Putting website shortcuts on the desktop in Lubuntu 14.04 LTS

[Israel]

For everyone else here, this is a copy of a script I sent in a private
e-mail to Pierre...

#!/bin/bash
WEBSITE=("torios.org" "duckduckgo.com")
NAME=(ToriOS duckduckgo)
ICON=(www-browser firefox)
for ((i=0;i<2;++i));do
echo -e "[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=firefox ${WEBSITE[i]}
Icon=${ICON[i]}
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;
Name=${NAME[i]}" >> ~/Desktop/${NAME[i]}.desktop
chmod a+rx ~/Desktop/${NAME[i]}.desktop
done

To add more entries,
edit
WEBSITE
NAME
ICON
and change the for loop
the current script has 2 websites, so:
for ((i=0;i<*2*;++i));do

if you have 4 websites, names and icons change it to 4...

make the script executable and run it :)

NOTE:
If you have 4 websites you must have 4 names and 4 icons
If you use the same icon for each one change the script
*
from:*
ICON=(www-browser firefox)
*to:*
ICON=www-browser

*AND*
Icon=${ICON[i]}
*to*
Icon=$ICON



On 09/30/2014 01:25 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote:
> Yes, this is it!
>
> - To do it manually, you can open Leafpad: Menu -> Aces. -> Leafpad
> - Then paste this content:
>
> *[Desktop Entry]
> Version=1.0
> Name=My Website
> Exec=firefox %u http://website_address.com
> Terminal=false
> X-MultipleArgs=false
> Type=Application
> Icon=firefox
> Categories=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
> <mailto: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 <mailto:mtremblay at lbpsb.qc.ca>
>>
>>      
>>
>>
>>
>
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