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JotSpot Relaunched As Google Sites

Posted by kdawson on from the jot-that-down dept.

Gaveen writes "The popular JotSpot, which was acquired by Google some time ago, is now officially part of the family. JotSpot is now integrated into Google Apps as Google Sites. InfoWorld has a writeup on the service."

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  1. Wonderful! by Seraphim_72 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's great that InfoWorld has a write up, but could you give me a friggin clue what JotSpot is or why I should give a damn?

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    1. Re:Wonderful! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      RTFA. Apparently hiring standards at Google have slipped so far that they take people who think paying money for a wiki is a good idea. Just as well I passed on them last summer.

  2. Not really by DerekLyons · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not really integrated well with other Google applications, you have to have a separate domain and separate login (if you use an @gmail login) to use it.

    1. Re:Not really by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 2, Informative

      It's not really integrated well with other Google applications, you have to have a separate domain and separate login (if you use an @gmail login) to use it. From what I can see, it is well integrated with Google Team Apps (which requires a separate domain name), just not normal Google Apps. Which, yes, does make it annoying for individual Google users to try it out.
    2. Re:Not really by edn4 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Google is just using the separate email address because it is a wiki-based site creator. It's mostly meant for networks like schools or businesses to create intranet sites. If they allowed @gmail.com for example, they would lose the "network" security.

  3. Google Apps for Domains.... by Chyeld · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you try to log into the site using a domain already setup under Google Apps for Domains, you'll receive an error indicating that you have to speak to your site Admin to get access.

    This can be a bit confusing, because intially if you log into the dashboard for your domain, Google Sites isn't automaticly added to your services and thus you might do as I did and thrash around a bit trying to figure out how to setup acccess.

    It's actually fairly easy, use the "Add Services" button on your Dashboard and Google Sites should be one of the options listed (I'm using the "Next Gen Dashboard, so if you are using the old gen version which doesn't list beta services it might not show). Add the service, and optionally point it to sites.yourdomain.com or leave it at the default google.com address.

    I'm waiting for the DNS to refresh for my own domain, but this looks like something that will be fun to play with.

  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Informative

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  5. What Javascript library are they using? by QuestionsNotAnswers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    JotSpot used Dojo but Sites doesn't... It looks like they are now using their own library specific to Google Sites (code doesn't look like GWT).

    Anyone know what they are using?

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