Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Setting up a Google Site

[John Sechrest (sechrest]

It is possible to pay Google to get more storage on Google sites

But it may take some fiddling around.

https://support.google.com/a/answer/90917?hl=en

There is a point where paying for "Google Apps for you domain" makes sense.

Google Apps is a separate product from Google sites, but which includes
sites as a function.
On Jul 26, 2015 4:53 AM, "Kathy Icenogle" <kathy.icenogle [at] gmail.com> wrote:

>
> We use Google Sites for our Washington Village community website and it
> works reasonably well for freebie technology. You can integrate the Google
> Calendar, Google Groups conversations (we have a group for the whole
> community, as well as groups for each team), photos (Google Photos/Picasa
> Web), and any type of Google doc, including forms (surveys), and other
> features if you want to get into using their "gadgets"...  (I'm sorry, our
> members want to keep the current website private.. I haven't had a chance
> to build a public side to it yet.)
>
> Something to keep in mind, if you intend to publish a lot of documents on a
> Google Site, is that they limit storage space to 100MB... and I haven't
> found the secret yet to how one might request more space... 100 MB gets
> used up pretty fast if you use the "File Cabinet" page type, because it
> stores documents as part of the website. We're getting around that limit by
> storing documents in a shared Google Drive - and then inserting drive
> folders into pages on our site.  (I would be interested to know if I'm
> missing a better solution. I'm no expert.)
>
> Kathy Icenogle
> Washington Village, Boulder, CO
>
> PS. Sharon, I love your posts. Thanks for all the great info you provide.
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Sharon Villines <
> sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I recently gave out the address of an example Google Site that Takoma
> > Village uses for Facilities. It is just a sample of what is now a large
> > site.
> >
> > https://sites.google.com/site/wikifacilitiesdemo/
> >
> > Several people asked for instructions on how to do this and I referred
> > them to the Google site. WELL, when I finally realized that people
> couldn’t
> > find the right page, I went over to Google to find it. I could find my
> > example but not how to start a new one. Hours later…
> >
> > No wonder people have been asking so many questions. I finally was able
> to
> > set up another example from scratch. After I finished the directions
> below,
> > however, I found YouTube videos on it — lots of them.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98R533Gmpg
> >
> > Or you can read the directions below. I like directions myself but videos
> > can also be helpful—they just take longer.
> >
> > Sharon
> >
> > ---------
> >
> > Google Goop: For a company that can produce such a wonderful search
> > engine, they have an incredibly frustrating interface for personal
> > accounts. The “My Account” page, for example, does not show my Sites or
> > Docs. I just had to persist.
> > How to set up a Google Site:
> >
> > Google Sites are “wikis” which means anyone who is authorized can add
> > information easily. It is like using a word processor. No programming
> > required. Information is organized like a filing cabinet in outline
> format
> > with main headings, sub headings, and pages.
> >
> > TO SET UP A GOOGLE SITE
> >
> > 1. Sign in to Google.com or set up a new account.
> >
> > 2. In the upper right hand corner you will see a small checkerboard menu
> > icon. Click to get a dropdown menu of icons of Google Apps.
> >
> > At the bottom, click “more” and you will see more icons.
> >
> > Then click “even more.” You be taken to a page with all the Google Apps
> > listed in a sensible format with actual names, descriptions, and links.
> > (You may want to bookmark this page. There doesn’t seem to be any quick
> way
> > to find it.)
> >
> > 3. Scroll down to "Home and Office” and click on “Sites.” You will be
> > taken to a page that lists all your sites. If you have no Sites, I don’t
> > know what happens. (I can’t seem to set up an account unrelated to mine
> so
> > I can’t check this.)
> >
> > 4. On the “Sites” page, click “Create.”
> >
> > 5. The next page shows a few templates with an option to view more. The
> > “Browse the Gallery Window will take you to something so complex you will
> > wish you hadn’t seen it. Not a big deal because you can always change the
> > template. But see below— there is a better way.
> >
> > Add a name for your Site and it will appear in the website address below.
> > You won’t know if this name available until you finish the page and click
> > “Create Site.” (This may take a lot of time.)
> >
> > At the bottom there are arrows for “Select a Theme and “More Options” The
> > options arrow drops down a box to enter a description of the site. The
> > theme arrow drops down a lot of themes to choose from—I think these are
> the
> > best options. The elaborate ones are probably too specific for a
> cohousing
> > community.
> >
> > (I prefer the simple empty templates like Launch Default, Simple,
> Solitude
> > (choice of several colors). These have colors but you can change them
> later
> > and add your on photos.)
> >
> > Verify that you are not a robot.
> >
> > Click “Create Site at the Top”
> >
> > Change name if necessary. Reverify.
> >
> > If the name is good the spinning wheel will spin and suddenly you site
> > will appear. If you have chosen a theme with content, it will be filled
> > in—for weddings or crafts show, for example. If not you will see an empty
> > page with colors and sections.
> >
> > Bookmark this page!
> >
> > 6. On the upper right, you will see three icons and a share button. The
> > icons are for editing the page you are on, adding a page, and a drop down
> > menu for everything else.
> >
> > 7. I think the items on the drop down menu are self explanatory. If you
> > don’t understand them, just experiment. You can’t do anything
> irreversible
> > except delete the site. (I couldn’t even find that command so I don’t
> think
> > you have to worry about it.)
> >
> > There is also a help menu at the bottom of that dropdown menu.
> >
> > Google Sites are wonderful places to store information so I highly
> > recommend them but the upfront interface is a brain puzzler. And Google
> > changes it at will. That’s why I said to bookmark your pages. You may
> never
> > find them again.
> >
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