Productivity

August, 2006

How to change your internet homepage to your favourite site

Did you know that you can change the website that first appears when you open up your browser to surf the internet (this is your default home page)? Here, we show you how.

Lots of computer users are happy to leave their internet homepage set to the default NineMSN.com.au website which displays news, videos and a variety of other information. Many people simply assume that this cannot be changed, but fortunately it can be set to anything you want!

Changing your home page can save you time and also make using the internet a much more interesting experience through things such as customisable homepages. This article explains how to change your homepage using Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox and also suggests a few sites which make good homepages.

Changing your home page using Internet Explorer.

  • Open the Internet Explorer web browser
  • Navigate to the site that you would like to use as your home page. Some suggestions are listed below.
  • Click on Tools
  • Click on Internet Options
  • Under the tab called General (opened automatically by default) you will see a section called Home Page.
  • All you need to do now is click Use Current and your home page will be set.
  • Click OK

Changing your home page using Mozilla Firefox

  • Open the Mozilla Firefox web browser
  • Navigate to the site that you would like to use as your home page. Some suggestions are listed below.
  • Click on Tools
  • Click on Options
  • Under the tab called General (opened automatically by default) you will see a section called Home Page.
  • All you need to do now is click Use Current and your home page will be set.
  • Click OK

Below is a list of some home pages which our Gizmotechs like:

http://www.aldaily.com Academic articles on a wide range of subjects which are regularly updated. Also reviews of books and essays.
http://news.google.com.au Australian news and events which change rapidly to display up-to-date content. This site makes it easy to do Google web searches as well.
http://www.imdb.com Internet Movie Database which has fantastic information on movies, actors and directors.
http://www.news.com.au Up-to-date news and information from Australia
http://www.gizmo.com.au Find out the latest Gizmo gossip.

Have more questions or need help? Contact Gizmo on 1300 275 449 or help@gizmo.com.au
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