My experience on Google Sites

https://sites.google.com/site/introductiontoeducationalmedia/

I can’t believe I have created a Website for my first time! It was definitely a fun experience.I’d like to share about how I made it as follows.

To get started, go to sites.google.com and click on the Create button to create my first website. Give my site a name and then customize the end of the URL if I like. By default, it’ll just be sites/google.com/site/sitename. If I chose a blank template, I can select a theme also. Click the “I’m not a robot” button and then click Create at the top.I’ll now be brought to the homepage for my new site.

The important section is at the top where I can edit the current page. To adjust the settings for the page and the site, click on the gear icon and then click on the Manage site. Then I can configure a bunch of options like the site name, site description, the landing page, etc.The last section of sidebar in Manage site let me add a header image and change the font, color and size for the text in various sections of the site like content area, sidebar, navigation, etc.

When I start editing and creating new pages, I can choose to create four types of pages: Web Page, Announcements, File Cabinet and List. Then choose the location of my page. I can create a top level page or put it under a different page. An Announcements page is a blog page with posts listed in chronological order. A File Cabinet page lets me upload files and will list them on the page. A List page allows me to create a list of items and displays them in table format. I can change the template for a page anytime by clicking on the gear icon while on the page and choose Change page template.

If I want to add something on the page, for example, to add a table, click on the Table menu item and choose the size of my table in terms of rows and columns. To insert anything else, click on the Insert menu option.I can insert all kinds of items like images links, text boxes, HTML boxes, calendars, charts, maps, YouTube videos, etc. When working with text, I can click on the Format tab to pick different heading styles, etc.

I can see recent site activity, all my pages, attachments that I upload, page templates I can use, apps scripts, sharing and permissions and themes/colors/fonts. I can also choose to insert recent site activity on the sidebar so that I can keep track of changes. I can even revert to an older version by using 'Revision history.' From my site, click More actions in the top right of any page and select Revision history.If I change my mind about the most recent edits I or my collaborators made to the site, simply revert to an older version by clicking any version from the list. After returning to the 'Version history' view, click the Revert to this version link next to the version I'd like to revert to. Then my document will be reset to the version I selected.