asp.net function to make my website as default page

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hHi,

simple and fast question:

How do I make a link in which the user will be asked if my homepage should be his defualt page in his web browser?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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This is not possible, unless you are using IE.

For IE the link would look like this:

<a target="_self" href="#" onClick="this.style.behavior='url(#default#homepage)';
                   this.setHomePage('http://www.yoursite.com');">Set Homepage</a>

User interaction is required for this (i.e going into the browser settings and intentionally setting it), and a good thing too, otherwise any link could reset my homepage.

See this SO question and answers.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Apr 15 '11 at 19:24

Oded

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Of course userinteraction is requiered but a lot of pages have this like "Do you really want to set this page as default page" – PassionateDeveloper Apr 15 '11 at 19:26
@Kovu - many sites these days will explain how to set the home page through browser settings. They do not have such links. – Oded Apr 15 '11 at 19:28
Don't agree, I know hundret of german sites who have this links. – PassionateDeveloper Apr 15 '11 at 19:29
@Kovu - for anything other than IE? – Oded Apr 15 '11 at 19:31
Nope, but that was not my question, was it? – PassionateDeveloper Apr 15 '11 at 19:32
@Kovu - And my answer stands. You can only do that in IE. – Oded Apr 15 '11 at 19:32
It's okay for me, to do it only there, thank you. I added a If-else for other browser then IE and tell me user with an alarm to set this for himself :) You get a + – PassionateDeveloper Apr 15 '11 at 19:37

IrishChieftain · Answer 2 · 2011-04-15T19:39:00.723

<script Language="JavaScript">
                                document.write('&lt;a href="javascript:history.go(0);" onClick="this.style.behavior=\'url(#default#homepage)\';this.setHomePage(\'http://mysite.com\');"&gt;');
                                document.write('&lt;strong&gt;Click Here to make this your homepage&lt;/strong&gt;');
                            </script>

As Oded mentions, this is "IE-specific".

asp.net function to make my website as default page

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