Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror??
On January 20, 2005 12:28, Graham Watkins wrote: > Andy Yankovich wrote: > > Is there a way to have a specific web site open in Konqueror whenever it > > starts, using KDE (GUI) only? ... Here's what I did: 1. Open the url you want as your home page (I think this technique would even allow you to have multiple urls in separate tabs, though I haven't tried it). 2. Resize the window to the size you want saved, if you don't like the default size (I found it too small for many of the web sites I visit). 3. Go to menu item Settings > Save view profile "webbrowsing"... 4. In the dialog, ensure that "Save URLs in profile" is checked. Also, if you did step #2 above, ensure that "Save window size in profile" is checked. Don't change the default selection of the "webbrowsing" profile. 5. Click the Save button. The next time you open Konqueror as a web browser, you'll see the url(s) you saved, with the window size you want. You can also change the "filemanagement" profile to save changes to the use of konqueror as a file manager (what you get when you open the Home desktop icon). And you can create custom profiles if you want, for different purposes. It's a pretty nice piece of semi-hidden functionality. -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror??
On Thursday 20 Jan 2005 19:28, Graham Watkins wrote: > Andy Yankovich wrote: > > Is there a way to have a specific web site open in Konqueror whenever it > > starts, using KDE (GUI) only? > > Snipped > > > Thanks, Andy > > Hi, > > There may be better ways but this worked for me. Right-click on the KDE > desktop, select create new>file>link to location (url). In the dialogue > box enter the URL of the site you want to open and a name for the link. > > Hey Presto! A direct line to whatever web page you want to access in > Konqueror. And you can have as many of them as you want. Or, simply surf to what you wish as your start page and go to settings/ save view profile webbrowsing :-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror??
Andy Yankovich wrote: Is there a way to have a specific web site open in Konqueror whenever it starts, using KDE (GUI) only? Snipped Thanks, Andy Hi, There may be better ways but this worked for me. Right-click on the KDE desktop, select create new>file>link to location (url). In the dialogue box enter the URL of the site you want to open and a name for the link. Hey Presto! A direct line to whatever web page you want to access in Konqueror. And you can have as many of them as you want. Cheers, Graham Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror??
On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 17:08 -0500, Andy Yankovich wrote: > I did what Dennis suggested and it did not work. My result was a bit > different from Elwyn's (below). I just go to the page titled > "congratulations for choosing Mandrakelinux!- Konqueror". > > Has anyone been successful using Björn Olsson's method? > > Thanks for all your suggestions, Andy > > > Elwyn wrote: > I've done that but when I open Konqueror it always opens up > file:/usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html of which I cannot delete it from there > and put a redirect page in or anything. > > Any suggestions?? TIA ;) > > Elwyn > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Björn Olsson > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:23 AM > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror?? > > > Or you can go to the page you want as your start page, enter the > settings menu and click "Save View Profile Web Browsing". This way you > can keep another page/directory for use with Konqueror's "home" button. > Myself I like to start with a blank page, so I enter "about:blank" in > the adress field and hit Return before I save the profile. > > As for the fonts problem, I have no clue. > > Björn Olsson > > > > > Plain text document attachment (message.footer) > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > I have been playing with Gnome more than KDE, but there is an icon on the Konqueror toolbar that will enlarge the font size of the displayed page. It is in the shape of a magnifying glass with a plus sign in it. Also, did you try in Konqueror -Settings>Configure Konqueror>Fonts? There is a place to specify the minimum font size and what font you want the browser to use to display text. Don't get discouraged in the learning process. I have spent almost a year in getting going, but for me the windoze Mulidysfunctional Edition was good incentive to try linux. Once you are a little familiar with it, you won't miss microsoft! HTH. ~Lorin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror?? Success Once only
On Saturday 15 January 2005 06:34 pm, Andy Yankovich wrote: > Well, Dennis, the instructions you gave DID work, but for only one time. > > After a complete shut down, I attempted something I never did before. At > the KDE 3.2 flash screen, I clicked on the globe icon and went directly to > the start page I have been trying to get. > > However, I tried to recreate that success five more times and could not > recreate it once. I tried only restarting and booting from a totally shut > down system. Couldn't recreate that success. Don't know why. > > Andy > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Yankovich > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 5:09 PM > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: RE: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror?? > > > I did what Dennis suggested and it did not work. My result was a bit > different from Elwyn's (below). I just go to the page titled > "congratulations for choosing Mandrakelinux!- Konqueror". > > Has anyone been successful using Björn Olsson's method? > > Thanks for all your suggestions, Andy > > > Elwyn wrote: > I've done that but when I open Konqueror it always opens up > file:/usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html of which I cannot delete it from there > and put a redirect page in or anything. > > Any suggestions?? TIA ;) > > Elwyn > > > > -Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Björn Olsson > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:23 AM > To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com > Subject: Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror?? > > > Or you can go to the page you want as your start page, enter the > settings menu and click "Save View Profile Web Browsing". This way you > can keep another page/directory for use with Konqueror's "home" button. > Myself I like to start with a blank page, so I enter "about:blank" in > the adress field and hit Return before I save the profile. > > As for the fonts problem, I have no clue. > > Björn Olss that is a puzzle. I am trying to recreate the problem and now can not get past the Mandrake welcome page. Looks like something needs editing for a perminent fix. I am looking for the file now. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror?? Success Once only
Well, Dennis, the instructions you gave DID work, but for only one time. After a complete shut down, I attempted something I never did before. At the KDE 3.2 flash screen, I clicked on the globe icon and went directly to the start page I have been trying to get. However, I tried to recreate that success five more times and could not recreate it once. I tried only restarting and booting from a totally shut down system. Couldn't recreate that success. Don't know why. Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Yankovich Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 5:09 PM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: RE: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror?? I did what Dennis suggested and it did not work. My result was a bit different from Elwyn's (below). I just go to the page titled "congratulations for choosing Mandrakelinux!- Konqueror". Has anyone been successful using Björn Olsson's method? Thanks for all your suggestions, Andy Elwyn wrote: I've done that but when I open Konqueror it always opens up file:/usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html of which I cannot delete it from there and put a redirect page in or anything. Any suggestions?? TIA ;) Elwyn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Björn Olsson Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:23 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror?? Or you can go to the page you want as your start page, enter the settings menu and click "Save View Profile Web Browsing". This way you can keep another page/directory for use with Konqueror's "home" button. Myself I like to start with a blank page, so I enter "about:blank" in the adress field and hit Return before I save the profile. As for the fonts problem, I have no clue. Björn Olsson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror??
I did what Dennis suggested and it did not work. My result was a bit different from Elwyn's (below). I just go to the page titled "congratulations for choosing Mandrakelinux!- Konqueror". Has anyone been successful using Björn Olsson's method? Thanks for all your suggestions, Andy Elwyn wrote: I've done that but when I open Konqueror it always opens up file:/usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html of which I cannot delete it from there and put a redirect page in or anything. Any suggestions?? TIA ;) Elwyn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Björn Olsson Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:23 AM To: newbie@linux-mandrake.com Subject: Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror?? Or you can go to the page you want as your start page, enter the settings menu and click "Save View Profile Web Browsing". This way you can keep another page/directory for use with Konqueror's "home" button. Myself I like to start with a blank page, so I enter "about:blank" in the adress field and hit Return before I save the profile. As for the fonts problem, I have no clue. Björn Olsson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror??
On Saturday 15 Jan 2005 15:47, Dennis Myers wrote: > you can go into "settings>configure Konqueror>behavior>and put in the URL > of the home page you want where it has "URL" and a blank for fill in. HTH I've done that but when I open Konqueror it always opens up file:/usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html of which I cannot delete it from there and put a redirect page in or anything. Any suggestions?? TIA ;) Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror??
On Saturday 15 January 2005 21:23, Andy Yankovich wrote: > Also, the Road Runner start page using Windows has better fonts > than when using Konqueror. I am not certain but I think the fonts > in RR start page using Windows is Sans while the font when using > Mandrake KDE is definitely different and much harder for me to > use. Also the contrast is poor. I don't understand why this is > true for Road Runner's home page under KDE - because other sites > I open while using Konqueror are OK. Is there a way to fix this? You can adjust the fonts in Konqueror : Settings --> Configure Konqueror --> Appearence. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2.6.8* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror??
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 09:47:00 -0600 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 15 January 2005 02:23 pm, Andy Yankovich wrote: > > Is there a way to have a specific web site open in Konqueror > > whenever it starts, using KDE (GUI) only? > > > > My broadband ISP, Road Runner, is a cable operation. The following > > site, "http://www.rr.com/flash/";, is its home page and can be set by > > me to reflect the exact local news, local weather, and global > > headlines in which I am interested. > > > > Under Windows, I can use Tools/Options/General/Home Page/Use Current > > Page to open my browser to Road Runner's home page whenever I start > > Mozilla-Firefox or any other browser. MY question is: Is there a > > "SIMPLE" (meaning non-programming) KDE/GUI method, similar to > > Windows, to configure Konqueror to open to Road runner's home page > > whenever I start Konqueror? > > > > I do not understand programming, and at my age I don't want to have > > to start to learn it now. I would like to stop using Windows and I > > thought KDE/GUI would allow me to continue using my computer without > > trying to understand written commands, etc. That is the main reason > > I chose Mandrake. > > > > Is it possible to do what I want in Linux and specifically in > > Mandrake 10.1? > > > > Thank you, Andy > > > > BTW I am beginning to think I like Konqueror better than Firefox. > > It's appearance is cleaner, less clutter, and it is a lot faster. > > > > Also, the Road Runner start page using Windows has better fonts than > > when using Konqueror. I am not certain but I think the fonts in RR > > start page using Windows is Sans while the font when using Mandrake > > KDE is definitely different and much harder for me to use. Also the > > contrast is poor. I don't understand why this is true for Road > > Runner's home page under KDE - because other sites I open while > > using Konqueror are OK. Is there a way to fix this? > > > > Thanks, Andy > you can go into "settings>configure Konqueror>behavior>and put in the > URL of the home page you want where it has "URL" and a blank for fill > in. HTH -- > Dennis M. linux user #180842 Or you can go to the page you want as your start page, enter the settings menu and click "Save View Profile Web Browsing". This way you can keep another page/directory for use with Konqueror's "home" button. Myself I like to start with a blank page, so I enter "about:blank" in the adress field and hit Return before I save the profile. As for the fonts problem, I have no clue. Björn Olsson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] "Start" page of Konqueror??
On Saturday 15 January 2005 02:23 pm, Andy Yankovich wrote: > Is there a way to have a specific web site open in Konqueror whenever it > starts, using KDE (GUI) only? > > My broadband ISP, Road Runner, is a cable operation. The following site, > "http://www.rr.com/flash/";, is its home page and can be set by me to > reflect the exact local news, local weather, and global headlines in which > I am interested. > > Under Windows, I can use Tools/Options/General/Home Page/Use Current Page > to open my browser to Road Runner's home page whenever I start > Mozilla-Firefox or any other browser. MY question is: Is there a "SIMPLE" > (meaning non-programming) KDE/GUI method, similar to Windows, to configure > Konqueror to open to Road runner's home page whenever I start Konqueror? > > I do not understand programming, and at my age I don't want to have to > start to learn it now. I would like to stop using Windows and I thought > KDE/GUI would allow me to continue using my computer without trying to > understand written commands, etc. That is the main reason I chose Mandrake. > > Is it possible to do what I want in Linux and specifically in Mandrake > 10.1? > > Thank you, Andy > > BTW I am beginning to think I like Konqueror better than Firefox. It's > appearance is cleaner, less clutter, and it is a lot faster. > > Also, the Road Runner start page using Windows has better fonts than when > using Konqueror. I am not certain but I think the fonts in RR start page > using Windows is Sans while the font when using Mandrake KDE is definitely > different and much harder for me to use. Also the contrast is poor. I don't > understand why this is true for Road Runner's home page under KDE - because > other sites I open while using Konqueror are OK. Is there a way to fix > this? > > Thanks, Andy you can go into "settings>configure Konqueror>behavior>and put in the URL of the home page you want where it has "URL" and a blank for fill in. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
