# "Bookmarks" view as Default Home Page
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2 juni 2020 om 12:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560 "2020-06-02T12:43:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)
#### Post date: [2 juni 2020 om 12:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/1 "2020-06-02T12:43:33Z")
In my Preferences, for Interface, there’s a control for the Default Home Page. Is it possible to make that include the Bookmarks view?
…here in Meta, in a community where I’m just a regular user, and in my community where I’m a full admin, “Bookmarks” is not an option for the Def Home Page setting.
I think it’s an extremely useful view and I’ve love to land there rather than always having to type ‘g’ ‘b’ on every Discourse site. 🙂
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### Author:  [@robotnjik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robotnjik)
#### Post date: [29 augustus 2020 om 10:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/2 "2020-08-29T10:56:02Z")
Some of our users asked for this option too.
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### Author:  [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [29 augustus 2020 om 11:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/3 "2020-08-29T11:08:55Z")
There is a theme component that allow admins to choose the default homepage for all users, [Allow Arbitrary Homepage (by Jay Pfaffman)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-arbitrary-homepage-by-jay-pfaffman/152459), but I’m not sure if users can choose the homepage from the user profile.
Also see [User-specific Discourse home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-specific-discourse-home-page/160229)
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [29 augustus 2020 om 11:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/4 "2020-08-29T11:20:00Z")
Actually agree with first two Posters. Providing the choice natively would make sense?
If admin has included Bookmarks discovery in the Top Menu setting in basic setup then to me it’s logical to include it in the user interface options? The two lists should be identical?
PR welcome?
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### Author:  [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)
#### Post date: [29 augustus 2020 om 12:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/5 "2020-08-29T12:21:33Z")
Yeah, agreed.
It would be great for an admin to select a set of bookmarks as the default home page.
Great idea.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [31 augustus 2020 om 09:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/6 "2020-08-31T09:37:27Z")
> [@neounix](#):
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> It would be great for an admin to select a set of bookmarks as the default home page.
Actually I initially liked that but if you think about it, it doesn’t make sense. How can an admin select everyone’s bookmarks? They are individual to each user … imagine an admin deciding which users bookmarks appeared for each user? I can’t imagine it.
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### Author:  [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)
#### Post date: [31 augustus 2020 om 10:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/7 "2020-08-31T10:04:30Z")
> [@merefield](#):
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> Actually I initially liked that but if you think about it, it doesn’t make sense. How can an admin select everyone’s bookmarks? They are individual to each user … imagine an admin deciding which users bookmarks appeared for each user? I can’t imagine it.
The idea is not to select others bookmarks.
The idea is to have a homepage of bookmarks (featured topics) selected by admin(s). If you don’t like the term “bookmark”, you can call it “featured topics”. It is the same idea. A homepage can be selected which is composed of “selected topics” by the admins (versus the current limited set of options).
This idea, as I originally understood it, does not effect bookmarks by users (or anyone). So maybe the term “featured topics” is less confusing?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [31 augustus 2020 om 10:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/8 "2020-08-31T10:05:19Z")
> [@neounix](#):
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> It would be great for an admin to select a set of bookmarks as the default home page.
This is what you stated. Perhaps I misinterpreted? It seems like you are proposing the admin is selecting the set.
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### Author:  [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)
#### Post date: [31 augustus 2020 om 10:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/9 "2020-08-31T10:06:26Z")
> [@merefield](#):
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> This is what you stated. Perhaps I misinterpreted? It seems like you are proposing the admin is selecting the set.
I thought this (further) explained it 🙂
The idea (in my. mind) was not to select others bookmarks.
The idea is to have a homepage of bookmarks (featured topics) selected by admin(s). If you don’t like the term “bookmark”, you can call it “featured topics”. It is the same idea. A homepage can be selected which is composed of “selected topics” by the admins (versus the current limited set of options).
This idea, as I originally understood it, does not effect bookmarks by users (or anyone). So maybe the term “featured topics” is less confusing?
Is that not clear (now)? If not, I can explain more if unclear. Actually, I am not really “wed” to this idea, it just sounded useful for admins to be able to have a page of their own topics they want to feature on the home pages without “pinning” them.
Maybe it’s not a good idea? I do not want to hijack this thread, to be honest.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [31 augustus 2020 om 18:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/10 "2020-08-31T18:58:44Z")
It looks to me like modifying the existing “user-specific home page” feature might be the “easy” way to do it.
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### Author:  [@Mevo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mevo)
#### Post date: [31 augustus 2020 om 19:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/11 "2020-08-31T19:13:58Z")
> [@craigconstantine](#):
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> having to type ‘g’ ‘b’
What do you mean by this ? Is there a shortcut I don’t know about ?
> [@neounix](#):
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> without “pinning” them
In your idea, if the topics are selected by the admin and if it’s the “default” page, pinning would indeed achieve approximately the same thing. I understood OP (+first answer) was/were talking of a view where each user would see his OWN bookmarks (or did I misunderstood ?)
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### Author:  [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)
#### Post date: [31 augustus 2020 om 19:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/12 "2020-08-31T19:33:23Z")
> [@Mevo](#):
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> What do you mean by this ? Is there a shortcut I don’t know about ?
Press “?” in any Discourse community… ? 🙂
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [1 september 2020 om 06:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/13 "2020-09-01T06:37:15Z")
FYI I’m about to submit a PR to support Bookmarks Discovery route as users preferred home, but having some interesting issues with the significant tests I’ve added to cover it which I’ll try and work with a team member to resolve. I’ll keep you updated.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [4 september 2020 om 14:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/14 "2020-09-04T14:02:18Z")
>
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> Admins can currently add the bookmarks discovery route link
> to the homepage int…erface, but users can't presently select
> that as their default home view. This change facilitates that,
> adding the option to the existing Default Home Page dropdown on
> the User Preferences Interface page.
Currently trundling through CI checks …
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [10 september 2020 om 16:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/15 "2020-09-10T16:16:59Z")
This was merged. 🎉 Enjoy!
(thanks for the team’s time involved in review)
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### Author:  [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)
#### Post date: [5 mei 2021 om 12:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/16 "2021-05-05T12:38:17Z")
Scroll up read my initial post first, please…
Today, I now have this ability on several Discourse sites, but still not available here on Meta? 🙂
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 mei 2021 om 22:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/17 "2021-05-05T22:02:57Z")
I guess this is OK @sam this gets us one step closer to “you define your own custom homepage, which is this specific category plus this specific category plus this specific tag and that’s all”.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [5 mei 2021 om 22:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/18 "2021-05-05T22:40:17Z")
Tricky, cause we are moving away from the topic list bookmarks page to the `/my/activity/bookmarks` route. This is not technically a topic list anymore, it is a special UI.
Not sure I support adding this as default home page.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 mei 2021 om 23:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmarks-view-as-default-home-page/153560/19 "2021-05-05T23:02:22Z")
Fair. I support the _spirit_ of it, perhaps this isn’t the right implementation at the current time though.