Safari comes with a list of bookmarks already created for you, but you'll probably want to add your own bookmarks to store your favorite websites. You can store a bookmark in three places.
First, you can store a bookmark within the Bookmarks window. This keeps your bookmark out of sight until you need it.
Second, you can store a bookmark in the Bookmarks Bar, which you can optionally hide or display at the top of the Safari screen. This makes your favorite bookmarks visible at all times if you want.
Third, you can save your bookmark as an icon on your Home screen. This type of bookmark makes it easy to access your favorite websites without opening Safari first.
To store a bookmarked website in the Bookmarks window, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Safari. The Safari screen appears.
Visit your favorite website (either by typing the complete address such as www.nostarch.com or by searching for it in the Search field).
Tap the Add Bookmark icon (it looks like a plus sign). A menu of options appears, as shown in Figure 14-3.
Tap Add Bookmark. An Add Bookmark window appears with a virtual keyboard, as shown in Figure 14-4.
Edit the name of your favorite website as you want it displayed.
Note
Ideally, keep your website names short. Long website names take up more space if you store them in the Bookmarks Bar.
(Optional) Tap the Bookmarks icon, and tap either Bookmarks or Bookmarks Bar, as shown in Figure 14-5.
Tap Save. Your bookmark gets saved in your chosen location either in the Bookmarks window or in the Bookmarks Bar.
When you store bookmarks on the Bookmarks Bar, you can access them in two ways. First, you can access them through the Bookmarks window. Second, you can access them through the Bookmarks Bar, which appears at the top of Safari.
To save space, the Bookmarks Bar may not be visible, but you can make it visible by following these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Settings. The Settings screen appears.
Tap Safari. The Safari settings screen appears.
Tap the Always Show Bookmarks Bar on/off switch to turn it ON (or OFF if you want to hide the Bookmarks Bar).
Press the Home button.
Tap Safari. The Safari screen appears, with the Bookmarks Bar, as shown in Figure 14-6.
After you store several bookmarks, you may later want to rearrange or delete them. To rearrange or delete a bookmark, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Safari. The Safari screen appears.
Tap the Bookmark icon (it looks like an open book). The Bookmarks window appears.
(Optional) Tap a folder, such as the Bookmarks Bar folder, to rearrange bookmarks in that folder.
Tap Edit. Red circles with white dashes appear to the left of each bookmark while three horizontal gray lines appear to the right of some bookmarks.
(Optional) Tap and hold the icon with three horizontal gray lines to the right of a bookmark that you want to rearrange. Then slide your finger up or down to move the bookmark to a new location.
(Optional) Tap the red circle with the white dash to the left of a bookmark you want to delete. A red Delete button appears. (You can also delete bookmarks by swiping to the left or right.)
(Optional) Tap Delete.
Tap Done.