Site Design deals with the aesthetics of your site, that is, the look and feel. Choosing one of the many Google Sites Themes initially sets your site design. This initial design, however, can be further customized as desired. Site Design includes the background images, colors, and fonts used within your site. These options can be configured in the Manage Site - Themes, Colors, and Fonts section. To access these settings, click the gear in the upper right and select Manage Site. Then click on Themes, Colors, and Fonts. The screen grab below shows you what you should see:
Just a note here about the specific settings for Entire Page - Background - Color, Image, Wrapper Image:
Design Help SitesThe following is a list of sites to help you in designing your site. Many have to do with colors and getting the right combinations. |
Site Design
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0 to 255 | This site provides a "simple tool that helps web designers find variations of any color." |
Adobe Color CC | A simple site to help you pick colors that go together to create your own theme. |
? Color | Much like Piknik, you can browse infinite colors and have the color values returned to you. |
Color Scheme Designer | This site provides a dynamic way to picking colors that work together to help give your site an attractive design. |
ColorZilla Extension | This Chrome extension provides a color picker which allows you to snag the hex code for any color you find on the web. |
Colour Lovers | This nifty site allows you to create color schemes and share them with the world...after giving them a name of course. |
Favicon Creator | This site lets you upload an image and then have a favicon created for your site to add just a touch of personalization to it. |
Fonts 500 | A collection of the web's top 500 FREE fonts! |
Logo Maker | This site can help you brand your site by creating a personalized logo. |
Palette for Chrome | This extension provides the means to take any picture and create a color palette from the colors it contains. |
Piknik | This site allows you to scan for a color that catches your eye and then gives you the color values for it. |
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