How to Use Google Sites Templates
Congratulations, you are ready to start your Google Sites web building journey with the help of a beautiful template. Here are some tips and tricks to get started.
Finding Your Template to Make a Copy
Access to a Google Drive folder should have been emailed to you after completing checkout from our store. Please check you used a valid and correctly spelled email address. Just in case, check your spam folder too.
Here are the instructions for duplicating your template into your own Google Drive account:
Click on the three-dot menu for the Google Sites template document in Google Drive from the link you received from us.
Select "Make a Copy"
After a moment, in the bottom left, you can show the file location of your copy in your “My Drive.” Or you can also search your Google Drive for “Copy of [TEMPLATE_NAME_HERE]”
You are the Owner of this duplicated Google Site.
Please watch the following support video for a walkthrough of the process.
The "three-dot-menu" and "Make a Copy" option within.
Prepare the Right Apps
Buy a Domain Name with Namecheap
We highly recommend buying a domain with Namecheap. Get a .com, .net, .org, etc. If you don’t use a custom domain for your Google Site then it will be virtually invisible on Google Search. Invest in your website by paying the tiny annual registration fee, I guarantee you’ll be glad you did.
Use Jotform for Forms, Ecommerce and Tables
Best contact forms, payment gateway forms, conditional programming, approval workflows Paypal, Stripe, Square payment integrations onto awesome easily embedded forms. Jotform is miles ahead of Google Forms in terms of customization. Pop them right into Google Sites with “Embed Code.”
Get Google Workspace for Business Email, Calendar, Drive and Secure Sites
This is your whole solution to running a business on the cloud. Business Custom email, calendar, document management, site hosting and more Google Apps.