By default most web browsers point to places like Microsoft, Netscape, AOL. You can change this so that your home page becomes whatever web site you choose. We think our web site is a good starting point for your journey through cyberspace, so use our address in the examples provided below. If you would like to make it some other site, feel free to use any you like, just substitute that web address for ours and follow these steps.
Before changing anything, it is usually a good idea to write down the way your browser is currently set up so that you can easily change it back if you want to.
| Internet Explorer | Netscape |
| 1. Point your browser to our website http://whitehall.lib.pa.us | 1. Point your browser to our website http://whitehall.lib.pa.us |
| 2. If you have I.E. 5, drop down the Tools Menu and choose Internet Options; if you have I.E. 4, drop down the View Menu and choose Internet Options. | 2. Drop down the Edit Menu and click Preferences; if you're using Netscape ver. 3 choose the Options Menu and click General Preferences. |
| 3. Make sure you are on the General Tab. | 3. Make sure you are in the Navigator category. (ver. 3 use the Appearance Tab, the home page setting is in the middle of the box. |
| 4. In the Home Page section click the Use Current button, and click Apply. | 4. Click the Use Current button in the Home Page section and Apply/OK. In ver. 3, on the Appearance Tab, middle section under Startup, under Browser Starts With CLICK on the Home Page Location button, type in the address of the home page you want, then CLICK OK. |
If you have any problems with this, please email our webmaster (see link below), or call the library during open hours at 610-432-4339 and ask to talk to her; if she is not in, and someone else cannot assist you at the time, leave your name and phone number, and she will try to walk you through this process.
Thank you for making us your starting point for all your web experiences! Also, thank you to the other library web sites that gave us the idea to teach you this. We will be adding some more instructional materials about using your browser and printing in the near future.
