Managing site
1. General settings
To manage the general settings of the eLERT, select the “More actions” drop-down menu and click “Manage Site”.
Click on “General”.
Site name: change the site name.
Site description: identify the purpose of the site.
Mature content: tick the box if site contains mature content only suitable for adults.
Landing page: default page that users will see when they visit the site.
Statistics: enable Google Analytics for the site.
Google Webmaster Tools verification: provides detailed reports about pages visibility on Google.
Site display language: choose the language of the site.
Access settings: choose users who can access site activity and revision history.
Site actions: copy the site; a new extension may be chosen. All the information, data and attachments will be copied.
Publish the site as template: by submitting a template, the user agrees to let anyone use the content and styles created. After the template is submitted any changes will be shown in the template gallery immediately.
Delete site: warning, deleting a site is permanently!
2. Managing users
To control who can access the site, click on “More Actions”, “Manage site” and “Sharing”.
You can invite people as owners, collaborators or viewers. Choose their role, insert their Gmail address and click on “Invite these people”.
3. Site appearance
a. Site layout
Customize the site layout specifying heights and widths for components, or adding and arranging sidebar items. Click on “More actions”, “Manage site” and “Site layout”.
In this section you may: change site width; change header height; add/change logo; add and edit sidebar items; change sidebar width.
b. Colours and fonts
Customize the various areas of the site (e.g. site header, content area, sidebar gadgets, navigation gadgets, etc.) to the needed colour and font. Click on “More actions”, “Manage site” and “Colours and fonts”.
c. Themes
Click on “More actions”, “Manage site” and “Themes” to choose a combination of themes, colours and images that have been pre-packed.
d. Configure navigation bar
To add an element to the sidebar click “Add a sidebar item” and choose the item to include.
To add a page in the navigation menu or change its order, go to “More actions” -> “Manage site” -> “Site layout” and click “Edit” in the navigation bar (within the sidebar section).
§ Adding a page: click on “Add page” at the bottom of the list and select the page from the menu.
§ Removing a page: click on the “Remove” button (x) at the right of the list.
§ Changing order: select the page to be moved and use the arrows to shift up or down.
4. Changing site URL
Map the site created in Google (under sites.google.com/site) to a custom domain (www.example.com).
Click on “More actions”, “Manage site” and “Web address”. Add the web address in the text box. Click the “Add” button.
Some things to keep in mind:
§ Mappings are restricted to sub-domain level only, like www.example.com, wiki.example.com, or support.example.com. You cannot map your domain to a site with a URL like 'http://example.com' (also referenced to as a 'naked domain').
§ You can map up to five sub-domains to a given site.
§ This only takes effect for public sites. People visiting a private site will be redirected to the standard URL.
Once completed the steps above, follow these instructions:
§ Sign in to your domain registrar.
§ Navigate to your DNS Management page. The location and name of this page varies by host, but can generally be found in the Domain Management or Advanced Settings section.
§ Find the CNAME settings and in the section 'CNAME value or alias,' enter the sub-domain you would like to map the URL to. The sub-domain for www.example.com would be example.com.
§ Set the CNAME destination to the following address: ghs.google.com
§ Save changes with your domain host.