How to change Speed Dial site titles in Opera?
Sunday, 1. March 2009, 13:04:07
Several people wants to change the Speed Dial site title as some websites have long page title. You can change title in speeddial.ini, but Opera won't show the modified title. You can change Speed Dial site titles easily using the following trick.
- Create a HTML file preferably inside profile directory with the following content and change the name & website address.
<html> <head><title>Name</title></head> <frameset><frame src="http://www.site.com/"> <noframes>Enable <a href="opera:config#Extensions|Frames">Frames</a> and save.</noframes> </frameset> </html>
- Open created file and Speed Dial page.
- Drag & drop opened page tab to a Speed Dial slot.
 Before: Long title |
 After: Short & meaningful title |
The URL won't change even if you visit another page/site via links on that Speed Dial page. That can be overcome by using the following but it needs JavaScript enabled and won't show thumbnail image. Thumbnail image can changed as shown here or by changing opera:blank to an image path.
<html> <head><title>Name</title></head> <script type="text/javascript"> function load() { window.location="http://www.site.com/"; } </script> <frameset><frame onload="load()" src="opera:blank"> <noframes>Enable <a href="opera:config#Extensions|Frames">Frames</a> and save.</noframes> </frameset> </html>
The above trick uses local file and won't work in synced devices.
You can also use Opera Image Dial Generator.
Update: Oct 30, 2009
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Nerak # 1. March 2009, 13:20
ZAHEK # 1. March 2009, 20:59
AleksOD # 2. March 2009, 02:21
Chas4 # 2. March 2009, 03:49
Anonymous # 3. March 2009, 10:44
this sux that it can't be done by just a single click from opera...
Engelium # 3. March 2009, 19:25
Tamil # 3. March 2009, 22:49
Anonymous # 20. March 2009, 19:11
I'm using portable Opera, so is there any way to change the htm files' paths to relative path after dragged into a speeddial slot?
Tamil # 24. March 2009, 18:02
Anonymous # 24. March 2009, 23:17
Opera 9.64, build 10487 and my htm files are in \profile folder.
Tamil # 24. March 2009, 23:28
Anonymous # 25. March 2009, 00:27
I don't know if you created it or not, it says "Obermair Markus 2005-2009" and i downloaded it from operausb.com.
The Z:\profile\directory thing is not working by the way, because Z: is not a relative path and it's not guaranteed when i'm using my pendrive on a different computer it can get Z: as a drive letter. So if i move the Portable Opera to a different computer or to a different drive on my own computer then the htm files won't work anymore. The path pointing to them should be something like .\profile but i can't find a way to make this change in speeddial.ini or elsewhere. Maybe there's no way to do this, just wanted a professional's opinion or answer.
Tamil # 25. March 2009, 00:31
seeker # 6. April 2009, 06:56
If not for this, this mod would be the solution that I have been looking for for some time. Is there a way to get a website to recognize a localhost html and accept cookies that are already loaded in Opera?
Tamil # 6. April 2009, 11:18
Anonymous # 20. April 2009, 20:37
Hi!
I try the two versions this "change Speed Dial site titles"
post but results not always good. So I do the below.
Follow directions your "change Speed Dial thumbnail images".
Edit speeddial.ini Reload* values like:
[Speed Dial 1]
Title=Name
Url=http://www.site.com/
Reload Enabled=1
Reload Interval=2147483647
Reload Only If Expired=1
Hex edit opthumb.dat:
See three items each speed dial entry;
URL, .PNG image name, title.
Overwite long title with short title,
ovewrite to end of title or \x00\x00
with \x00.
Start and close Opera, she will rewrite
opthumb.dat removing extra \x00 padding
(except at last speed dial).
Make opthumb.dat read-only.
Anonymous # 15. September 2009, 10:31
Brilliant! One question: does this preserve site security if I use it for a passworded site?
Tamil # 15. September 2009, 10:43
Anonymous # 16. September 2009, 00:01
Why doesn't somebody just write a widget? or better still, get the developers to fix the damn thing, its been an issue since day one of speed dial...jeez
Anonymous # 23. September 2009, 19:51
Try this for creating custom images and titles in Speed Dial. It's brilliant;
http://miya2000.up.seesaa.net/opera/idg/dial_generator.html
jkforde # 27. October 2009, 16:46
I tried both HTM methods - the first works fine but like you say the URL doesn't change which is no good for StumbleUpon for instance.
So I tried the second method which works fine (page now usable with SU) but it doesn't seem to take the title from the HTM code so the title is generated from the website's title - I've noticed that when I open the HTM file in a tab that the tab's name is initially set to the title that I've specified in the HTM file but then that title is overwritten by title generated from the website.
Am I doing something wrong?
Tamil # 27. October 2009, 17:08
Originally posted by jkforde:
Nope, it is not working in Opera 10.Try this.
jkforde # 27. October 2009, 17:29
Thanks Tamil but that link brings me back to this page; just to confirm that I did try the second HTM code on this page
Tamil # 27. October 2009, 23:31
Originally posted by jkforde:
Yes, it should take you to Simola comment.jkforde # 30. October 2009, 13:29
Ah thanks, missed Simola post, will try it!
FYI, another issue I've found is that this desktop tweaking of the titles doesn't work in OperaMini's Speeddial once the dials are synced using OperaLink - OM's Speeddial links point to the local desktop file and not to the actual web URL.... or am I too dumb for words!? I haven't tried the dial generator thing yet so.....
Tamil # 30. October 2009, 13:58
Originally posted by jkforde:
It won't work when you sync it.jkforde # 30. October 2009, 14:30
OK, maybe highlight this in the instructions above as a good few people are Opera10 and OperaMini Link users.
Tamil # 30. October 2009, 15:44