16 May2011
Faster access to Google Apps products
Recently, I had one of those “how did you do that?” moments with a tech-savvy client. This client, like me, set up his domain with Google Apps. During a meeting, he told me he wanted to show me a spreadsheet he created in Google Docs. In the web browser, he typed d.(his domain).com and the browser opened his Google Docs login page. Not long after that, as we were scheduling our next meeting, he typed c.(his domain).com in the browser, and his Google Calendar instantly appeared. I could not help but look with amazement and say “wow, that was fast! – how did you do that?” I love finding faster and more efficient ways of doing things, so I also set up my domain this way for the quickest access to Google Apps. Like many of Google’s products, I found it was incredibly easy to set up.- Go to your Google Apps domain management page and click on settings. Click on the product to the left that you want to change the URL for (Docs is shown below).
- Click on the “Change URL” link which will take you to the page you see below. Click on the second button and change the subdomain to whatever you like. My client prefers the one letter subdomains, for example, “d” for Docs and “c” for Calendar.
- I then had to go to my domain host’s DNS Management page and add a CNAME. Google has step-by-step instructions for this.
Tags: Google Docs, Save Time
Trackback from your site.
Chris Farmand
| #
Preach it Dustin!!!!
Reply
Dustin Wheeler
| #
Thanks Chris. Sometimes I think my domain name is too long. You’ve got a nice short one (apr16.com).
Reply
Kara
| #
Awesome tip, Dustin! Chris showed me how to do this in Vegas and I forgot (ssshhhhh) … Great reference to archive.
Reply
Dustin Wheeler
| #
Kara, that’s one of the reasons why I blog. It seems that once I write a blog post about something, I don’t forget it.
Reply
Michelle Edwards
| #
I love this! I just might have to give it a try. Thanks for the tech tip, Dustin!
Reply