Customizing your browser--Bookmarks

You spend a lot of time in your browser; why not customize it to be as useful as possible!

There are two basic ways to customize your browser: bookmarks and extensions. In this blog post we will look at bookmarks.

Bookmarks are shortcuts to websites that are located on your browser for one-click access to the website.

To create a bookmark in Chrome:

1.  Open the webpage you want to bookmark.

2.  Click on the 3 vertical dots on the far right of your browser (this is your Customize and Control Chrome menu)

3.  Click on the Bookmarks and Lists option. Select Bookmark this tab.

4.  Click Edit to change the name of the bookmark (it is often useful to shorten it so you can fit more bookmarks on your bookmark bar) or click Done to accept the current name.

5. Your bookmark will appear on your bookmark bar.  If you want to reorder your bookmarks on the bookmark bar, click and drag the bookmark you would like to move.

6.  If you want to reorder your bookmarks and you have more bookmarks than display on your bookmark bar, go to the Customize and Control menu (the three dot menu), select Bookmarks and Lists, and select Bookmark Manager. This gives you a list of all of your bookmarks.  Click and drag to order the bookmarks.

7.  To edit your bookmarks: 

• right-click on the bookmark on the bookmark bar and select Edit.
  
  
• if you want to edit a bookmark that is not displayed on the bookmark bar, you can go to the Customize and Control menu (the three dot menu), select bookmark, and then select Bookmark Manager and right click on the bookmark you want to edit.

8.  Now anytime you want to go to a bookmarked website, you can just click on the bookmark!

9. For more information, check out the Create, find, & edit bookmarks in Chrome help page.

To create a bookmark in Firefox:

1.  Open the webpage you want to bookmark.

2.  Click on the star to bookmark the webpage.

     Customize the name of the bookmark. Select where you want the bookmark to appear:

• bookmark toolbar (like the above example)
• bookmark menu 
• other bookmarks (available under the bookmark menu icon, and the bookmark sidebar

    Click Done.

4. To view your bookmarks:

• If you saved your bookmark to the toolbar, you will see it near the top of your browser window.
  
  If you saved your bookmark to the toolbar and it is NOT showing on the toolbar: click on the hamburger menu on the left of the browser bar (the three horizontal lines), select Bookmarks, and select Show bookmarks toolbar. You will only have to do this once!

• To see the other bookmarks, click on the hamburger menu on the left of the browser bar (the three horizontal lines), select Bookmarks, and select Other Bookmarks.
  

5.  To edit a bookmark, right click on it, select Edit Bookmark, make your changes and save it.

6.  Now anytime you want to go to a bookmarked website, you can just click on the bookmark!

7.  For more information, check out the Firefox Bookmarks in Firefox support page.