Creating A Blank Site
Click on the “create” button to begin the
the specific name of my site. We can
process.
change this to something else.
The blank template is automatically
In this example I’ve changed the address
selected for us. The red border around
to “reyesclassroom”. In the address, we
the template indicates this.
can’t have any spaces between words.
This address which I’ve created must be
unique. At this point there is no way to
determine if this address is unique. We
need to go through the rest of the
process to verify it is unique and we can
claim it for our own. Once a site address
has been claimed, it cannot be used by
The first step in the process is to provide
a name for our site. This seems easy but
can be difficult because your site name is
tied to your site address. You’ll see what I
mean as we work with the lesson.
In this example the site name is for my
classroom which is easy enough. The
site location, which is the internet
address for my site starts with “https://
sites.google.com/site/“ and is followed by
anyone ever again.
This site address is not like a .com or
other domain address like .org or .edu.
These are purchased domain names.
The address we are creating here is free
and part of Google Sites.
I’ll skip over some of the other options for
now until we can verify the address is
available. At this point we need to verify
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