Google Sites

Drave · 04-18-2008, 03:26 AM

Google Sites (part of Apps)

edit to add the FAQ link Google Apps for Administrators

I've been working with a friend on a full work-up using Google Sites. As we worked through it, we were kind of surprised how much shit Google is offering through this.

So I was wondering if anyone else has any experience with it yet. (This could be a sweet/simple way for classes to work together or other groups/organizations. It could probably work well for guild management/planning as well, with minimal maintenance/adminstration.)

It seems pretty kick-ass. (Only needed a registered domain name to try it out, heh.)

PigBenis · 04-20-2008, 11:31 AM

You know either google gets very lucky, or they are really good at planning and foresight. Combining all of their app's into 1 app like this is a great idea.

Drave · 04-22-2008, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PigBenis

You know either google gets very lucky, or they are really good at planning and foresight. Combining all of their app's into 1 app like this is a great idea.

Yep, it seems like a no-brainer for a start-up/soho to use this (very easy on the $), and the scalability is stupid.

Wash · 06-22-2008, 01:28 AM

My company switched over to google apps a couple of months ago. Since we're in about 5 different offices, we use the chat to communicate, and if someone quits or gets fired, we can remove their login easily (as opposed to Yahoo, which we were using before). We use google docs with it, and now most important info is online in a google doc where anyone can see it/change it from anywhere. I wasn't able to figure out how to make and maintain email lists easily so I just wrote my own mass emailer instead (though looking back, I think I know what I was doing wrong-- I was trying to email the list address, but it was going to that address on the domain we're registered with, and I should have been emailing it from within google apps? Still not sure about that).

Verdict: it can be pretty much a godsend to small businesses, or any other group of people you need to keep synchronized and aren't in the same place.

04-18-2008, 03:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Drave Sly. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 600 +4 Internets	Google Sites Google Sites (part of Apps) edit to add the FAQ link Google Apps for Administrators I've been working with a friend on a full work-up using Google Sites. As we worked through it, we were kind of surprised how much shit Google is offering through this. So I was wondering if anyone else has any experience with it yet. (This could be a sweet/simple way for classes to work together or other groups/organizations. It could probably work well for guild management/planning as well, with minimal maintenance/adminstration.) It seems pretty kick-ass. (Only needed a registered domain name to try it out, heh.) Last edited by Drave : 04-22-2008 at 01:20 AM.

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04-20-2008, 11:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
PigBenis duh Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boiler Up Posts: 636 -34 Internets	You know either google gets very lucky, or they are really good at planning and foresight. Combining all of their app's into 1 app like this is a great idea.

06-22-2008, 01:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
Wash A bar in Peru Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 199 -15 Internets	My company switched over to google apps a couple of months ago. Since we're in about 5 different offices, we use the chat to communicate, and if someone quits or gets fired, we can remove their login easily (as opposed to Yahoo, which we were using before). We use google docs with it, and now most important info is online in a google doc where anyone can see it/change it from anywhere. I wasn't able to figure out how to make and maintain email lists easily so I just wrote my own mass emailer instead (though looking back, I think I know what I was doing wrong-- I was trying to email the list address, but it was going to that address on the domain we're registered with, and I should have been emailing it from within google apps? Still not sure about that). Verdict: it can be pretty much a godsend to small businesses, or any other group of people you need to keep synchronized and aren't in the same place.