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Can you assign your own "name" to pages you bookmark or put into favorites on Ubuntu? For example, say I'm on the Dodge Ram Trucks "build & price" web page and I want to add it to bookmarks for future use. Instead of the bookmark automatically being named "Dodge Trucks/build & price" etc., can I assign my own name for it like "Cars - Dodge Trucks"? I'm used to assorting my favorite places on AOL this way and want to know if I can do similar on Ubuntu if I switch systems.

Fern Moss
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Wolf N Wendy
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  • What do you mean wuth ubuntu bookmarks? You mean browser bookmarks? Ubuntu comes with Firefox installed and you can use plenty of other browsers like chromium/chrome/opera, etc. – xangua Dec 29 '14 at 17:06
  • If you are using the default browser, Firefox, you can rename your bookmarks to whatever you want. – Fern Moss Dec 29 '14 at 19:55
  • You could bookmark in the way you want in any browser. Actually, bookmarking thing is not a platform dependent. It's up to browser. If you have got used to work on firefox in Windows and bookmarking, you could do the same way on firefox in Ubuntu either. – Wolverine Dec 29 '14 at 20:06
  • Thank You for your replies here... and yes - I would be using Firefox with Ubuntu. My apologies for lack of general knowledge on the topic... but Internet Exploder/AOL is the only system I've ever used!!! – Wolf N Wendy Dec 29 '14 at 22:11

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Assuming you use Firefox as your default browser, simply right-click on your website of choice and use Bookmark This Page from the pop-up menu.

A dialog window/pop-up, like in the screenshot below appears, where you can change/put a custom name for the site you are about to add to your bookmarks.

  • Name: Put in your custom name
  • Folder: Make sure you choose "Bookmarks Toolbar"

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After that is done you additionally can choose Bookmarks from the Main-menubar and choose Show All Bookmarks - see 2nd screenshot.

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From there you are able to further customize all of your bookmarks, ▸ like grouping, renaming, changing url(s), separating bookmarks with separators etc..

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v2r
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The steps are browser dependent, but every browser I've ever used (since 1990) lets me rename a favorite or bookmark. Whether you're using Firefox, SeaMonkey, Chromium, or Google Chrome, there's a way to change the name of a bookmark --

Zeiss Ikon
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  • How is "Yes" not an answer? – Zeiss Ikon Dec 29 '14 at 19:18
  • My apologies, but I would add a comment: It is browser-dependent, please add your browser and then answer with a specific, repeatable answer (you're dealing with a reputation 1 user, so they need a little bit more patience) Mine is just a vote, so don't worry yet, until 2 other moderators vote the same way as me... – Fabby Dec 29 '14 at 19:30
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    I read the question as "I haven't switched to Ubuntu yet" -- so they probably don't know what browser. That would turn "You can certainly do what you want after you switch" to "we aren't sure how to answer your basic yes-or-no question". – Zeiss Ikon Dec 29 '14 at 19:40
  • :D :D :D We'll see what the OP says... My vote for removal has been removed... I bow (for the moment) to your wisdom! ;-) – Fabby Dec 29 '14 at 19:43