Create a website with Google Sites Lan Vu

Overview Review on Web Designing Create a website with Google Sites

Review on Web Designing Select content for your website Some concepts of web design Select tools for web design Design Techniques Publish your website on UCD’s server

Select content for your website 1. Transcript 2. Resume 3. Letters of Recommendation 4. Internship Information 5. Course Work 6. Certifications 7. Academic Recognition/Awards 8. Leadership Positions 9. Volunteer Work 10. Student Government 11. Hobbies, extracurricular info Ex: http://www.florian.verhein.com/

Some concepts of web design Website Webpage HTML language Page layout Theme

What is Website ? It is a collection of Web pages Images Videos Other digital assets Music *.pdf *.doc, *.docx *.ppt, *.pptx Game Databases

Web page Website is a collection of Web pages A Web page is a document on World Wide Web Web page is usually in HTML or XHTML format Every Web page is identified by a unique URL (link) It can be accessed through a web browser (Internet Explorer , Fire fox)

HTML language Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is an language used to present content of a web page HTML web page is a file with extension *.html or *.htm Ex: mypage.html, bio.htm index.html , index.htm (default page) Viewed by using web browsers Internet Explorer, Fire Fox, Opera, Safari

Layout of Web page

Theme http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~hughesal/ Index.html contact.html research.html publications.html

Select tools for web design Self design your ePortfolio website by using web development tools Create ePortfolio website by using existing online services

Design Techniques Layout of web pages should be easy navigation and visually appealing Use one theme for all pages of website to create a consistent look throughout your website Use CSS to predefine set of rules of presenting web page  easy on apply one theme for many pages Use existing templates to save designing time

Publish your website on UCD’s server Connecting to host using WinSCP Host: ouray.cudenver.edu Username: your username used to log in to UCD’s email Password: your password used to log in to UCD’s email Create html_public folder in UCD’s host Copy all web pages from your local computer to html_public folder Browse your website at link http://ouray .cudenver.edu/~yourusername

Create your website with Google Sites

Create website using online services Use online services for auto creating website and web pages Google Sites (http://sites.google.com ) Wikipedia ( www.wekipedia.org ) Blogger (www.blogger.com) And so much more

Create website using online services Benefits: No HTML knowledge is required Fast Most are Free Easy to do Usually provide some templates for your choice

Create website using online services Drawback: NOT flexible Not provide all needs for a website Available web layouts and templates may not fit your desire Web content may be limited by services provided by provider

Create a website with Google Sites Why choose Google Sites? Free Easy to use Support many types of content Image, Movies, Calendar, Google Map … Good choice for a personal website http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_KnC2EIS5w

What do we do ? Set up a Google Account Create a new Website Create a Web Page Edit a Web Page Manage website Change site layout Change site theme

Setting up a Google account Visit the link http://sites.google.com or select menu More  Sites at the Google homepage

Setting up a Google account If you have a Google Account, sign in to your account and done Note: Your Gmail account will work. Otherwise, click on “Sign up for site” to register a new one.

Setting up a Google account If you have to “Sign up for site” Fill in the Create an Account Form You can use any email address to create Google Account Google will send you an email for Account Activation, Click on the link in the email Sign in your account after Account Activation is completed

Setting up a Google account Account activation Fill in the form Sign in

What do we do ? Set up a Google Account Create a new Website Create a Web Page Edit a Web Page Manage website Change site layout Change site theme

Creating a new website Sign in your Google account (done from previous steps) Click on “Sites” on the my products section Then click on “Create Site”

Creating a new website Setting up website information Choose a temple Ex: Blank template Enter your Site Name: Ex: Lan Vu’s Website Enter URL for your site Ex: “lanvu” and your website link is http://sites.google.com/site/lanvu Choose a Theme Ex: Iceberg Enter the code and click Create button

Creating a new website Note: You can test your new website after this step by logout your account and enter your website link in web browser Ex: enter http://sites.google.com/site/lanvu in your IE browser , it will show

What do we do ? Set up a Google Account Create a new Website Create a Web Page Edit a Web Page Manage website Change site layout Change site theme

Creating a web page Sign in to your Google account Select Sites from menu More Select the website you want to edit Note: skip step 1 – 3 if you are still signed in after creating your website.

Creating a web page Click the button Create page in the web design from

Create a web page Select template for your web page Ex: Web Page, Announcements … Enter the page name Ex: Home , Project, Course … Select page level Top level: same level with Home page Under Page X : sub page of Page X Press Create Page button

Edit Page title & Page content by using Editor Toolbar If page have download file, attach the file in Attachment section Click on Save when completed Editor Toolbar Page title Page Content

What do we do ? Set up a Google Account Create a new Website Create a Web Page Edit a Web Page Manage website Change site layout Change site theme

Editing a web page Select the web page in sidebar section Click the button Edit page Edit the page content like what you did when create an webpage

Editing a web page

Editing a web page Editor Toolbar

Editing a web page Allow inserting many types of content Text Image Link Calendar YouTube clip Google map , Menu Insert

Editing a web page Allow formatting the content easily by using editor toolbar and menu Format Menu Format

Editing a web page Add & edit tables by using menu Table Menu Table

Editing a web page Allow setting page layout in just one click by using menu Layout Menu Layout

Some other page actions

What do we do ? Set up a Google Account Create a new Website Create a Web Page Edit a Web Page Manage website Change site layout Change site theme

Managing your website Site contents Site settings Pages, Attachments, Page templates Site settings Site name, Domain name, Monetize … Site appearance Site layout, Colors, Fonts, Themes

Managing your website Open Site Manager page

Managing your website Select an option & edit option values Site manager

What do we do ? Set up a Google Account Create a new Website Create a Web Page Edit a Web Page Manage website Change site layout Change site theme

Changing Site Layout Open Site Manager Select Site layout in Site appearance section Press the button Change site layout Select options in Change site layout box  OK

Changing Site Layout

Changing Site Layout

What do we do ? Set up a Google Account Create a new Website Create a Web Page Edit a Web Page Manage website Change site layout Change site theme

Changing Theme of Website Open Site Manager Select Themes in Site appearance section Select one Theme you like Click on Preview to see the website with new themes Click Save Change if selected theme is OK

Changing Theme of Website