The homepage is a URL or file, which involuntarily loads when a web browser starts or when the home tab of the browser is pressed. This feature can be turned off and on; it also indicates a URL for the page to be loaded.
The word homepage is also used to indicate the front page, directory index, web server, or main web page of the set website, corporation, association, or individual. In countries like Germany, South Korea, and Japan, and in the US, the word homepage is mainly referred as a whole website in spite of a single web page. In the late 90s this custom had been wiped away from the US and it was replaced by the more complete word web site.
Now-a-days homepages are a website, which happens to be a start page. A start page is a kind of website or page, which is destined to systematize links or information for the consumer when a web Brower starts. A start page usually involves information like news, games, weather, and other web stuff and web devices. For example, iGoogle, Sthrt, net vibes, page flakes, and sign depending on the home page program.
Many homepages that are used for personal or low standard websites, start with a welcome note and short information about their site. Though, larger websites intended for browsing, such as shops, entertainment collections, and informational websites, feature particular things on the front page like Features, Most Liked, Spotlight, Great Deals, etc. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a homepage with two sites, first on Internet Explorer and second one is Mozilla Firefox.
Things required:
- Active Internet connection
- Internet Explorer
Instructions:
Internet Explorer:
- Open the Internet Explorer web browser on your computer. To open it you can click on the internet symbol on the desktop twice, or you can use the program button by clicking on start menu, choosing programs, and after that steering to the Internet Explorer option and clicking on it.
- Click on the “Tools” menu on the Internet Explorer option at the top of the computer screen. Open the “Tools” menu, and then pick “Internet Options.”
- Pick the “General” button in the Internet menu dialog box. A dialog box will appear on your screen stating “Home Page,” go to the URL, or web address, www.mozilla.com/firefox/. If you have already installed the Firefox homepage on the Internet Explorer window, then you will just have to click on the “Use Current” option at the bottom of the dialog box.
- Now you will have to click on the “Apply” tab at the base of the dialog box, and after that click on the “OK” button, also located at the base of the dialog box.
- If you want to confirm that your new homepage has been saved properly, then you will have to click on “Home” sign in the menu bar of the Internet Explorer window.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open the Firefox web browser. To open it, you can click on the internet symbol twice on the desktop, or you can use the program button by clicking on start menu, choosing programs, and after that steering to the Mozilla Firefox option and clicking on it.
- Select the Tools bar at the top of the Firefox window. After entering in the Tools bar, select “Options”.
- Now you will have to choose the “General” or “Main” key at the top of the “Options” dialog box. Place the “When Firefox Starts” descend menu and choose “Show My Home Page.”
- After that go to the URL, or web address, home page of the Firefox website box. If you have already installed the Firefox homepage on the Internet Explorer window, then you can just click on the “Use Current Page” button. Now, select “OK” at the base of the dialog box to put aside your settings.
- In the end, click on the “Home” sign in the toolbar at the top of the Firefox window to confirm that your homepage settings have saved appropriately.
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As startpage I can recomend zenstart. It requires no customization and can be used right away. Further it list the top 150 links – so there might be a few of them you like.