How to Set Up Multiple Home Pages in Firefox

Co-authored by Christopher Batchelor

Last Updated: June 3, 2021

Are you a Firefox user that is converting over from another browser, but now you realize that you can't type multiple home pages into your settings? This isn't the case anymore! (Not many people know about this issue, just yet.) You can type multiple pages, just like most browsers can. If you'd like to know how to load more home pages than just your current one in Firefox, read and follow the directions in this article.

Steps

1
Open your Mozilla Firefox browser. Wait for the browser to load in its entirety.
2
Click the orange drop-down box from the extreme top-left corner of the browser window. The box should say "Firefox" with a down arrow.

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3
Click "Options" from the box that is displayed.
4
Utilize the keyboard shortcut Alt+P to get you straight to the "Home Page" selection box. The "Home Page" selection box is where you will specify which home pages you'll be opening at start-up point.
5
Type the first website you want to load in the first tab. Be sure to include the http:// or the tabs won't display when the browser is reopened later.
6
Type a vertical bar (| ). Also called a 'pipe'.
7
Type your second website (again, with the http:// attached).
8
Continue adding any remaining home pages using the website URL and a pipe symbol until the last one. Repeat the last few steps (http:// and the pipe character) until all the tabs you want as home pages are completely filled in. This will cause a lot of text to be written, but it's well worth it in the long run.
9
Ensure that the box titled "When Firefox starts" has a selection of "Show my home page". This will cause your home pages you typed into that box to load at first.
10
Click the "OK" button to confirm your typing and selections are correct.
11
Restart your Firefox web browser. Close the browser and open the browser a moment later, to ensure the pages you'd like to open, are correct and are working links. No sense keeping a non-working page listed in your links. If not, go back to the settings and check your typing. If still no dice, the page has probably been taken down temporarily.

Community Q&A

Question

Where do I get this vertical bar? I don't see it on my keyboard.

Community Answer

CodeC creates (or uses, if already existing) 3 codes in one go. On some keyboards the pipe is hard to find. On a US 101 keyboard, the pipe should be available via Shift-\ (backslash). On a German keyboard it is on the left, together with < and >; the Alt Gr modifier key must be pressed to get the pipe.