Friday, September 29, 2017

'Bookmarking' a website for easy access

Did you know that it is possible to 'bookmark' a website so that you can return to it easily? If you find yourself using a website multiple times and are tired of typing it in the box at the top, consider bookmarking it. I will use Google Chrome as my browser and the Nashville Public Library as my example. In the address bar, where the URL (name of website) is, type library.nashville.org . The Nashville Public Library website should come up. At the very right of the address bar is a star. Put your cursor on the star, you will see a little popup that says 'bookmark this page'. Click on the star. A larger box will pop up and allow you to change the name of the bookmark and put the bookmark into a specific folder. Choose Bookmarks Bar if you want it to always be on top of any page. The new bookmark is put at the end of your list of bookmarks, so if you have a lot of bookmarks you will need to go into 'manage my bookmarks' to move it to the top of the list. At the very top of your page, there are 3 vertical dots. That is the settings icon for Chrome. Click on that and choose Bookmark Manager. This is where you can manage your bookmarks by assigning categories/folders of bookmarks. If you want to have your latest bookmark show up in the bookmarks bar at the top of your screen, you need to be sure the Show Bookmarks Bar is checked. Then you can drag the latest bookmark up to the top or rearrange them in the order that suits you.