Introduction

One possible use for creating icons in your Menu which links to specific webpages:

This tutorial illustrates how an individual who banks with the Piraeus Bank (Τράπεζα Πειραιώςs) could set up an icon (under the Banking category) in the Menu, which would take him (or her) directly to the Piraeus Bank's online banking login webpage.

 

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Create an icon in Menu that opens up a Piraeus Bank webpage.

 

a). Right Click "Menu" in the bottom left hand corner of your desktop and select Configure from the drop down menu.

b). Left Click on the Open the menu editor button to customise your menu entries

c). A Main Menu pop-up window opens up.

•     Click on the New Item button.

d). A pop-up window called Launcher Properties will open up.

e). Surf the web for the Piraeus Bank website and navigate through to their online banking login webpage.

Copy the uniform resource locator (URL) for this webpage:  https://www.winbank.gr/el/Pages/Home.aspx

If you use Firefox as your primary browser; type firefox followed by the complete URL (including http:// or https://) that you copied earlier, into the Command: data entry box:

• firefox https://www.winbank.gr/el/Pages/Home.aspx

f). It is important that you enter firefox all in lower case.

• If you enter Firefox (with an upper case F) the OK button will remain greyed out and you won't be able to Click on it later on.

 

f). You can enter any comments you like into the Comment: data entry box (or leave it empty if you like).

 

e). Left Click on the Red Rocket icon in Launcher Properties.

f). Navigate to the File Directory where your Piraeus Bank icon image file is stored.

• Highlight the relavent image file and Left Click on the OK button in the bottom left hand corner of the Choose an icon window.

g). The Piraeus icon is now visible in Main Menu window.

• Left Click on the Close button to take you back to your Desktop.

 

h). Once you are back at your Desktop:

• Left Click on your Menu button from the Desktop (botton left hand corner).

• You should now be able to see a Banking category in the Menu.

• You should be able to see a Piraeus Bank icon.

• If you Left Click on the Piraeus Bank icon, it should take you through to https://www.winbank.gr/el/Pages/Home.aspx

 

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Piraeus Bank Series

 

 

 

 

 

Tutorials

This tutorial is part of my Piraeus Bank Series, which includes the following Community.Linuxmint.com tutorials:

• VISUAL GUIDE: Create icons on your Desktop which link to specific internet webpages.

• VISUAL GUIDE: Create icons in your Menu which links to specific internet webpages.

• VISUAL GUIDE: Create a new category in the Linux Mint Menu.

• VISUAL GUIDE: Jazz-up your shortcuts and icons with your choice of graphic images.

 

microHOWTO

The following microHOWTO does not warrent its own Community.Linuxmint.com tutorial, but may be of interest to people new to Linux Mint.

Click on the relevant icon below to download a copy in the format you desire.

• microHOWTO: Create a website shortcut on your desktop using "drag and drop".pdf

            

 

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References