iGoogle Tabs
:How to Reorder
iGoogle Tabs
There is one thing that iGoogle doesn’t currently allow you to do and that is move your tabs around to change the order of them. A quick Google search returns hundreds of pages where iGoogle users are asking how to do this. Until this feature is officially added, here’s a short tutorial on how you can do it yourself…
Last night, Google added a feature to iGoogle which allows you to export and import your settings.
When you Export your settings to your computer, it should download everything as an XML file which contains information about all of your tabs, gadgets and theme settings. You can see a sample of how your’s looks like.
If you’re already familiar with with XML, it should be quite obvious what you need to do. If not, simply follow these steps:
1. First of all, you will need to go to your iGoogle settings page, and then simply scroll down to the Export / Import section and click the “Export†button.
2. Open the downloaded XML file in a text editor (e.g. notepad), and look for the sections which start with 3. Try to find the section which corresponds to the tab you want to move in particular and cut everything between 4. Now go back to your iGoogle settings page, browse for the file you’ve just edited and click the “Upload†button. Do not click “Save†button! 5. Once you see the “Import completed.†message below the upload field, go back to your iGoogle home page and you should see your tabs have changed order!
