Making MY site visitors browsers Home Page

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news frontiernet.net

I see facilities on internet to add a site to the visitors browsers
Favorites.

I think I have seen such a facility to let a visitor click on something that
will make My Web site the home page for HIS broswer.

Is this possible?

How would I set that up? Can anyone point me to an example?
 
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Adrienne

I see facilities on internet to add a site to the visitors browsers
Favorites.

I think I have seen such a facility to let a visitor click on something
that will make My Web site the home page for HIS broswer.

Is this possible?

How would I set that up? Can anyone point me to an example?

Vistors know how to bookmark a site. No need for anything else.
 
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news frontiernet.net

It ISNT bookmarking that I am interesrted in!

It is providing a facility on my web site to allow visitors to quickly
establish MY WEB SITE as the web site that their browser automatically opens
up when the access it or ask for HOME.

I expect that there are some visitos who would use this Facility.

I remember seeing it somewhere on Internet. Does anyone know where there is
an example of this, or could lead me to a resource for this?
 
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Richard

news! said:
It ISNT bookmarking that I am interesrted in!
It is providing a facility on my web site to allow visitors to quickly
establish MY WEB SITE as the web site that their browser automatically
opens up when the access it or ask for HOME.
I expect that there are some visitos who would use this Facility.
I remember seeing it somewhere on Internet. Does anyone know where there
is an example of this, or could lead me to a resource for this?

www.google.com check the source code for an example.
 
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Whitecrest

arbpen2003 said:
Vistors know how to bookmark a site. No need for anything else.

How the hell do they know how to book marks a site when they can even
figure out how to close a window?

Here is some code that will work on 80% of your visitors:

<!-- ONE STEP TO INSTALL BOOKMARK US:

1. Copy the coding into the BODY of your HTML document -->

<!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the BODY of your HTML document -->

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

<!-- This script and many more are available free online at -->
<!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com -->

<!-- Begin
if ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") &&
(parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4) &&
(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("AOL") == -1)) {

var url="http://www.javascriptsource.com";
var title="The JavaScript Source";

document.write('<A HREF="javascript:window.ext');
document.write('ernal.AddFavorite(url,title);" ');
document.write('onMouseOver=" window.status=');
document.write("'Add our site to your favorites!'; return true ");
document.write('"onMouseOut=" window.status=');
document.write("' '; return true ");
document.write('">Add our site to your favorites!</a>');
}
else {
var msg = "Don't forget to bookmark us!";
if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") msg += " (CTRL-D)";
document.write(msg);
}

// End -->
</script>

<p><center>
<font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br>
by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a>
</font>
</center><p>
 
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Whitecrest

It ISNT bookmarking that I am interesrted in!

It is providing a facility on my web site to allow visitors to quickly
establish MY WEB SITE as the web site that their browser automatically opens
up when the access it or ask for HOME.

Sorry, here is the right code (mind you this does not work in all
browsers)

<!-- ONE STEP TO INSTALL SET HOME PAGE:

1. Copy the coding into the BODY of your HTML document -->

<!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the BODY of your HTML document -->

<BODY>

<!-- This script and many more are available free online at -->
<!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com -->

<!-- Original: wsabstract.com -->

<!--[if IE]>
<a HREF onClick="this.style.behavior='url
(#default#homepage)';this.setHomePage
('http://www.javascriptsource.com');"><img src="house.gif"> Click here
to make this your default homepage!</a>
<![endif]-->

<p><center>
<font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br>
by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a>
</font>
</center><p>

<!-- Script Size: 0.60 KB -->--

Hope that helped.
 
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Sid Ismail

: Here is some code that will work on 80% of your visitors:
:
: <!-- ONE STEP TO INSTALL BOOKMARK US:


Anyone who needs a script to put their URL in others' favorites is suffering
from a inferior complex.

If it's good, the user will bookmark it.

Sid
 
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rf

Whitecrest said:
How the hell do they know how to book marks a site when they can even
figure out how to close a window?

Here is some code that will work on 80% of your visitors:
<snip crap>

Nothing more to say.

Cheers
Richard.
 
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Whitecrest

<snip crap>
Nothing more to say.

Your right it is crap, and I knew the OP would be told that many many
times. So I was only giving the OP what they asked for. They can take
it, and combined with the other posts and make a decision.
 
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Toby A Inkster

Whitecrest said:
So I was only giving the OP what they asked for.

You gave some Javascript code to bookmark a page. This isn't want the OP
asked for. Read the original post again if you thought it was.
 
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Whitecrest

You gave some Javascript code to bookmark a page. This isn't want the OP
asked for. Read the original post again if you thought it was.

You probably wrote this before reading my follow up to him.
 
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Andy Dingley

I think I have seen such a facility to let a visitor click on something that
will make My Web site the home page for HIS broswer.

Is this possible?

If you can't find it on your own, you're not fit to know it.

If you can find it, it's still a monstrously irritating thing to do to
a user. It is so annoying to so many people that I can think of _no_
situation when it would be justifiable to use it.

It's trivially easy for a user to bookmark a site they want to, and
these people are still in the minority. So why irritate the majority
like this, for such a tiny gain to so few ?
 
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Robert Hampton

Andy said:
If you can't find it on your own, you're not fit to know it.

So does this statement pertain to ALL knowledge?
If you can find it, it's still a monstrously irritating thing to do to
a user. It is so annoying to so many people that I can think of _no_
situation when it would be justifiable to use it.

While you and I don't want/need it, apparently he wants that option. He
didn't ask for YOU to justify it's use.
It's trivially easy for a user to bookmark a site they want to, and
these people are still in the minority. So why irritate the majority
like this, for such a tiny gain to so few ?

Why an irritation? If they don't want to, they don't click the link.
Very simple, no?
--
Robert Hampton
Genesis POS
http://www.genesispos.com
(866) 942-8813 Voice
(325) 942-8872 Fax
 
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Whitecrest

If you can't find it on your own, you're not fit to know it.
If you can find it, it's still a monstrously irritating thing to do to
a user. It is so annoying to so many people that I can think of _no_
situation when it would be justifiable to use it.

Why did you even answer this question?
 
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Hywel Jenkins

Andy Dingley said:
If you can't find it on your own, you're not fit to know it.

Asking here is trying to find out on his own, you dipshit. Think
about it - Googling produces the same result.

If you can find it, it's still a monstrously irritating thing to do to
a user. It is so annoying to so many people that I can think of _no_
situation when it would be justifiable to use it.

Your point? It's his web site, let him fsck off his visitors in his
own way. It would be perfectly justifiable in a corporate
environment.

It's trivially easy for a user to bookmark a site they want to, and
these people are still in the minority. So why irritate the majority
like this, for such a tiny gain to so few ?

Who mentioned bookmarking?
 

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