How to host websites in Google Drive

Google Drive

Google Drive gives a splendid option to host your website. Is it really cool..? You know, a great deal of web hosting services are available in market, but most of them cost money. Google Drive allows a free storage of 15 GB for each Google account. So, you can host a website with enough content, without any cost.

Google Drive can only be used for static websites which include; JavaScript, CSS, images, audio, video etc.

A important thing is; Google Drive doesn't support the use of server side scripting languages such as PHP, ASP ets.

Follow these steps

Step 1

Login to Google Drive with your gmail account

Google Drive login page

Step 2

Those who need to handle Google Drive from your desktop, please download and install Google Drive in your computer, if you didn't.

Download Google drive

Download Google Drive installer from here.

Google Drive download

Click .exe file to start installation.

Google Drive installation

Complete installation process.

Google Drive installation completed

Step 3
Once you completed the installation, just create a new public folder and rename to whatever you want.

Create new folder in Google Drive

Rename new folder

Step 4
Click the "Share button" to change the privacy settings .

Click share button to change privacy

Click the "change" link and make your folder "public on the web".

Sharing settings

Select "public on the web" option

Click "Done" button after privacy settings has been changed.

Click Done after privacy settings

Step 5

Your Google Drive is now ready for website hosting. Mean while, you need to upload your website files into this folder by clicking upload button in the dashboard.

Click to upload

upload and share

If you are using Google Drive on your Desktop, you can do the same by moving files into the Google Drive folder.

Step 6

You just completed your website's hosting procedures. Now you really want to see your site preview. :-)

Open the file, which you uploaded to the specified folder.

Open uploaded file

Again you need to click an open button in the top.

Open uploaded file to preview

I think, now you can see your html file. You just need to click on the preview link, which is in the top left on your screen.

Open website preview

Here is your website :-)

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