Create a Free Website with Google Sites (With Custom Domain Name)

Google sites is a super easy way for anyone to create a free website. You can even use a custom domain name to give your site a more professional touch!

After building your own site, you probably want a custom email to suit your site name too. You can do this for free with Zoho, follow our tutorial here: https://youtu.be/OE2yoJJVgjY

If you’re interested in a more powerful and functional method of building sites, you should consider WordPress. My favourite host is currently Cloudways, I have a tutorial here: https://youtu.be/N7C9RR28Ggg

You can get started with a free Cloudways trial here: https://ideaspot.com.au/Cloudways

You’ll find my other hosting recommendations here: https://ideaspot.com.au/hosting

Details for forwarding URL on various DNS hosts as mentioned:
Namecheap: https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/385/2237/how-to-redirect-a-url-for-a-domain/
Godaddy: https://godaddy.com/help/forward-my-domain-12123
Google Domains: https://support.google.com/domains/answer/4522141?hl=en
Cloudflare: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200172286-Configuring-URL-forwarding-or-redirects-with-Cloudflare-Page-Rules

If you’re using cloudflare, you’ll need a page rule like this: https://snipboard.io/dBC0S4.jpg
And DNS like this: https://snipboard.io/CaVU4P.jpg
(Notice I have a filler IP address, and its set to proxied with the orange cloud setting).
SSL setting will work on either strict or full.

0:00 Introduction
0:20 Creating a website with google sites
3:05 google sites custom domain setup
08:22 menu design
09:07 Themes
09:40 Header design
11:00 Inserting content
13:56 Embedding custom html code
15:43 Adding and naming pages
17:11 Submenus
17:45 Footer
19:17 Conclusion & more tutorials

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