[K12OSN] best way to distribute bookmarks to users
Peter Scheie
peter at scheie.homedns.org
Wed Apr 11 16:14:26 UTC 2007
Do you know if there is a way to have a 'default' set of bookmarks that everyone gets,
but then also allow each user to add his/her own bookmarks? The bookmarks the users add
would not be shared, they'd just be individual. It seems to me there would need to be
two bookmark files: the default one that everyone gets, and then each user's additional
set of bookmarks. Is this possible?
Petre
Nadav Kavalerchik wrote:
> here is what we do:
>
> set pref for all users from a single firefox.cfg file (
> http://mit.edu/~firefox/www/maintainers/autoconfig.html
> <http://mit.edu/%7Efirefox/www/maintainers/autoconfig.html> )
>
> and the files we use...
> /usr/local/firefox_2/bookmarks.html <<-- you general links :-)
> /usr/local/firefox_2/ltsp-in-schools.cfg <<-- general configuration for
> all users
> /usr/local/firefox_2/defaults/pref/all.js <<-- tells firefox to use
> ltsp-in-schools.cfg
>
> the contents of "all.js"
>
> pref('general.config.obscure_value', 0);
> pref('general.config.filename ', 'ltsp-in-schools.cfg');
>
> the contents of "ltsp-in-schools.cfg"
>
> // Set Cache Directory
> //var env_user = getenv("USER");
> //var cache_dir = "/var/tmp/MozillaFirefox-" + env_user + "/Cache/";
> //lockPref('browser.cache.disk.parent_directory', cache_dir);
>
> // Security Settings
> lockPref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
>
> // set local squid as default proxy
> // squid is probably redirected through ISP's proxy for adult content
> filtering !
> pref("network.proxy.http", "server.ltsp");
> pref("network.proxy.http_port", 3128);
> pref("network.proxy.type",1);
> // set school's home page
> pref("browser.startup.page ",1);
> pref('browser.startup.homepage','http://www.google.co.il/'
> <http://www.google.co.il/'>);
> // clear download bar when browser closes
> pref("downbar.function.clearOnClose ",true);
> // no crash recovery
> pref("browser.sessionstore.enabled",false);
> // adblock
> pref("extensions.adblockplus.frameobjects",false);
> pref("extensions.adblockplus.showintoolbar ",false);
> pref("extensions.adblockplus.showsubscriptions",false);
> pref("extensions.adblockplus.frameobjects",false);
> // firefox updates
> pref("extensions.update.enabled",false);
> pref("extensions.update.notifyUser",false);
> // language
> pref("font.language.group","he");
> pref("intl.charset.default","ISO-8859-8");
> pref("intl.charsetmenu.browser.static ","ISO-8859-1, UTF-8,
> ISO-8859-8-I, ISO-8859-8, windows-1255");
> pref("spellchecker.dictionary","he-IL");
>
> // use kmail as email client for mailto: links
> pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto ","kmailservice");
>
> // use my fonts to display hebrew with nikod correctly
> pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts",0);
>
> // one bookmarks.html file to all students :-)
> pref(" browser.bookmarks.file","/usr/local/firefox_2/bookmarks.html");
>
>
> enjoy :-)
>
>
> On 4/10/07, *Rob Owens* < rowens at ptd.net <mailto:rowens at ptd.net>> wrote:
>
> bookmarks.html is actually a simple web page. So you could put a
> copy of
> it in a public folder and send everyone a link to it. When they open it
> in Firefox, they'll see a text-like list of the teacher's links, and
> they can click on each one to be brought to the corresponding web page.
>
> -Rob
>
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:39:22PM -0500, Peter Scheie wrote:
> > I swear someone just asked this question, but I can't find it in my
> > archives. What is the best way for teachers to distribute Firefox
> > bookmarks to students' accounts? I suppose I could tell the
> teacher to
> > get her bookmarks set the way she wants, and then give her a
> script that
> > copies her ~/.mozilla/firefox/*default/bookmarks.html to the same
> place
> > for each user. But that seems a bit clumsy. Anyone know a
> better way?
> >
> > Petre
> >
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