google-sites interview questions
Top google-sites frequently asked interview questions
Does Google Sites support rel="me" on links? I'm finding with straight HTML it strips it right out and replaces it with rel="nofollow". The same thing occurs if I try rel="nofollow me".
Is there any way to get the rel attribute to work with Google Sites?
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I want to use hyper-linked images for navigation between Google Sites pages.
Right now the hyperlink creates a new tab when opened.
Is there a way for the hyperlink to 'replace' the current page - rather than open a new tab?
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My organization is interested in migrating our local Wiki from the office into Google Sites. I see that Google Sites supports some sort of Wiki interface, but I don't really like the GUI editor. Is it possible to use Markdown syntax instead?
This is a Unix-heavy shop, with many Unix-heads and engineers. Many of us prefer the code-friendly wiki syntax provided by Markdown.
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I'm working on a Google site and wondering if there's a way to add a discussion forum to it.
I've seen some hacked up solutions using Google Spreadsheets and such but it's a little too MacGuyver-esque for me.
I'd like to keep things contained in Google, else I'd just use an Embedded PHPBB installation.
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In Google Sites, I can disable comments for a page by clicking Settings, Page Settings, and unchecking "Allow comments". How do I uncheck this option for all pages at once, i.e. disable comments globally on my site? Do I need to disable comments on a per-page basis?
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I have several Google Sites at my organization that we use for different projects and audiences.
I'm already using the feature that lets me map a subdomain of my domain to the google sites by adding a CNAME record of "ghs.google.com" -- for example, I have project1.example.com which redirects to https://sites.google.com/a/example.com/project1/Home. After the initial redirect, though, all of the URLS are at google's domain:
- sites.google.com/a/example.com/project1/Home
- sites.google.com/a/example.com/project1/AnotherPage
- sites.google.com/a/example.com/project1/AnotherPage/Subpage
I would like the visible urls to be:
- project1.example.com/Home
- project1.example.com/AnotherPage
- project1.example.com/AnotherPage/Subpage
I'm not concerned about http vs. https.
Is there a way to do this using Google Apps?
UPDATE (10/26)
I think the problem is that this is a private google site and I require a login for people to view it. When I temporarily published it publicly and visited without logging in, the urls mapped and displayed as I wanted. For privacy reasons, though, this site has to be password-protected. Do you know of any way to retain the subdomain mapping for logged-in users?
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I'm working on updating a bunch of Google Sites-hosted knowledge base entries.
Aside from content and formatting updates, I want to fix some of the URLs since many of them are absurdly long sentences rather than easy to read keywords. For instance:
sites.google.com/mysite/iamaskinghowtoredirectagooglesitespageafterrenamingit
instead of
sites.google.com/mysite/google-sites-redirect-renamed-url
It is very easy to change a page's URL in Google Sites, however, the old URL does not get redirected to the new. This seems like it'd be an easy thing for Google to accomplish, and yet...
Is there a way that I can make this happen on my end, or am I (and my users, and our search result positions) stuck with silly, unreadable URLs for eternity?
Edited to add that the reason the URLs were given this absurd format is due to an, I believe, ill-conceived understanding about SEO.
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I need to use a JavaScript patch in my Google Sites, but the problem is I don't understand how to place them and use it as Google Gadget.
<!DOCTYPE <strong class="highlight">html</strong> PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<<strong class="highlight">html</strong> xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var timerid = 0;
var <strong class="highlight">images</strong> = new Array( "image1.jpg",
"image2.jpg",
"image3.jpg");
var countimages = 0;
function startTime()
{
if(timerid)
{
timerid = 0;
}
var tDate = new Date();
if(countimages == <strong class="highlight">images</strong>.length)
{
countimages = 0;
}
if(tDate.getSeconds() % 5 == 0)
{
document.getElementById("img1").src = <strong class="highlight">images</strong>[countimages];
}
countimages++;
timerid = setTimeout("startTime()", 1000);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="startTime();">
<img id="img1" src="image3.jpg" />
</body>
</html>
I'm hoping for specific instructions using the JavaScript code I provided since I've found general Google Sites embedding instructions unfathomable. However with specific instructions I will be able to figure out how to use scripts in Google Sites in the future as well.
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Is it possible to use Google Sites as a Wiki where everyone can edit without first asking for the owner to allow them?
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Is there any way that the items in the Horizontal Navigation Bar can be copied between sites. I am a primary teacher and the 30 pupils in my class each have a site. These sites have been up and running for the past year. We would like to add some Urls to the Horizontal Nav Bar and some of these would have drop down links also. Is there any way that they can be copied if an original was created.
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We use Google apps for enterprise, and I want to build an intranet, based on the Google sites intranet template
In the Directory area, I want that the list will be updated from my contact/company list directory.
Is it possible?
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Is there any alternative to Google Sites that permits custom domain hosting, and a modern selection of templates and GUI web editing tools? I still suggest to people to Google Sites, but the product has really stagnated lately and I'm wondering what else is out there.
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I have created a small site using google-sites, and I listed a handful of people as collaborators. Some of them have gmail accounts, while some don't. I would understand it if only the users with gmail accounts were able to edit, but that is not the case. Some users can, and some can't. but some gmail users can, and some gmail users cannot.
Should I be focusing on the user, the browser they are using, or is there somewhere else I should look to troubleshoot this?
Does it sound like user error? I have asked them if they see the EDIT button at the top right, and they say no edit buttons of any kind appear.
EDIT: In researching this, it appears that sometimes it is related to the difference between google apps accounts and gmail accounts. Can anyone add anything to that possibility?
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I have a Google Site that contains an announcement page. This announcement page is serving like a blog within Google Sites right now, but I would like to migrate it to use Blogger instead. I understand that there is an Import/Export tool in Blogger, but how do I set up the correct XML metadata so that it is suitable for importing from the Google Site?
I thought of manually copying and publishing each post, but it is going to be way too tedious and I want to preserve the date the blog post was published on the Google Site. Is there anyone out there that have tried it before and is willing to help me with this?
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Just inserted a Google+ photo album on a web page built with Google Sites, then realized that it requires Flash! This means it doesn't display on my tablet, for example.
Without requiring Flash, Is there a simple way to make a photo album available on Google Sites, and auto-play as a slideshow?
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