ChalkHome-startpage
Startpage with chalkboard theme
Launch
A chalkboard-like startpage that supports commands.
From /r/startpages:
A startpage is the page you first see when you open your browser. A custom startpage may have links to your favourite sites and maybe a search box for your favourite search engine.
Features
- chalkboard-like design
- To-do list that use localStorage to store data even after refreshing or closing the browsers
- Generates searches from Google or DuckDuckGo
- Random quote appearing when hovering the clock with a different style each time you do
- Extra link at the bottom, hidden and shown with a click on the background
- Custom background with opacity that make the content visible only when needed
- Supports commands (see below for more details)
Screenshot
Commands
The following is a list of all commands available for input into the search box, as well as their functions:
-
[-?]
or[-help]
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[-set]
-
[-todo]
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hovering the clock
-
clicking on empty space on Background
Custom Background
You can set the custom background from setting menu, and you'll see the content's opacity drop to let you see the BG image. Opacity is restored when something is hovered, or when you type in the input box. You can create whatever you want with a chalkboard look-like drawing. Here i did New York:
Fonts:
These are all the fonts used in this startpage:
- KG Second Chances - Eraser - Dk crayon crumble - Take out the garbage - Appleberry - No more lies - Markus Ink - As soon as possible - BPtall - James Almacen
Usage
Most browsers will require you to use extensions to set a custom startpage as your new tab page:
- New Tab Redirect for Chrome
- New Tab Override for Firefox
- Custom New Tab Page for Opera
- Safari - set this startpage as your homepage in settings
If you want to use this startpage, be sure to personalize the links in variables.js
to your liking.
All editable data is stored in some arrays, so you can easily change links, quick search commands, colors, bacgrounds and fonts.
Screenshots
Credits
I wanted a new startpage and wanted to learn some html and js so it came out this, that has really a lot of useless stuffs, but it's for learning purpose. I had fun doing this and i'm happy with the result. Any comment is welcome.
License
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
You can do whatever you want with this. Enjoy!