Hi, You can also simplify this As, Pierre said, you can make the simple desktop file. The command can be:
firefox yourwebsite.com But, if you want to do it manually, this line in the desktop file is Name=Firefox Exec=firefox %u And if you want to write a script... the script to do this would be : #!/bin/bash WEBSITE=torios.org NAME="ToriOS" ICON=www-browser echo -e "[Desktop Entry]\n Encoding=UTF-8\n Exec=firefox ${WEBSITE}\n Icon=${ICON}\n Terminal=false\n Type=Application\n Categories=Network;\n Name=${NAME}\n" >> ~/Desktop/$NAME.desktop chmod a+rx ~/Desktop/$NAME.desktop so if you save it as mysite.bash (make it executable) and then ./mysite.bash I really have been enjoying bash, so you don't have to do it this way, I just like the terminal. It is easy to do through the GUI anyhow :) On 09/30/2014 08:38 AM, Pierre Gobin wrote: > Hi, > > It can be done with a custom .desktop file. > > To do it easily with the GUI : > * Go in Lubuntu Menu, right click on Firefox (or an other web > browser), and click on « Create a shortcut on the desktop » ; > > * Right click on your new shortcut, and choose « Shortcut Editor » > (I am not sure of the English name) ; > > * In the dialog, go in the "Desktop Entry" tab, and modify the > command. For Firefox, I have « firefox %u » : you can modify it by > « firefox %u "http://www.yourwebsite.com" ». > > > In this dialog, you can also modify the icon, label, etc. > > I hope it can help, > > Kind regards, > Pierre Gobin > > Le 30/09/2014 15:10, Marc Tremblay a écrit : >> >> Good morning, >> >> >> >> I work for a school board in Montreal and we are finally shifting >> over to open source software for our older computer labs using >> Lubuntu 14.04 instead of windows 7. The performance between the two >> is incomparable and schools are saving up to 15 000$ by converting to >> Lubuntu instead of purchasing new hardware. >> >> >> >> Our teachers have been working with us on this and one *big request* >> is to put shortcut to web sites on the desktop. I thought this would >> be a simple request but I am unable to find any information on how to >> do this. Can anyone help? >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Marc Tremblay >> >> Educational Services Dept >> >> Lester B. Pearson School Board >> >> 1925 Brookdale >> >> Dorval, H9P 2Y7 >> >> >> >> mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca <mailto:mtremb...@lbpsb.qc.ca> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- Regards
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