For those, like me, who only want to be directed to a certain forum page (new posts) when selecting a saved android phone home screen url icon, I dont see a way to do this without another forum selection. Also, have noticed that when trying to add a home page shortcut to my android with WIFI on and/or using phone internet, my android always wants to install the forum app which always directs me to the forums page instead of the new posts page I want to see. The following gets around that issue.
1. Go to the url/page in the forum you want to pop up each time you enter the site using your android Chrome App. Copy the url of the page you want displayed to clipboard. If you click on the url, it will allow you to copy that pages url address.
2. Enter phone settings and turn off WIFI and place phone in "AIRPLANE" mode.
3. If locked previously, unlock "Home Screen Layout" in phone settings.
4. Enter Chrome, paste the saved url address from the clipboard into the search and hit enter. It will give you an error, ignore it.
5. Hit the 3 dot (hamburger) icon in the right hand corner and select "Add to home screen".
6. Replace the name with one you like and add to your home page.
7. Turn back on WIFI and turn off AIRPLANE mode.
8. You should now be able to directly access the forum page you want without going thru the main menu.
Note: May require new sign in depending on your platform (windows, android, apple, mac) that you use.... especially if you clear your internet cache regularly.
Happy Trails!
1. Go to the url/page in the forum you want to pop up each time you enter the site using your android Chrome App. Copy the url of the page you want displayed to clipboard. If you click on the url, it will allow you to copy that pages url address.
2. Enter phone settings and turn off WIFI and place phone in "AIRPLANE" mode.
3. If locked previously, unlock "Home Screen Layout" in phone settings.
4. Enter Chrome, paste the saved url address from the clipboard into the search and hit enter. It will give you an error, ignore it.
5. Hit the 3 dot (hamburger) icon in the right hand corner and select "Add to home screen".
6. Replace the name with one you like and add to your home page.
7. Turn back on WIFI and turn off AIRPLANE mode.
8. You should now be able to directly access the forum page you want without going thru the main menu.
Note: May require new sign in depending on your platform (windows, android, apple, mac) that you use.... especially if you clear your internet cache regularly.
Happy Trails!
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