Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 2: For iOS 7
• Method 2 of 2: For iOS 6 and earlier
• Tips
• What do you need

Do you own an iPhone or iPod Touch? Did you know there is a way to add a mobile Safari page to the Home Screen page in a way that resembles an iPhone app? Yes, there is such a possibility. In this article, you will find the steps that describe this procedure.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: For iOS 7

1. 1 Open the Safari app on your iOS device.
2. 2 Go to the site for which you want to create a shortcut.
3. 3 Click on the "Share" icon at the bottom. It looks like a square with an upward pointing arrow.
4. 4 Select the "Add to Home Screen" icon.
5. 5 Give a name to your Link Button control.
6. 6 Click on the word "Add" in the upper right corner.
7. 7 Find this button for the link, which Apple now calls "web clips" on the Home screen.

Method 2 of 2: For iOS 6 and earlier

1. 1 Open the site in Safari browser. No other browsers on iPhone offer this feature.
2. 2 Make sure the page has been fully loaded.
3. 3 Press the center button on the touchscreen. It looks like a field with an arrow popping out of it. This is the same option if you clicked Add a bookmark on your iPhone.
4. 4 Click the "Add to Home Screen" button.
5. 5 Change the title on the page that appears. At the bottom of the home screen, there will be text that contains the "app" on the Home screen.
6. 6 Click the "Add" button at the top of the screen.

Tips

• Mobile versions of pages that are exclusively for the iPhone will also offer a nicer button look than those that simply offer their own page for the PC version. These PC bookmarks will show up as a tiny view of the page you saved when you originally added it. Those that offer mobile versions will display a nice graphical button that depicts the company logo.
• On iOS6 and above: When you choose to place a button, you will be presented with a preview of the button shortly before adding it to your Home screen.
• You can also do this on iPad and iPod Touch.
• If you open Safari using the link button in IOS 6, the address bar and the bottom (forward / backward button) disappear, so keep that in mind. This is not the case for iOS 7.

What do you need

• Safari browser on iPhone / iPod / iPad / IOS device.
• Any linked page that you want to access again in the future.