Google Apps for Your Website

Google Apps for Your Website

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a free web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. To add this to your Membership Toolkit site:

Step 1 - Create a Google Analytics Account
  1. Go to: http://www.google.com/analytics/
  2. Create an account.  
  3. Select the create an account button
  4. Select the "Sign Up" button
  5. Complete the information on the page and then verify your email address.

Step 2 - Set-Up Your Site Analytics

 4.  Select "Sign Up"



Create A New Account

  1. Account Name - name of your choice
  2. Website URL - make sure to choose the https://
  3. Data Sharing Settings - your choice
  4. Agree to the Terms and Conditions
  5. Hit "Create Account"



Step 3 - Connect the Google Code to Your Membership Toolkit Account
After you hit "create account" it will take you "tracking code" screen.  Scroll to the bottom and copy the code from the "Paste this code on your site".  For extra security in case you lose the window, you can have the code emailed to you as well.

You need the Google Analytics UA Code. 




For more information on getting started with Google Analytics, please refer to this solution from Google: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008015

Google Translate


Allowing users to translate content on your website to their preferred language is a great way to close any language barriers that may have prevented families from using your site or signing up to volunteer.

Google has a great App that organizations can sign up for and then add to their Membership Toolkit account. Currently Google allows you to translate content into 80 languages.

More Information From Google

One of the reasons we are so excited about this version of Google Translate is that it includes the Translator Toolkit which allows your Admins to edit the translation if there is a problem.

Key Features of Google Translate:
  1. translates your website into 80 different languages
  2. allows you to customize and improve the translation
  3. collects and uses translation suggestions from your users
  4. invites editors to manage translations and suggestions

To add Google Translate to your Membership Toolkit account, first you need to Set Up a Google Translate Account.

If you have an email address associated with your organization (president@ourpto.com) we recommend using this to set up your Google account.

2.  Set up a Google Translate Account & Get the Website Translator Plug-In.

  1. Google's Translate Website Page
  2. Log in if needed using your Google Account.
  3. Complete the online form.
    Website URL - this will be your domain name:  www.ourpto.com
  4. Choose which languages you want to include in your translation options.  Most schools only choose one or two.
  5. Get your Website Translator. After you complete the information, you will be given a Website Translator Plug-in Code.  Copy this into a Word document and save. 

3.  Add Google Translate to Your Membership Toolkit Account.
You will need Administrator Access to your site tools to add the code to your account.
  1. Log-in to your Membership Toolkit account.
  2. Go to Website / Structure.
  3. You will create a New Block for the Google Translate.  Under "Blocks" go to the Region "left-rail" or "right-rail" and click the "add block..." button.  Or, another good place to put it would the "footer" region.
  4. Choose HTML Block and click the "add block" button again.
  5. For Block Name type Google Translate.
  6. In the HTML Content Editor, choose the Source Code button.  See graphic below.
  7. Paste in the Website Translator Plug-in Code.
  8. Save
  9. Rearrange the block by dragging it to the correct location in the navigation region and save again!



If you want to add any wording above the Google Translation plug-in, you will need to create a new html block for the wording. Add a new HTML block, Google Header, and type and format wording that you want above the plug-in. 




Only pages (including forms, content pages, etc) that include the plug-in on the same page will be translated. For example, if your volunteer forms are set to present with no sidebar, and the translate plug-in is set to be in the sidebar, then the volunteer form will not be translated. You can edit this by going to Website / Design Settings and changing the page template used for forms.

Adding a Google Calendar


You can display a Google Calendar on your Membership Toolkit website.

Step 1.  Create the embed code for your Google calendar.

  1. Directions from Google

Step 2.  Paste the embed code into your Membership Toolkit website page.

  1. Create the website page for the display of the Google Calendar.
  2. Add in a title and additional information that you want at the top of the page.
  3. Select the Source Code from the editor. (see picture #1)
  4. Paste the embed code into the editor.  (see picture #2)
Picture #1



Picture #2



FAQ - Why are the Google Search Results Wrong for my Website?


If content was deleted from a website but still shows up in Google search results, the page description or cache might be outdated. This can sometimes cause and error message to occur when searching.

You can request removal of the outdated content: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6349986?hl=en

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