10 Handy Web Templates from Google Sites

Google Sites is a portal for creating websites. It offers a gallery of templates, including business and collaboration designs, where you can make a site public or just open to project collaborators. Templates can be customized and now include an automatic mobile rendering feature to create mobile-friendly sites.

With Google Sites’ automatic mobile rendering, when an iOS 3.0+ or Android 2.2+ device visits your site, the width of the site adjusts to the width of the device. Other layout objects adjust as well, such as sidebars. This mobile-friendly feature is part of the Google Sites’ mobile rollout, which also includes new mobile templates, which we addressed earlier in “6 Google Templates to Mobilize Your Business.”

To enable the mobile rendering feature, after you create a site, go to General Setting – More Actions – Manage Site and click “Automatically adjust site for mobile phones.” You can preview desktop and mobile versions of your site by choosing More Actions – Preview As Viewer.

Here are some of the many business templates from Google Sites. Use them to create project sites, eye-catching landing pages, and more. The template gallery is public. So if you create your own stellar template, here are directions to add it to the gallery for others to view and use.

Google Sites Templates

Intranet Site Template. Pull your company’s information together into a single place with this intranet template. Includes an internal company blog, calendar, and department pages.

Intranet Site Template.

Professional Site Template. Give yourself an online presence. Includes testimonials, a place to showcase your work, and a contact form. Easily add maps, a blog, and more.

Professional Site Template.

Project Tracking Template. Get your project organized with this central place to manage all project elements and timelines. Track issues, items, tasks, dates, documents, and updates all in one place.

Project Tracking Template.

Training Site Template. Create a place for your online training. This template comes with course material and test pages, student feedback area, and a calendar for course schedule.

Training Site Template.

Research Project Template. This template is designed for research projects run by groups, such as a research lab or an engineering firm.

Research Project Template.

Restaurant Site Template. This template includes a restaurant blog, menu pages, and a place to post reviews.

Restaurant Site Template.

Project Wiki Template. Pull all your project information together in one place and stay connected with your project team. Includes a project blog, a place for to-do items, team profile pages, and a file storage area.

Project Wiki Template.

Document Library and Sharing. Store and share important company documents. This template includes pages for documents across several company departments.