Copy, search options and more announcements

Google has released an update for Google Sites. From now on you can copy the settings of an entire Google Sites. This way you can work with different groups in similar sites.

The “recent announcement” gadget is also got an upgrade today, so we not have more control over how much text is shown in the post summary. You can even show the full post content which is useful for putting a “word of the day” or “photo of the day” on the site home page. You can also configure the gadget to show a thumbnail of the first photo in the post. External search providers can also be used such as a Custom Search Engine or a Google Search Appliance.

Read the Google apps blog post for more info!