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Home → Circulation in Evergreen → Best Practices for Using the Browser → Setting Browser Defaults for Web Client

2.1. Setting Browser Defaults for Web Client

Last Updated 01/22/2024


Browser Settings

Recommended Web Browser

The NC Cardinal consortium recommends only using Chrome to access the web-based staff client. You can download Chrome here.

Circulation Basics video clip: Browser default setup

Setting the Web Client as the Startup Page in Chrome

To ensure that staff can easily get to the web client portal page on login without additional steps, you can set the browser’s home page to default to the web client.

  1. In the top-right corner of your browser, click the three vertical dots for the Chrome menu.
  2. Select Settings.
    Settings is the eleventh option listed in the Chrome dropdown menu.
  3. In the On startup section, select Open a specific page or set of pages.
  4. Click the Set Pages link.
  5. Add  https://system.nccardinal.org/eg/staff/login to the Enter URL box and click OK.  Note: The system is the short code for your library system in Evergreen (e.g. appalachian, forsyth, neuse).
 

Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click Add a new page.

 

Setting the Web Client as the Home Page in Chrome

  1. In the top-right corner of your browser, click the Chrome menu.
  2. Select Settings.
    3. Under Appearance, slide Show home button on.
Screenshot of Settings menu with Appearances option highlighted.
    4. Click on Enter custom web address
    5.  Add  https://system.nccardinal.org/eg/staff/login to the Enter URL box and click OK.  Note: The system is the short code for your library system in Evergreen (e.g. appalachian, forsyth, neuse).
 
 
Enter custom web address field under Show home button slider

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