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<chapter id="browser">

<chapterinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>John</firstname><surname>Knight</surname><affiliation><address><email>[email protected]</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit> 
</authorgroup>
<date>2003-11-05</date> <releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo> </chapterinfo>


<title>&konqueror; the Web Browser</title>

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<imageobject><imagedata format="PNG" fileref="konqorg.png"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Browsing www.konqueror.org</phrase>
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</mediaobject>

<sect1 id="conn-inet">
<title>Connecting to the Internet</title>

<para>Once you are connected to the Internet you can use &konqueror; to browse the Web just as easily as you can use it to handle your local files. Just type a &URL; into the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> Toolbar window, press &Enter;, and you are away!</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>If you use a dial-up modem connection, then you will be using &kppp; or a similar dialler program to make the connection.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>If your machine is connected to a local area network (<acronym>LAN</acronym>) that gives you a proxy connection to the Internet then you will have to set &konqueror; up for the proxy connection. This can be done with the <guilabel>Proxy</guilabel> page of the <menuchoice><guimenu> Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Konqueror...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> dialogue.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>If you are lucky enough to have a high speed cable connection, then the service provider will probably give you an external cable modem which needs an ethernet connection to your machine. Unfortunately the details of how to establish the connection depend on the service provider and to some extent on which Linux/&UNIX; distribution you are using. Some <acronym>ISP</acronym>s connect their customers to the Internet through a proxy server, in which case you will have to set up &konqueror; to use it. You may find it useful to search the archives of your distribution's user group mailing list for help.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<note><para>An error message such as <errorname>Unknown Host</errorname> usually means that &konqueror; cannot find a connection to the Internet or that you have entered an incorrect &URL;.</para></note>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="surf">
<title>Surfing and Searching</title>

<para>Once you have a connection to the Internet, you can surf with &konqueror; just as you can with any other browser.</para>

<para>Type a &URL; into the Location Toolbar window, press &Enter; or <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click on the <guibutton>Go</guibutton> button at the right hand end of the Location Toolbar, and &konqueror; will download and display that page. If you have visited the page before, &konqueror;'s <link linkend="path-complete">Automatic Text Completion</link> feature can help you type the &URL; a second time, or you could look through the <guilabel>History</guilabel> page in the <link linkend="sidebar">Navigation Panel</link>. If you want to use one of the web's search engines, &konqueror;'s <link linkend="enhanced-browsing"> Web Shortcuts</link> feature can make this easier.</para>

<para><mousebutton>Left</mousebutton> click on a link in the page to go there.</para>

<para>To open a link in a new instance of &konqueror;, leaving the old page still visible, &MMB; click on the link or <mousebutton> right </mousebutton> click on it and select the <guimenuitem>Open in New Window</guimenuitem> option.</para>

<para>You could also select the multiple view mode with <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>L</keycap> </keycombo> or the Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Split View Left/Right</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option which will let you see different pages at the same time. This can be useful if you are looking through a complicated set of <acronym>HTML</acronym> pages, but make sure the little link box at the bottom right hand corner is empty when you are doing this.</para>
<para><link linkend="tabbrowse">Tabbed Browsing</link> will let you hold a number of pages in one &konqueror; window and quickly switch between them with a single mouse click.</para>
<para>To go back to the previous page use the <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keysym>Left Arrow</keysym></keycombo> shortcut, the <guibutton>Back</guibutton> button on the Toolbar, or the Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Back</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option.</para>
<para>Similarly, once you have gone back you can go forward by using <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keysym>Right Arrow</keysym></keycombo>, the <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> button, or the Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option.</para>

<para>If you want to stop the download for any reason then use the <keycap>Esc</keycap> key, the Toolbar <guibutton>Stop</guibutton> button or the Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Stop</guimenuitem></menuchoice> item.</para>

<para>When you are viewing a web page you should see two new icons in the Toolbar, looking like magnifying glasses with small <keycap>+</keycap> and <keycap>-</keycap> symbols. Use these to adjust the size of the text in the page if you find it difficult to read. How well this works will depend on how the web page has been constructed.</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="tabbrowse">
<title>Tabbed Browsing</title>
<para>By using this feature you can make &konqueror; load multiple web pages in the same window, and switch between them using tabbed pages. This way, you can preload a page <quote>in the background</quote> while you carry on reading another.</para>

<para>To use tabbed browsing, <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on a link and choose <guimenuitem>Open in New Tab</guimenuitem> from the drop down menu. The page will be downloaded and displayed as normal, but with tabs across the top of the view, one tab for each page. <mousebutton>Left </mousebutton> click on a tab to view that page, or you can use the shortcuts <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>[</keycap></keycombo> and <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>]</keycap></keycombo> to cycle through the tab pages.</para>

<para>The <guimenuitem>Open in Background Tab</guimenuitem> option in the &RMB; menu also downloads the page and shows a new tab for it, but the new page will not be displayed until you <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click on the tab.</para>

<para>If you check the <guilabel>Open links in new tab instead of in new window </guilabel> box in the <guimenuitem>Web Behaviour</guimenuitem> page of the <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Konqueror... </guimenuitem></menuchoice> dialogue, &MMB; clicking on a link will open it in a new tab page and if you hold the &Shift; key down while clicking the &MMB; the link will be opened in a background tab page.</para>

<para><mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> clicking on a tab will bring up a menu with the following options:</para>
<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>New Tab</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>This opens a new, blank, tabbed page view. You can then download a web page into it by typing the &URL; into the Location Bar or by making a selection from the Bookmark Toolbar or the <link linkend="sidebar">Navigation Panel</link> history page.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Duplicate Tab</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>To create a duplicate tabbed page.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Detach Tab</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>This option removes the selected tabbed page from the current &konqueror; window and opens it in a new instance of &konqueror;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Close Tab</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>To close the selected tab page.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Reload</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>Reloads the content of the current tab.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Reload all Tabs</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>Reloads the content of every tab.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Switch to Tab</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>Displays a submenu showing all other tabs. Choosing a tab from this list makes it the active tab.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Close Other Tabs</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>To close all but the selected tab page.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="enhanced-browsing">
<title>Web Shortcuts</title> <para>If enabled, &konqueror;'s Web Shortcuts feature lets you submit a query directly to a search engine or similar web site without having to visit the site first.</para> <para>For example, entering <userinput>gg:konqueror</userinput> into the Location Bar and pressing &Enter; will ask <trademark>Google</trademark> to search for items related to &konqueror;.</para> <para>To see what Web Shortcuts are available, and perhaps add your own, use <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Konqueror...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to open the <guilabel>Settings </guilabel> dialogue box and click on the <guiicon>Web Shortcuts</guiicon> icon.</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="useragent">
<title>Browser Identification</title>
<para>When &konqueror; connects to a web site it sends some brief browser identification information, known as the <quote>User Agent</quote> string. Many web sites use this information to customise the pages that they send back, based on the strengths and weaknesses of different browsers.</para>
<para>Unfortunately, some badly designed sites refuse to work properly unless you are using a browser that the site recognizes as a <quote>valid</quote> one, even though if given a chance, &konqueror; will work satisfactorily with the vast majority of web pages.</para>
<para>To overcome this problem, you can change the browser identification information that &konqueror; sends for specific sites or domains by selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem> Configure Konqueror...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to bring up the <guilabel> Settings</guilabel> dialogue box and clicking the <guiicon>Browser Identification</guiicon> icon.</para>
<note><para>Problems with getting a web page to work properly may also be due to its use of &Java; or JavaScript. If you suspect that this may be the case check that they have been enabled in the <guiicon>Java &amp; JavaScript </guiicon> section of the <guilabel>Settings</guilabel> dialogue box.</para></note>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="save-print-web">
<title>Saving and Printing Web Items</title>

<para>When you are viewing a web page you can save it (or at least the basic <acronym>HTML</acronym> or similar source text) to your local disk with <menuchoice><guimenu>Location</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. If the page you are viewing uses frames, then you will also be given the <menuchoice><guimenu>Location</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save Frame As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option. <mousebutton>Left</mousebutton> click in the frame you want to save first.</para>

<para>If the page uses a background image, you can get and save that with the <menuchoice><guimenu>Location</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save Background Image As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option.</para>

<para>But if what you really want is that glorious picture of the latest Ferrari, then <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking on the image will give you a drop-down menu with a <guimenuitem>Save Image As...</guimenuitem> option. Be sure to respect the owner's copyright, and ask for permission before using any pictures saved this way for anything other than your own viewing pleasure.</para>

<para>If you <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on a link (which may be a picture) and select <guimenuitem>Save Link As...</guimenuitem> from the pop up menu the basic <acronym>HTML</acronym> or similar source text will be downloaded and saved on your local disk.</para>

<para><mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> clicking on a link (which may be a picture) and choosing <guimenuitem>Copy Link Location</guimenuitem> will copy the &URL; of the link to the clipboard so you can then paste it into, say, an e-mail to a friend telling her about this wonderful new site.</para>

<para><mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> clicking on a picture and choosing <guimenuitem>Copy Image Location</guimenuitem> copies the &URL; of the picture to the clipboard.</para>

<para>To save a complete web page, including images, select <guimenuitem> Archive Web Page...</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. Note that this feature is provided by a <link linkend="konq-plugin">plugin </link> and may not have been installed on your system. The web page will be saved as a single file with a <literal role="extension">.war</literal> extension and can be opened by <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> clicking on the filename in &konqueror; running in File Manager mode.</para>

<para>Printing a copy of the page you are viewing is easily done with the Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Location</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or <guimenuitem>Print Frame</guimenuitem> option or with the Toolbar <guiicon>Print</guiicon> button.</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="ftp">
<title>&FTP;</title>

<para>&FTP;, or File Transfer Protocol, is one of the the earliest, and still perhaps the best, way of transferring files between computers over the Internet.</para>

<para>With &FTP; you can see files and folders on the distant computer just as if they were on your own system, download them onto your computer using &konqueror;'s normal <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> or Drag 'n Drop methods and, if allowed, upload files from your machine to the other computer's filesystem. To try it, type the &URL;</para>

<screen><userinput>ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde</userinput>
</screen>

<para>into the Location Toolbar and press &Enter;. As long as you are connected to the Internet, and as long as the &kde;'s &FTP; site is not too busy, you should end up seeing the <filename class="directory">/pub/kde</filename> folder at &kde-ftp;</para>

<note><para>Although, strictly speaking, &FTP; &URL;s should be entered starting with <userinput>ftp://</userinput> and <acronym>WWW </acronym> &URL;s starting with <userinput>http://</userinput> &konqueror; is usually smart enough to figure out what is meant, and insert these characters for you if you leave them out.</para></note>

<para>When you access an &FTP; site it will usually need some form of username and password from you. To simplify things, most &FTP; sites that offer files for free downloading will accept the word <systemitem class="username"> anonymous</systemitem> as a username and your email address as a password, and to make your life even easier &konqueror; will automatically supply these without troubling you. </para>

<note><para>If you try to access an &FTP; site that does not need a proper username or password but which is too busy to accept any more connections, &konqueror; often interprets the <quote>busy</quote> message as a request for a name and password and will therefore pop up a dialogue box asking you to supply them.</para></note>

<para>Sites that are more concerned with security will need a proper username and password, in which case &konqueror; will ask you for them or you can include the username in the &URL; you type into the Location Toolbar, as for example</para>

<screen><userinput>ftp://<replaceable>username</replaceable>@ftp.cia.org</userinput>
</screen>

<para>&konqueror; will then prompt you for the password.</para>

<para>&konqueror; can also support automatic logins as specified in a <filename>.netrc</filename> file. Details of how to enable this feature are given at <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org/faq.html#netrc"> http://www.konqueror.org/faq.html#netrc</ulink></para>

</sect1>


<sect1 id="portnumbers">
<title>&URL;s with Port Numbers</title>
<para>If you specify a port number in your &URL;, as in for example <userinput>http://intranet.corp.com:1080</userinput>, you might get the error message <quote>Access to restricted port in POST denied</quote>. This is done for security reasons. If you nevertheless need to access a server on this port, just add a key line <screen><userinput>
OverridePorts=CommaSeparatedListOfAllowedPorts
</userinput></screen> to <filename>$TDEDIR/share/config/tdeio_httprc </filename> or <filename>~/.trinity/share/config/tdeio_httprc</filename>.</para>
<para>For example <screen><userinput>OverridePorts=23,15
</userinput></screen> (it should not include any embedded spaces).</para>
<para>&konqueror; will reject the following ports (the list is hardcoded in <filename>tdelibs/tdeio/tdeio/job.cpp</filename>):</para>
<para>1, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 37, 42, 43, 53, 77, 79, 87, 95, 101, 102, 103, 104, 109, 110, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 123, 135, 139, 143, 179, 389, 512, 513, 514, 515, 526, 530, 531, 532, 540, 556, 587, 601, 989, 990, 992, 993, 995, 1080, 2049, 4045, 6000, 6667 </para>
</sect1>


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