Web Site Build
Google Sites: Navigation & More
Watch the videos and follow the instructions.
1 navigation and sidebar.mp4Watch
Introduction to navigation 0:29
Do
Play around with navigation
2 editing navigation.mp4Watch
Editing navigation 0:56
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Play around with navigation
Watch both videos in this section below, but choose only one for your experimentation
(Or do both if you wish)
These videos are longer and more complex, and as a result, will require your full attention and some experimentation to solidify capacity.
If you have chosen to use buttons for your ePortfolio, you will have the opportunity to claim an additional 60 XP on your Tracker.
TRB Navigation.mp4Watch
Conform to Fitt's Law by creating easy navigation for pages with several sub-pages. This can be for your whole site if you wish. 7:40
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Try this navigation scheme or try the next idea, which has you use buttons instead of text links.
Watch
Recently, Google Sites added Buttons to the navigation options. This is by far the easiest way to add seamless navigation on your pages.
Do
Try this navigation scheme.
Optional
Have time to get more creative and have more control over buttons?
The buttons below are far more complex to create and use... and are quite time-consuming. If you are wanting to spend time getting more creative with your button, then go ahead and give the videos below a try.
Some folks have had problems with using the PNG version of their images because they cannot find them after downloading them.
The video on the right should help with that.
Watch
Create and use buttons for a portion of your site with several sub-pages. We used TRB evidence pages as examples here as that was required last year. 12:35
Do
Develop and implement buttons on a portion of your site. This could be on your home page.
Note
If you choose to use buttons, please claim an additional 60 XP in your Tracker. You will see it under the Navigation item in the Core Quests Tab.
3 setting homepage.mp4Watch
Set the home page for your site 0:45
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Nothing
more - site wide footer.mp4Watch
Add a site-wide footer 1:22
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Give it a try.
more - change url.mp4Watch
Changing your site's URL 0:59
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Nothing
more - delete a site.mp4Watch
Deleting a site 0:47
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Nothing
more - insert calendar.mp4Watch
Insert a Google Calendar 1:53
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Try it if you wish.
more - insert map.mp4Watch
Insert a map 1:22
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Try it if you wish