June 11, 2018
Google is upgrading HTML boxes in Classic Sites. This will improve performance but it may also change the look and feel of some embedded elements. If you have a Classic Site (noted by a navigation bar on the left side), check your embedded items and make some simple adjustments to ensure elements appear as you intended.
Visual changes with this upgrade could include:
- Different appearance of rich embedded content (e.g. Twitter images, buttons, and more).
- Different display size of the embedded element.
- Different styling of the embedded element.
If elements do not appear as expected, you can:
- Adjust the height and width. Use the Classic Site manual controls to make the box fit the embedded content better.
- Adjust the formatting. You may want to adjust the embed HTML to match your page style. If you got the code from a third party, check if there are formatting options there.
If you want to revert back to the legacy embedded element appearance, you can check the “Use legacy html embed” option. The embedded element will then appear the same as before until the automatic upgrade on June 30th.
There are two stages to the upgrade:
- Stage 1: Starting immediately, Google will upgrade HTML boxes when an editor opens an HTML box on a Classic Site.
- Stage 2: On June 30th, Google will automatically upgrade all remaining legacy HTML boxes.
Please note: This only affects sites managed in Classic Sites. Sites built in New Google Sites are not affected.