Spreadsheets, Calendars, or Videos
You can create a Google spreadsheet or Google calendar and easily have it show up on a page of your website.
Spreadsheets
- Create your spreadsheet in the 'Documents' sections
- In the top right of your spreadsheet, click 'Share' then 'Publish as a Webpage', make sure 'Automatically republish when changes are made' is checked, then click 'Start Publishing', then select 'HTML to embed in a page' and save the code that is generated
- Go to the page on your website where you want the spreadsheet to appear, click 'Edit' in the Main Toolbar, then 'Source' in the Edit Toolbar, and paste in the code (you can fine-tune the size of the spreadsheet by changing the width='500' height='300')
- Every time you update your Google spreadsheet, your website is updated automatically!
Calendars
- Create your calendar in the 'Calendar' section
- On the left side of the screen at the bottom of the 'My Calendars' box, click 'Settings', then on the right side of the screen click 'Share this calendar' for the calendar you want to share.
- First click the 'Calendar Details' tab, save the code from the box in the 'Embed Calendar' section, then click the 'Share this calendar' tab and check both 'Share this calendar with others' and 'Make this calendar public' and click save at the bottom
- Go to the page on your website you want the calendar to display, click 'Edit' in the Main Toolbar, then 'Source' in the Edit Toolbar, and paste in the 'embed' code (you can fine-tune the size of the calendar by changing the width="800" height="600")
- Every time you update your Google calendar, your website is updated automatically!
Videos
It is super easy to put a streaming video/movie on your website. Just create an account with YouTube and upload the video there. Once uploaded, you will be given a special html code (obtained from the site) to put your video on your website.
YouTube
- Sign up at YouTube
- Check your email to confirm your registration
- Click on the yellow Upload button on the top right of the screen and follow the instructions
- When you view your video on YouTube, copy the contents of the 'Embed' field, and paste it into your website when you are in the Source mode of the editing screen
Video Tips & Tricks
- Make sure you put in a detailed description of your video on Youtube - including your website address - and tags. This way, people can find your video on the search engines and it will lead them to your website.
- If you don't want Related Videos shown at the end of your video, uncheck the Include Related Videos box before you copy the Embed code from Youtube
- If a sub-menu button gets hidden behind a Youtube video, you can add this code to the source to fix it (login, click the page in the menu where the video appears, click 'Edit', then click 'Source')
- Add the following code after the Object tag: <param name="WMode" value="transparent"></param>
- And add the following code just before the type=â?application/x-shockwave-flashâ?: wmode="transparent"