| This edit disects Netscape 4.5, showing you how to assign links for the search engines, throbbers, the Guide Menu, the Help Menu... get the picture! All this information and more is stored in one easy-to-edit TEXT resource!
 Open a copy of Netscape Communicator 4.5 in ResEdit and find the TEXT resources.
Open them with a double-click.
 Find ID# 3011 and open it with a double-click.
Below is a listing of the resource. I've added lots of comments in BOLD to describe the different settings.
// Default configuration information for the client
//
config("startup.homepage_override_url","http://home.netscape.com/home/first.html");
config("autoadmin.append_emailaddr",false);
config("autoadmin.failover_to_cached",true);
config("autoadmin.timeout", 30);
// This is the URL you goto when clicking on the Throbber:
// (This previous edit allows you to change the Throbber. You can get Throbbers here.)
config("toolbar.logo.url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_5/tnetscape.html");
config("toolbar.logo.win_small_file","");
config("toolbar.logo.win_large_file","");
config("toolbar.logo.frames",-1);
config("mail_toolbar.logo.url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_5/tnetscapemessenger.html");
//This is the URL for the "My Netscape" toolbar button:
// (This previous edit allows you to change the "My Netscape" icon.)
config("toolbar.places.default_url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_5/tstart.html");
config("toolbar.places.item_0.label","The Internet");
config("toolbar.places.item_0.url","http://guide.netscape.com");
config("toolbar.places.item_1.label","People");
config("toolbar.places.item_1.url","http://guide.netscape.com/guide/people.html");
config("toolbar.places.item_2.label","Yellow Pages");
config("toolbar.places.item_2.url","http://guide.netscape.com/guide/yellow_pages.html");
config("toolbar.places.item_3.label","What's New");
config("toolbar.places.item_3.url","http://guide.netscape.com/guide/whats_new.html");
config("toolbar.places.item_4.label","What's Cool");
config("toolbar.places.item_4.url","http://guide.netscape.com/guide/whats_cool.html");
// This is the URL for the "Search" toolbar button:
// (This previous edit allows you to assign Sherlock.)
config("internal_url.net_search.url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_5/tsearch.html");
config("internal_url.more_info_plugin.url","http://cgi.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/extensions/info.cgi");
config("internal_url.default_template.url","http://home.netscape.com/home/gold3.0_templates.html");
config("internal_url.page_from_wizard.url", "http://home.netscape.com/home/gold4.0_wizard.html");
// This section allows you to reconfigure the elements in the "Guide" bookmark menu
// To change the name of the Guide menu selection, use ResEdit to open
// the 'MENU' resources. Under ID# 304 you'll find the Guide menu.
// Change the name there.
// The format below is 'Name' followed by 'URL'. I have found the additional '&' charater
// to be superfluous. You can add items and even create dividers.
// A divider is a single entry like: config("menu.places.item_7.label","-");
config("menu.places.item_0.label","The &Internet");
config("menu.places.item_0.url","http://guide.netscape.com");
config("menu.places.item_1.label","&People");
config("menu.places.item_1.url","http://guide.netscape.com/guide/people.html");
config("menu.places.item_2.label","&Yellow Pages");
config("menu.places.item_2.url","http://guide.netscape.com/guide/yellow_pages.html");
config("menu.places.item_3.label","What's &New");
config("menu.places.item_3.url","http://guide.netscape.com/guide/whats_new.html");
config("menu.places.item_4.label","What's &Cool");
config("menu.places.item_4.url","http://guide.netscape.com/guide/whats_cool.html");
// The "Help" menu items
// If your company has an internal help system, you could add the URL's here
// You can actually add any URL's here, but to may be odd to get bookmarks
// from under the "Help" menu
config("menu.help.item_0.label","&Help");
config("menu.help.item_0.url","nethelp:netscape/home:start_here");
config("menu.help.item_1.label","Reference &Library");
config("menu.help.item_1.url","http://help.netscape.com/products/client/communicator/reflib.html");
config("menu.help.item_2.label","&Release Notes");
config("menu.help.item_2.url","http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/4.5/relnotes/windows-4.5.html");
config("menu.help.item_3.label","&Product Information and Support");
config("menu.help.item_3.url","http://home.netscape.com/menu/prodsupp/client/");
config("menu.help.item_4.label","-");
config("menu.help.item_5.label","&Software Updates");
config("menu.help.item_5.url","http://home.netscape.com/home/update.html");
config("menu.help.item_6.label","Register No&w");
config("menu.help.item_6.url","http://home.netscape.com/home/register.html");
config("menu.help.item_7.label","&Member Services");
config("menu.help.item_7.url","http://home.netscape.com/home/services.html");
config("menu.help.item_8.label","-");
config("menu.help.item_9.label","&International Users");
config("menu.help.item_9.url","http://home.netscape.com/menu/intl/");
config("menu.help.item_10.label","S&ecurity");
config("menu.help.item_10.url","http://home.netscape.com/info/security-doc.html");
config("menu.help.item_11.label","NetWat&ch");
config("menu.help.item_11.url","http://home.netscape.com/communicator/netwatch/");
config("menu.help.item_12.label","-");
config("menu.help.item_13.label","Abou&t Plug-ins");
config("menu.help.item_13.url","about:plugins");
config("menu.help.item_14.label","About Font &Displayers");
config("menu.help.item_14.url","about:fonts");
// Unfortunately, folders in the Personal Toolbar are not supported on the Mac (Grrrrrrr......),
// So don't change anything below here
config("personal_toolbar.item_0.label","Members");
config("personal_toolbar.item_0.url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_05/ptmembers.html?t");
config("personal_toolbar.item_1.label","WebMail");
config("personal_toolbar.item_1.url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_05/ptwebmail.html?t");
config("personal_toolbar.item_2.label","Connections");
config("personal_toolbar.item_2.url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_05/ptconnections.html?t");
config("personal_toolbar.item_3.label","BizJournal");
config("personal_toolbar.item_3.url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_05/ptbusinessjournal.html?t");
config("personal_toolbar.item_4.label","SmartUpdate");
config("personal_toolbar.item_4.url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_05/ptsmartupdate.html?t");
config("personal_toolbar.item_5.label","Mktplace");
config("personal_toolbar.item_5.url","http://home.netscape.com/bookmark/4_05/ptmarketplace.html?t");
config("personal_toolbar.CreateNewToolbar", false);
config("personal_toolbar.NewToolbarFolderName", "");
config("personal_toolbar.ToolbarFolderVersion", "");
After you've made your changes, save your work and quit Netscape. The next time you surf the net, the new settings will be available. Be sure to see more tha a dozen other Netscape edits on the Previous Edits page. |
