Create collaborative mobile-friendly basic websites: New Google Sites
Google new version of its website builder is greatly improved over its previous version and it now allows full compatibility with mobile devices, draft editing, previews, integration of many new content blocks and embedding of most any type of content.
Ideal for training and collaborative projects that require easy, free and simple websites to be built rapidly.
Key features:
✅ - New set of content custom blocks including: image carousel, placeholders, buttons, collapsible text, and more
✅ - Embed support for maps, videos and most any type of content
✅ - Themes and templates integration
✅ - WYSIWYG Drag & Drop
✅ - Adjust layout for best performance across devices by being able to preview of site will look on desktop / tablet / mobile
✅ - Support for custom domains (coming soon)
✅ - Set permissions for co-editors
✅ - Real-time collaborative editing
✅ - View draft and published versions of your site
✅ - Review edits before you publish them
✅ - Google Drive integration (websites built with the new Google Sites do not count up to your quota of available Google Drive space)
✅ - Automatic table of contents
✅ - Layout options
100% free to use.
My evaluation: Excellent free website builder for small collaborative projects. Ideal for workshops, courses and training programs where you need to assign a publishing space to each participant. Ideal for research, reporting and content curation assignments as it can easily integrate most any type of content.
The interface is very simple and intuitive and there are only very basic commands available.
Try it out now: https://sites.google.com
- Differences between old Sites and new Google Sites: https://support.google.com/sites/answer/7176163
- Google Sites Examples: http://www.goopal.org/google-sites-features
- How to Convert Old Sites to New Sites: https://support.google.com/sites/answer/7035197?hl=en&ref_topic=6372873