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When you first open Netscape Communicator you will see the Netscape
Navigator browser window. Unless your default home page has been
changed, when you launch Navigator the first page you'll see is the
Netcenter home page, which is Netscape's portal - or point of entry -
onto the web.
Near the top of the Navigator browser window you will see the Location
field (a text box preceded by the word Location or Netsite). The
Location field displays the address of the page you're viewing. This
address is called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Every page on the
web has its own unique URL, which identifies its location on the
Internet. Similar to how a phone number helps you locate a particular
person, a URL tells Navigator where to find a specific web page.
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You Try It: Go to a Web Page |
- Type the URL home.netscape.com in the Location field.
- Press the Enter (Return) key.
- Navigator will start looking for the page, and you'll see the comets flying in the
big Netscape N logo in the upper right corner of the window.
- After the page (Netscape Netcenter, in this case) has finished downloading, it
will appear in the window's viewing area.
- You can repeat this easy process to open any page for which you have a URL, or web address. Now
we're all on the same page! Notice that the word Netsite shows up to the
left of the Location field.
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Tips for New Users |
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Although most web addresses begin with http://, you don't need to
type that part of the URL. Navigator will add it automatically. You can
type home.netscape.com, for example, rather than
http://home.netscape.com. Note that not all web addresses start
with www!
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FYI |
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FYI: URLs are case sensitive, which means when you type a web address into the Location field, you must type the characters exactly as you see them, including uppercase and lowercase letters. Be sure to include special characters, such as a tilde (~). And no matter how it appears in print, don't type a period at the end of a URL.
FYI: When the word Netsite appears to the left of the Location
field (rather than the word Location), it means the page you're
looking at is located on a computer that uses Netscape server software.
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