Mozilla functions like any other Web
browser. It has the standard navigation toolbars, buttons, and menus.
If you have previously been using
Netscape as your Web browser, or performed an
upgrade where Netscape was used as your Web
browser, you will not see the main Mozilla
browser as see in Figure 6-1.
Instead, you will see:
If you click Convert Profile, your prior
Netscape bookmarks and preferences will be
converted to a Mozilla profile for
you.
When you next launch Mozilla, either from
the panel or from =>
=> =>
, you will see that your previous
bookmarks are now available in Mozilla.
If you click Manage Profiles, you will have
the opportunity to create one or more profiles, or user accounts, for
Mozilla.
Here you can select to create a new profile or you can create a
profile based on your user account. This feature helps you stay organized
by creating separate user accounts for business use, personal use,
multiple accounts, etc.
Clicking Create Profile will take you to a
information screen explaining what this process really means. To continue,
click Next.
Next, choose a name to use for this new profile. If you do not enter
a name, the profile will be called Default
User.
You can also click Choose Folder to select
where your Mozilla settings and preferences
will be stored. By default, these settings are stored in:
/home/youraccountname/.mozilla/Defualt User |
When you click Finish, your new profile will
be added.
Now that you have created a user profile, click on Start
Mozilla to launch the application or click on
Exit to close it.
To add new profiles or delete existing profiles later on, you will
need to run the Mozilla Profile Manager
again. To launch the Mozilla Profile Manager,
at the shell prompt type the following command:
Once you have configured your user profile, you are ready to use
the browser. To access Mozilla in GNOME, click on
the Mozilla launcher on the panel or
go to
=> => =>
. In KDE, go to
=> => .
The Mozilla screen has all of the
standard Web browser functions that other browsers have. There is a
main menu at the top of the screen and a navigation bar below
it. There is a sidebar on the left that contains additional
options. And in the bottom left corner, there are four small icons :
Navigator, Mail,
Composer, and Address Book.
To browse the Internet, click on Search and enter a topic
in the search engine that opens, type a website URL in the location bar,
click on and create bookmarks, or check the What's
Related sidebar tab to see pages related to the one you are
viewing currently.
For additional information on using
Mozilla, click on Help
(on the top menu panel) and then on .
You can use Mozilla Composer to create
webpages. You do not need to know HTML to use this tool. To open
Composer, go to Tasks
=> Composer on the
Mozilla main menu, or click on the
Composer icon in the lower left part of the
screen. 
The Mozilla help files provide information
on creating webpages with Composer.
Go to Help on the main menu and select Help
Contents. When the help screen opens, click on the
Contents tab and expand the Creating
Webpages menu by clicking on the arrow next to it. A list of
topics will appear and clicking on any of these will provide you
with information for creating and editing webpages using
Mozilla Composer.
