Creating a home or start page

LAI/CILIP Ireland

What is a start page?

• It’s the page that starts when you turn your browser on

• You can have multiple start pages• You can also publish start pages for others to

see

Using start pages

• Individually• As a group– Share tabbed pages– Alternative to email contact– To Do lists– Note pads– Always immediately available

Netvibes

Find more examples:

• site:netvibes.com– 5,830,000 results

• site:netvibes.com library or some other word

• Note: lower case s in site:!

Opening page

Choose Basic

Create a new dashboard

Personalize

Follow the wizard, or not

Parts of the page Tabs New Tab

Changing the layout

Move modules with click drag

Create a new tab

Then click and name it

Add content

Add the BBC News

Browse the categories and add stuff!

Adding a feed

www.philbradley.typepad.com

Click on the first option

Then ‘Add to my Page’

Add more feeds as you wish:

www.searchengineland

Find the Netvibes option

Click ‘Add to my dashboard’

If you can’t find an option

Highlight and copy the URL

Follow the steps1

2

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4

Click to preview and Add to my page

When you register you can create public pages

www.netvibes.com/philbradley

Or try:

• http://bit.ly/ah1L7o

Thank you!

• Email: philb@philb.com• Web: www.philb.com• Twitter: @philbradley• Blog: www.philbradley.typepad.com