Google sites is a free, easy platform to use for your family site. A simple drag and drop interface combined with a variety of themes and mobile friendly styles, make building a website easy.
Six simple themes are provided. Start simple and customise as you go.
Provide some background information on your home page about the scope and purpose of your site.
Invite contributions from family.
Add some pages using a structure that suits your needs. Some issues to consider:
Visit my pages here to gather some ideas then log in to your Google account and choose Sites to start your new family site.
Individual page sections make up the basic building blocks of your site.
Each section may be styled according to the theme presets, or personalised with a background image.
A mixture of content media can be added to any section. This section has a text box and an image and a background image.
for creating and organising pages
Pages are rearranged by drag and drop
5 easy options
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Each text box comes with its own formatting toolbar and boxes can be dragged to move and resized to fit any space.
Dividers break up sections, making large sections of text easier on the eye.
Buttons can be used to provide links to internal pages or other sites. They adjust to an appropriate size and colour depending on the theme colours and their placement on the page.
Notice the difference between the buttons here and the Contact button in the page footer.
Links in text boxes show up as underlined.