Using URLs

You can use those addresses several different ways while working from a UNIX WWW browser. The main methods are:

1. Specify the URL on the Command Line:

   You can explicitly specify a starting address when you begin running your WWW browser. For example:

   % lynx http://foo.bar.edu

   % Mosaic http://foo.bar.edu &

   % netscape http://foo.bar.edu &

2. Start WWW, then Manually Enter the URL once the Browser is Running:

   This approach is convenient if you are already working in your browser when you decide you want to "jump" to a particular address:

   % lynx
   g
   URL to open:
   http://foo.bar.edu

   % Mosaic &
   File --> Open URL...
   <put the mouse cursor into the "URL to Open" box>
   http://foo.bar.edu
   <click left button on "Open">

   % netscape &
   File -->> Open Location
   <click on the clear button>
   http://foo.bar.edu
   <click left button on "Open">

3. Point and Click Your Way To The Resources Once Links to The Resources Have Been Set Up in an HTML Document:

   For example, I've set up links to all the resources mentioned in my "starting points" document so that you can just point and click your way to them.

   The URL for my starting points document is: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/starting-points.html

4. Add Web Resources to Your Personal WWW Hotlist:

   As you find WWW resources you like, you may want to add them to your personal WWW hotlist.

   Go to the resource using one of the three methods shown above, then...

   • In Lynx, use the a command.
     
   • In Mosaic, go to Navigate --> Add Current to Hotlist
     
   • In Netscape, go to Bookmarks --> Add Bookmark

   You can then use these favorite items by going to your personal hotlist:

   • In Lynx, use the v command
     
   • In Mosaic, use the Navigate --> Hotlist command
     
   • In Netscape, use the Bookmarks --> View Bookmarks command

Landmarks:

Joe's Starting Points

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