Customizable startpage chrome extension.
- searching on engine of your choose (Default is Google. You can change it in Extension options)
- searching saved bookmarks - *bookmark
- searching saved subreddits - /r subreddit
- searching on Youtube - y/ search
- quickly going to the localhost page - l/port or localhost:port
- translating sentences via google translator - tr-target-language=sentence (e.g. tr-pl=example)
- information about time and weather(from Open Weather API)
- customizable color scheme (and gif)
- importing and exporting settings using JSON
- ability to group your bookmarks in folders
Full list of shortcuts you can find HERE
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/jozwikaleksander/startpage.git -
In your browser go to Extensions and turn on Developer Mode.
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Click Load unpacked and choose cloned repo location.
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Go into Details>Extenion options.
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Type in your OPEN WEATHER API CALL URL. (If you don't have one follow instructions 5.1 - 5.2)
5.1. Create account on Open Weather and get your API key.
5.2. Create your URL (Official guide). In current version it should look like this.
https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat={lat}&lon={lon}&appid={API key} -
Customize your startpage looks or leave it default.
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In your bookmarks create folder Startpage and subfolders. Save some bookmarks in subfolders. Structure of your Startpage folder should look like this.
Startpage/ ββ Subfolder 1/ β ββ Bookmark 1.1 ββ Subfolder 2/ β ββ Bookmark 2.1 ββ Subfolder 3/ β ββ Bookmark 3.1 -
Now your home page should work properly. π
In order to search saved subbredits you have to create subfolder named Subreddits in your Startpage folder. Save subreddit bookmark inside this folder and make sure it's name follows this patttern r/ name.
Startpage/
ββ Subfolder 1/
β ββ Bookmark 1.1
ββ Subfolder 2/
β ββ Bookmark 2.1
ββ Subfolder 3/
β ββ Bookmark 3.1
ββ Subreddits/
β ββ r/ subreddit
You can import settings from JSON in extension settings. Pattern for your config file you can find below.
{
"openWeatherAPIURL":"your_api_key",
"startpageGif":"img/gif.gif",
"searchEngine":"https://www.google.com/search?q=",
"fontColor":"#ffffff",
"fontHoverColor":"#aaaaaa",
"backgroundColor":"#282828",
"foregroundColor":"#3c3836",
"accentColor":"#b8bb26",
"fontFamily":"Roboto"
}
To export config simply click Export button in extension settingss and your configuration will be copied to clipboard.
Below you can find themes that I prepared. Feel free to modify them to your liking.
| π Search bar shortcut | β Operation |
|---|---|
| *bookmark | searching saved bookmarks |
| r/subreddit | searching saved subreddits |
| y/search | searching on Youtube |
| l/port or localhost:port | go to localhost page |
| tr-target-language=sentence | translating sentences via Google Translator |
| s/ | go to Startpage settings |
| g/search | searching on Google |
| d/search | searching on DuckDuckGo |
Project was made by Aleksander JΓ³ΕΊwik (@jozwikaleksander).
Default GIF I used was made by artist Waneella (@wanella).