How to Create Your Own Start or Browser Home Page
Would you like to have a customized start or home page as your home page on the Web? I don't mean a customized version of the Google or Yahoo home page; I mean a page you can create just for yourself with links to all of your favorite spots. Well, it just so happens you can do this with a free web app called Start.io. Here is how to do it.
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Instructions
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Start.io is free and simple: two unbeatable characteristics. Create an account and you're ready to create your personal start page.
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Set up a basic set of links in categories of your own choosing. See the image in the introduction for an example of the no-nonsense look of a start page you can create.
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While you are setting up your page you can sort links or groups by clicking and dragging the sort button on the right side. Clicking on any link will reveal its settings in which you can edit or delete the link. To add a group, click Add a New Group on the top of the manager. To add a link, click Add a New Link at the bottom of each group.
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Select the layout you like.
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When you finish creating the page, go to the browser's Preferences or Options setting and set your new start page to be the homepage in the browser. In Firefox, go to the Tools menu and click Options. In Safari, go to the Safari menu and click Preferences. In Opera, go to the Tools menu and click Preferences. In Internet Explorer, open your start.io startpage, then click Tools and then Internet Options.
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There is a Save to Start.io bookmarklet which you can drag to your browser's bookmark bar. When you find a new page you want to add to your start page, simply click the bookmarklet.
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