There is no convenient pull down menu which would link you to other pages on your site. You can however add a button at the end of your post with pre-determined text such as ‘Book’, ‘Order Online’, ‘Buy’, ‘Learn More’ and ‘Sign Up’, but it’s then up to you to locate the relevant URL and add it to your button. Forget about bolding or italicising words, and don’t even think about embedding a URL. You have absolutely no formatting options when you write. You have the ability to add up to ten photos per posts, and write a few words. This isn’t blogging - it’s a promotional tool to highlight parts of your business to your client base. You’re given three fields to put in details of said offer, when the promotion will start and end, and a coupon to redeem. To illustrate how sparse your options are, take a look at the special offer in particular. Google only offers you a handful of options: you can add a write about a ‘Special Offer’, create a ‘What’s New’ post, announce an ‘Event’, or - as a sign of the times we live in - work on a ‘COVID-19 Update’… If you’re used to other website builders you’d be forgiven for thinking that this would lead you to a blogging tool, but the first time you click on it, the truth will be revealed. This no frills, no nonsense, not much customisation concept is exemplified by the Post section. The sidebar also has a link to create a new post, and turn on messaging (so your customers can contact you). With that in mind, head on over to ‘Info’ to add your opening hours, a description of your business, that sort of thing. On the plus side, it can be a boon for those who just want to put their information online and get on with their business.Ĭreating a new post is… not a new blog post… more like a quick advert for one of your services (Image credit: Google) Maybe that’s because it’s designed to put your business online quickly and efficiently, but this curtails the more creative website designer. This lack of customisation can be felt throughout the service. Click on ‘Edit Header Photo’ and you’re sent back to the upload section. This is also the section you use to edit the default text on your page, and change the default photos (puzzlingly you don’t appear to be able to grab stock images from that interface - solely images stored on your computer).Īdding a photo is easy, but you actually have no editing abilities, not even cropping. It’s a choice of 10 packages, and that’s it.
There doesn’t appear to be any option to further customise these colours or those fonts.
You’ll be immediately taken to the sidebar’s Website section, where you get to promptly select from 10 different themes for your site (a mixture of colours and font styles). Your choice of themes are pretty sparse, and there’s not much customisability - like, at all.
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