[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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