Tech Tips for Catholics

This tutorial will help you replace that “blank page” that comes up when you open a new tab in Mozilla Firefox.  There are a lot of add-ons that deal with the tab feature, including: Setting the “new tab page” to your homepage, Custom tab settings, or Removing the “new tab” button all together.  But, this tutorial is for the New Tab Page add-on.

As you see in the below screenshot, the page that opens by default (in Mozilla Firefox) is a blank page.

Step 1: Go get the New Tab Page (add-on).  Click on the “Add to Firefox” button and then restart Firefox.

Step 2: Once Firefox restarts, open a new tab (Ctrl+T).  You will see the custom page, but none of the “Favorite Sites” are filled in.  Click the “New Tab Settings” button at the bottom right of the page.

Step 3: On the settings’ page, click on the “Add Site” button and fill in the name and url of your top favorite site.  Click the “Add Site button again to add additional links to the list.

Step 4: When you are done, click on the “Save Settings” button.

Here is a screenshot of what your new tab’s page should look like when done.

Below are some related links to this topic:

• How-to Randomize Your Homepage
• Blocking Ads with Mozilla Firefox
• How to Change/Customize Your Desktop Icons
• How to Publish to Your Blog from OpenOffice 3