the sub pages to work only. I hope you can help. Thanks

@koreanmixwithsongs1103 Год назад

Good video

@Simpletivity Год назад

Thanks

@BabyWonderlandTV368 10 месяцев назад

amazing video please explain options under insert

@Simpletivity 10 месяцев назад

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

@pamtellier1032 3 месяца назад

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

@Simpletivity 3 месяца назад

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 3 месяца назад

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 3 месяца назад

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

@philiptownsend4026 11 месяцев назад

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 RU-vid store and provide the player for my mp3s and mp4s and not fill up my Drive with them... Just my thoughts...

@Simpletivity 11 месяцев назад

What an interesting idea. Thanks for sharing!

@canicebuchi1765 11 месяцев назад

Nice

@Simpletivity 11 месяцев назад

Thanks

@8ALIMARI 2 года назад

Thank you for the tutorials, but I would like to know how to upload Zip or Rar Files .Can you help please

@9branding 2 года назад

Dear Etelka, How about uploading it to your googledrive and than share the download link to your site.

@jpopjr4066 9 месяцев назад

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 7 месяцев назад

Let me help you

@djxcel23 Год назад

Can video be added without it being a RU-vid or Vimeo link ?

@seanobryan4786 28 дней назад

When I follow your video I am missing the + sign to start a new one

@miltonbrownrigg8409 2 года назад

Hi Scott, should my business have a site here as well as my own site with my own domain?

@9branding 2 года назад

Hi Milton, You can purchase a domain and link it with your google sites easily

@robertgustafson1001 Месяц назад

You did not show how text can be typed in. Anyway, I made some text, but the problem is that it shows up on the right side of the page whereas I want it to be centered. So I left-clicked my cursor on the text and tried to center it. But then it showed up on the left side --- which looks better, but I really want to have it in the center. How can I center the text?

@rosariofernandez5094 3 месяца назад

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 3 месяца назад

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.

@digigoliath 2 года назад

It looks very different from earlier versions decades ago. Might give it a spin although I am a Web Developer.

@mosesmwangi5858 11 месяцев назад

hi this was interesting

@Simpletivity 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing!

@hedgefundmanager-no1 Год назад

How to prevent others to change my Google sites via the "edit pen" on the right-hand side bottom of the side?

@waseemuds4007 2 года назад

VERT GOOD ...................

@atmakali9599 2 года назад

How do I add a buy now storefront button please ?

@user-jm6hi6jg9n 3 месяца назад

wow

@soumya8306 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

Where did you get that info?

@soumya8306 2 года назад

@@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 2 года назад

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

@tinalarkin2147 2 месяца назад

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 2 месяца назад

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 2 месяца назад

@@Simpletivity Thank you kindly

@jacondikitchen 2 года назад

how to add a new column on the site? I saw how some people were able to make a second column in Google sites. I have no idea how to make the second column🥺🤧

@shashanksingh7407 Год назад

Can we claim copyright of our content displayed on the Google site if someone copies it?

@tamarkustoff3829 2 года назад

Hi, is there a way to give different people different views?

@TableRecipes 9 месяцев назад

And what about word press. I have a site on word press. You can see it if add com to table-recipes. I do not see advantages of google site over word press. Please tell me what is this difference.