[K12OSN] Setting the default homepage on client browsers

[Petre Scheie]

I should probably clarify that browser-region/region.properties is a directory and file 
contained within /tmp/locale/ directory you'll get when you unzip en-US.jar (assuming 
you do so in /tmp).


Petre Scheie wrote:
> Oh, we like really basic questions; makes us all feel smart and useful. ;-)
> 
> I haven't done it, but I think you need to modify the 
> /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.6/chrome/en-US.jar file.  It's a zipped file and it 
> contains a bunch of directories and files, so copy it to /tmp, unzip it, 
> and then modify
> 
> browser-region/region.properties:homePageDefault=file:///usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html 
> 
> and
> browser-region/region.properties:browser.startup.homepage=http://www.google.com 
> 
> 
> so they point to the page you want.  Then zip the files and directories 
> back into a new en-US.jar file, copy the original that's in 
> /usr/lib/firefox-1.0.6/chrome to a safe place (in case something goes 
> wrong here), put the new en-US.jar file into that directory, and try it 
> out.
> 
> I found info about doing the above at 
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/topic-3-14-8700-0.html and 
> http://www.litwiller.net/kiosk_browser/ was also helpful.  Good luck.
> 
> Petre
> 
> Mark Goodridge wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying not to flood the list with a lot of really basic questions, 
>> but I'm new here and the on-line documentation I've found so far 
>> doesn't get into all the nooks and crannies I want to explore
>>
>> So I'm limiting myself to one really basic question per day.
>>
>> And here's today's question.
>>
>> Just got my first K12LTSP lab connected to the Internet (no big deal - 
>> a five foot patch cord was all it took). Now I want to configure the 
>> server so that all the client browsers start with a default home page 
>> that I select.
>>
>> Any suggestions, please.
>>
> 
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