Add to Your Phone’s Home Screen

This is a really useful tip to share parents and others who want to follow your Glow Blog site.

It gives you one-tap access to the school site, just like an app, so you never miss important updates.

🤖 On Android Phones & Tablets (Chrome)

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Go to the school website
  3. Tap the three dots (⋮) in the top-right corner
  4. Tap Add to Home screen
  5. Edit the name if you like
  6. Tap Add

✅ An icon will appear on your home screen
✅ It opens straight to the school website

🍎 On iPhone or iPad (Safari)

⚠️ This must be done using Safari (not Chrome or Facebook’s browser)

  1. Open Safari
  2. Go to the school website
  3. Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow ↑ at the bottom)
  4. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen
  5. You can change the name if you wish
  6. Tap Add

✅ The school website will now appear as an icon on your home screen
✅ Tap it anytime to open the site quickly

PDF to print or share

Here is a simple pdf that might be useful to share.

Bonus Tip

You can use the same technique to get to the new post screen to quick post to your glow blog: here is a screencast. All you need to do is add the new post page to your homescreen.

Video

A very short video of the process on an iPhone, no audio

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