Fundamentals of Creating Google Sites: Sections & Layouts
Structure your pages as you like with sections and layouts.
You can add content from Google Drive to your website, including Docs, Sheets, and other types of files.
Open your site in editing mode by double-clicking it in Google Drive at https://drive.google.com or Google Sites at https://sites.google.com/new.
Then under Insert in the top right, click Drive.
You can also double-click an empty space on the page with your left mouse button to quickly pop up the Add element menu. Then select the From Drive icon.
Click a file in My Drive to select it. You can also view content in Shared drives, Shared with me, etc.
Having selected the file, click INSERT at the bottom right.
The file gets added to a new section on the page.
Structure your pages as you like with sections and layouts.
Go back in time and revert an action, or redo one.
Update your header – this is usually the uppermost section on a page.
Add a divider to your site.
Make navigating through your website easier with a table of contents.
Remove a page or hide something else from your table of contents.
Add text to your site.
Change your site’s theme, colors and font style.
Add an image to your site.
Add a button to your site.
Add a Google Drive file to a page on your site.
Add a YouTube video to a page on your site.
The favicon is a small icon displayed next to your site’s name on the browser tab.
Add a Google Calendar directly to a page on your site.
Add a Google Maps location to a page on your site.
Add a Google Docs file to a page on your site.
Give your site some personality by adding a unique logo.
Add a Google Forms file to a page on your site.
Add a Google Sheets file to a page on your site.
Add a Google Slides file to a page on your site.
Add content to your site by embedding it from a web address (URL) or inserting HTML, CSS, or JavaScript code.
Change the way your site navigation menu functions.
Let visitors know when a page has been updated for the last time.
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