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Setting up your Site

There are many options that you can use to set up your. Access them through the cog button, 3 vertical dots or the Publish pull-down arrow.

Settings under Cog icon

Navigation - choose a drop-down side menu (3 horizontal dots) or top links
Color - menu bar is transparent, white text on black, or black text on white
Brand Image - logo and favicon
Viewer Tools - Info icon and Anchor links. Shows page details if turned on.
Custom URLs - allows you to set up your own custom address
Analytics - set up tracking of statistics for your page
Announcement Banner - have a banner with important information appear at the top of a page

Settings from the 3 Vertical Dots beside Publish

SETTINGS

Version History - Similar to other Google tools, you can use this to revert to a past history
Duplicate site - copy a site and give a new name
Report a problem - give feedback on an issue
Privacy Policy - Google's policies
Terms of Service - Google's terms of services
Help - Help centre and community help area
Take a tour! - shows you a few areas of Sites

Publish Settings (accessed from drop-down arrow beside Publish)

SETTINGS

Publish settings

specify a web address to use with sites.google.com; it must be available for you to use
Request that Google not include your site in its search results
Set so editors get a chance to preview before publishing

Review changes and publish - will display old version of site against any changes to be published. If you pick this option you will see a side-by-side view. click Publish again to verify your changes.

View published site - opens a new tab with your published view

Unpublish - makes site no longer live but you can still edit

Collaborate and Share Site

Google Sites has settings that can determine who is allowed to edit and who is allowed to view your site. You can add collaborators to one or both options by changing settings.

ADD COLLABORATORS

Published viewer - specific person added can only view the draft version
Editor - allows a specific person to help edit the site

LINKS

DRAFT: restrict who can edit your site.

Draft Public - Anyone on the Internet with this link can edit
Draft Restricted - Only people added can edit with this link (Recommended)

PUBLISHED SITE: restrict who views the site.

Any one can view - more like a traditional site on the web.
Only certain people can view - maybe you want to keep the site for members, or restrict to your school domain (Another option would be to build your site within your domain).

Click to add people who can publish, change permissions and add new people. You can add someone as an Editor or as a Published Viewer. You can also make them the owner or remove them.

Click on Links > Change.

You can change Draft Restricted to Public (Anyone on the Internet with this link can edit )

Published site Public (anyone on the internet can find and open the site) to Restricted (Only people added can open with this link )

Viewing your Site on Different Devices

Up at the top menu you have the ability to view your site as it will appear on different devices. This will give you the opportunity to maximize your site for different views.

When you are done viewing, click X on the device menu to close the view.

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