Putting website shortcuts on the desktop in Lubuntu 14.04 LTS

[Andre Rodovalho]

Yes, this is it!

- To do it manually, you can open Leafpad: Menu -> Aces. -> Leafpad
- Then paste this content:










*[Desktop Entry]Version=1.0Name=My WebsiteExec=firefox %u
http://website_address.com
<http://website_address.com>Terminal=falseX-MultipleArgs=falseType=ApplicationIcon=firefoxCategories=Network;WebBrowser;StartupNotify=true*

- Tweak the content, and put the website adress you need.
- With Leafpad, save the content to a file named file_whatever*.desktop* in
the Desktop folder of the user you need.
- Test the shortcut.

TIP: Create all shortcuts you need, than backup those .desktop files on a
thumbdrive. Copy-Paste this files on the other machines you need...



2014-09-30 10:38 GMT-03:00 Pierre Gobin <lubuntu at pierregobin.fr>:

>  Hi,
>
> It can be done with a custom .desktop file.
>
> To do it easily with the GUI :
>
>    - Go in Lubuntu Menu, right click on Firefox (or an other web
>    browser), and click on « Create a shortcut on the desktop » ;
>
>
>    - Right click on your new shortcut, and choose « Shortcut Editor » (I
>    am not sure of the English name) ;
>
>
>    - In the dialog, go in the "Desktop Entry" tab, and modify the
>    command. For Firefox, I have « firefox %u » : you can modify it by «
>    firefox %u "http://www.yourwebsite.com" <http://www.yourwebsite.com> ».
>
>
> In this dialog, you can also modify the icon, label, etc.
>
> I hope it can help,
>
> Kind regards,
> Pierre Gobin
>
> Le 30/09/2014 15:10, Marc Tremblay a écrit :
>
>  Good morning,
>
>
>
> I work for a school board in Montreal and we are finally shifting over to
> open source software for our older computer labs using  Lubuntu 14.04
> instead of windows 7. The performance between the two is incomparable and
> schools are saving up to 15 000$ by converting to Lubuntu instead of
> purchasing new hardware.
>
>
>
> Our teachers have been working with us on this and one *big request* is
> to put shortcut to web sites on the desktop. I thought this would be a
> simple request but I am unable to find any information on how to do this.
> Can anyone help?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Marc Tremblay
>
> Educational Services Dept
>
> Lester B. Pearson School Board
>
> 1925 Brookdale
>
> Dorval, H9P 2Y7
>
>
>
> mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca
>
>
>
>
>
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