ARCHIVED: How do I change the home page for my web browser?
The term "home page" can have two meanings. The first and most common meaning is a web page that you created yourself to display information about you. For more about personal home pages and creating them at Indiana University, see About pages.iu.edu
The second type of home page, addressed here, is the page that automatically opens when you start your browser or click the home button.
On this page:
Firefox 3 and higher
- In Firefox for Windows, from the menu, select
. In Firefox for Mac OS X, from the
menu, select .
Click
or . - Set your home page(s) using any of the following methods:
- Next to "Home Page:", type the URL you want to display when
you start your browser. If you would like multiple web pages to
appear in tabs when you start Firefox, separate the URLs with a
pipe (
|
), for example:http://kb.iu.edu/|http://uits.iu.edu
- To make the current page or all currently open tabs your home page(s), click .
- To select a site from your bookmarks, click .
- If you would like your browser to open to a blank page, next to "When Firefox starts:", select or .
- Next to "Home Page:", type the URL you want to display when
you start your browser. If you would like multiple web pages to
appear in tabs when you start Firefox, separate the URLs with a
pipe (
- In Windows, click . In Mac OS X, close the window to save the settings.
Internet Explorer 7 and higher
In Internet Explorer 7 and higher, you can set either a single home page or several of them, which will open in tabs.
- Open the
Alt
to view it. menu. If the menu bar is not visible,
press - Select .
- In the text field in the "Home page" section, type the URL you wish to use as your home page. You may enter multiple URLs on separate lines, which will be loaded in separate tabs.
Safari
- From the menu, select . In the preference window toolbar, click .
- Set your home page using any of the following methods:
- In the "Homepage" or "Home page" field, type the URL you want to
display when you start your browser, for instance:
http://kb.iu.edu/
- If you would like to make the page you are viewing your home page,
click
Using the pull-down menu next to "New windows opens with:", select the page that appears when you open a new browser window (but not when you click the
button). .
- In the "Homepage" or "Home page" field, type the URL you want to
display when you start your browser, for instance:
- Click .
Related documents
This is document ahlf in the Knowledge Base.
Last modified on 2018-01-18 12:52:32.