Lemon Tech Tidbits

EMBED YOUR TWITTER FEED INTO YOUR GOOGLE SITES PAGE It is very easy to embed your Twitter feed directly into your Google Sites page. This way, everyone who visits your website will automatically be allowed to read your latest tweets. Here are the steps: Go to your Twitter Home page Copy your URL Go to https://publish.twitter.com/# Paste in your URL Copy the Code In your Google Sites, double-click and select Embed Paste in your code in the Embed Code tab. Hit enter Your Twitter feed will now show up on your website! A little bit of warning though. If you use the same Twitter account for your personal and school use, you may want to remember all of your tweets are now linked and visible on your school website. It may be in your best interest to create a new Twitter account solely for school use.

Google Sites Update Google Sites is web-page creation tool that is very simple to use, especially if you are a G Suite for Education school. Recently, Google announced the addition of Section Layouts . Now, it will be even easier to design a professional looking website and page. You will have the option of using up to six different design layouts. One thing I did notice as I was exploring this new feature is you must use the media depicted in the layout. In other words, if the layout has a picture icon and you would like to use text instead, it doesn’t allow you to do so. But….I do like how simple it is to use and the suggestions it gives is great advice. This will be on a slow-rollout meaning not everyone will access to section layouts right away. Some may have to wait up to two-weeks time. By then, Google promises it will be available to all. For more information, please visit this link .

GOOGLE SITES UPDATE! Yes, Google Sites will have another update in about two weeks. This one involves the navigation bar. Before, your navigation bar had links to different pages within your Google Site. Now, you can link to sites outside of the current Google Site. For example, you can now add a navigation button to: A Classroom Blog Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account Any Other Website A Google Drive folder A Youtube Channel A nother Google Site: with different access permissions! It will be very easy to add an outside link by following these steps: On your computer, open a site in New Google Sites . At the right, click Pages. Click the page with the menu you want to update. At the right, point to Add . Click New link . Add a link name. Add a web address or choose a page from your site and click done.

If you have not heard about it yet, you can now add the Destiny Discover Widget to the new Google Sites. Google Sites will now allow embedded HTML code. This short video will show you how: