Google Sites Made Easy

With the growing trend of everything being online and the need for businesses and even individuals to have a "web presence", it makes sense that we would see an increase in website creation tools geared towards those who might not have the technical skills required to do real HTML website coding.

Not too long ago, if you wanted a website created for yourself or your company, you would need to hire a website developer to do all the work and this is certainly not a cheap process.

Everyone knows about Google and how they are one of the leaders when it comes to online technology and applications so one would assume they would have a solution for anything you need to accomplish realted to the Internet. Google Sites is Google's website creation tool and has been around for years but is gaining even more popularity and was recently updated as well. And best of all, it's totally free to use and all you need is a free Google account to get started.

The goal of this book is to get you up and running with Google Sites and cover all the things you need to know to get you started creating professional looking websites as well as sharing or publishing your sites for the world to see. It sticks with the basics yet covers all aspects of the application to help you accomplish your goals without needing to be a computer genius.

The chapters in the book cover the following topics:

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Google Sites
Chapter 2 - Editing Basic Website Components
Chapter 3 - Adding Advanced Website Components
Chapter 4 - Additional Features
Chapter 5 - Google Drive
Chapter 6 - Sharing and Publishing Your Website

About the Author

James Bernstein has been working with various companies in the IT field for over 20 years, managing technologies such as SAN and NAS storage, VMware, backups, Windows Servers, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Networking, Microsoft Office, Exchange, and more.

He has obtained certifications from Microsoft, VMware, CompTIA, ShoreTel, and SNIA, and continues to strive to learn new technologies to further his knowledge on a variety of subjects.

He is also the founder of the website OnlineComputerTips.com, which offers its readers valuable information on topics such as Windows, networking, hardware, software, and troubleshooting. Jim writes much of the content himself and adds new content on a regular basis. The site was started in 2005 and is still going strong today.