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If you would like to see our site immediately when you sign on to the Internet, make us your browser's home page.

Or, in the alternative, you may wish to bookmark our site or create a desktop shortcut which leads you directly to our site.

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page.
• Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Internet Options."
• Click on the "General" tab.
• Make sure the box under "Home Page" contains "http://www.thecharlottepost.com".
• Click on the "Use Current" button.
• Click "Apply."
• Click "OK."

Add The Charlotte Post Online to your Favorites

  To easily surf to The Charlotte Post Online, you can add it to your Favorites.

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page.
• Go to the "Favorites" menu (not the "Favorites Folder" on the button bar) and choose "Add to Favorites."
• To surf to The Charlotte Post Online at any time, click on the "Favorites" menu and scroll down to "The Charlotte Post".
• Alternately, you may drag the icon in the "Address" box to the "Favorites Folder" on the "Button Bar."

Put an Icon for The Charlotte Post Online on your Windows 95/98 Desktop

Note: These instructions work very well for those readers who have permanent connections to the Internet.  For other users, clicking on this icon should open up your dialup connection.

• Set up your screen so that you can see the Windows 95/98 desktop behind or on the side of your browser. One way to do this is to click the middle button at the upper right-hand corner of your browser window, or just resize your browser's width.
• Click and hold down the following link: The Charlotte Post Online
• Drag your mouse pointer to the Windows 95/98 desktop and release it. An icon should appear there.
• Rename the icon by clicking it  with your right mouse button and choosing "Rename." Type "The Charlotte Post Online" and hit "Enter".

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page.
• Go to the "View" menu and choose "Internet Options."
• Click on the "General" tab.
• Make sure the box next to "Page" reads "Start Page."
• Click on the "Use Current" button.
• Click "Apply."
• Click "OK."

Add The Charlotte Post Online to your Favorites

  To easily surf to The Charlotte Post Online, you can add it to your Favorites.

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page.
• Go to the "Favorites" menu (not the "Favorites Folder" on the button bar) and choose "Add to Favorites."
• To surf to The Charlotte Post Online at any time, click on the "Favorites" menu and scroll down to "The Charlotte Post".
• Alternately, you may drag the icon in the "Address" box to the "Favorites Folder" on the "Button Bar."

Put an Icon for The Charlotte Post Online on your Windows 95/98 Desktop

Note: These instructions work very well for those readers who have permanent connections to the Internet.  For other users, clicking on this icon should open up your dialup connection.

• Set up your screen so that you can see the Windows 95 desktop behind or on the side of your browser. One way to do this is to click the middle button at the upper right-hand corner of your browser window, or just resize your browser's width.
• Click and hold down the following link: The Charlotte Post Online
• Drag your mouse pointer to the Windows 95/98 desktop and release it. An icon should appear there.
• Rename the icon by clicking it  with your right mouse button and choosing "Rename." Type "The Charlotte Post Online" and hit "Enter".

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page.
• Go to the "View" menu and choose "Options."
• Click on the "Start and Search Pages" or "Navigation" tab.
• Make sure the box under "Home Page" reads "Address."
• Click on the "Use Current" button.
• Click "Apply."
• Click "OK."

Add The Charlotte Post Online to your Favorites

  To easily surf to The Charlotte Post Online, you can add it to your Favorites.

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page.
• Go to the "Favorites" menu (not the "Favorites Folder" on the button bar) and choose "Add to Favorites."
• To surf to The Charlotte Post Online at any time, click on the "Favorites" menu and scroll down to "The Charlotte Post". 

Put an Icon for The Charlotte Post Online on your Windows 95/98 Desktop

Note: These instructions work very well for those readers who have permanent connections to the Internet.  For other users, clicking on this icon should open up your dialup connection.

• Set up your screen so that you can see the Windows 95/98 desktop behind or on the side of your browser. One way to do this is to click the middle button at the upper right-hand corner of your browser window, or just resize your browser's width.
• Click and hold down the following link: The Charlotte Post Online
• Drag your mouse pointer to the Windows 95/98 desktop and release it. An icon should appear there.
• Rename the icon by clicking it  with your right mouse button and choosing "Rename." Type "The Charlotte Post Online" and hit "Enter".

• Go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Preferences."
• Select "Navigator" from the Category list on the left.
• Under "Navigator starts with" check off the "Home Page."
• Under "Home Page" type the following address in the location field:
  http://www.thecharlottepost.com/
• Click "OK."

Make a Bookmark for The Charlotte Post Online

  To easily surf to The Charlotte Post Online, you can add it to your bookmarks.

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page.
• Go to the "Bookmarks" menu and choose "Add Bookmark."
• You will now be able to easily surf to The Charlotte Post Online by choosing that bookmark anytime.

Put an Icon for The Charlotte Post Online on your Windows 95/98 Desktop

Note: These instructions work very well for those readers who have permanent connections to the Internet.  For other users, clicking on this icon should open up your dialup connection.

• Click the following link with your right mouse button: www.thecharlottepost.com
• A menu will appear.  Choose "Create Shortcut ."  A description box will then come up.  Type "The Charlotte Post Online" and click "OK".

• Go to the "Options" menu and choose "General Preferences."
• Click on the "Appearance" tab.
• Under "Startup," check the "Home Page Location" option and type the following location into the white box underneath:
  http://www.thecharlottepost.com/
• Click "OK."

Make a Bookmark for The Charlotte Post Online

  To easily surf to The Charlotte Post Online, you can add it to your bookmarks.

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page.
• Go to the "Bookmarks" menu and choose "Add Bookmark."
• You will now be able to easily surf to The Charlotte Post Online by choosing that bookmark anytime.

Put an Icon for The Charlotte Post Online on your Windows 95/98 Desktop

Note: These instructions work very well for those readers who have permanent connections to the Internet.  For other users, clicking on this icon should open up your dialup connection.

• Click the following link with your right mouse button: www.thecharlottepost.com
• A menu will appear.  Choose "Create Shortcut ."  A description box will then come up.  Type "The Charlotte Post Online" and click "OK".

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page
• Click the following link with your right mouse button and choose "Copy URL to Clipboard." The Charlotte Post Online.
• (If the "copy" option did not appear, drag your mouse over the following Web address and hit your "Control" and "C" keys together: http://www.thecharlottepost.com/
• Go to the "Members" menu and choose "Preferences."
• Click on the "WWW" icon.
• Click once on the "Home Page" box at the bottom of the window.  Press "Control" and "V" keys to paste in the URL. If The Charlotte Post URL address does not appear in the box, simply type in http://www.thecharlottepost.com/
• Click "OK."

Add The Charlotte Post Online to your "Favorites Places"

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page
• At the upper right-hand corner of your browser, you should see a blocky red icon that looks like a heart. Click it once.
• When AOL asks you if you would like to add The Chicago Post Online to your favorite place, click on the "Yes" button.

To return to The Charlotte Post Online at any time from AOL, click on the "Go To" menu and choose "Favorite Places."  Click twice on the icon labeled http://www.thecharlottepost.com/ "   To change the title of the link, click once on it and then click on the "Modify" button. Be sure not to change the information in the "Location" field, however.

• In your startup file (for example, in your .cshrc file), set the WWW_HOME environment variable to the location:
  http://www.thecharlottepost.com/

Add The Charlotte Post Online to your Favorites

  To easily surf to The Charlotte Post Online, you can add it to your Favorites.

• Surf to The Charlotte Post Online home page.
• Press the "a" key to add a bookmark.
• Press the "d" key to save The Charlotte Post Online as a bookmark.
• To view your bookmarks, press the "v" key.  Choose The Charlotte Post Online bookmark at any time you wish to surf to our home page.