When it comes to accessing your Jostle platform from your desktop, there are a few options:
- Add Jostle as a bookmark in your browser
- Make the Jostle login page your browser’s home page
- Create a desktop shortcut
- Pin a Jostle shortcut to your taskbar
- Set a Jostle shortcut to automatically open when you start up your computer
For the purposes of this article, the examples we’ll be using are for Chrome/Windows 10 however, the equivalent of these methods should work for any of our supported browsers/operating systems.
Add Jostle as a bookmark in your browser
While on the Jostle login page:
Open your browser menu and go to Bookmarks > Bookmark this page
Alternatively: Go into Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager > Add Bookmark and copy/paste in the login URL (which can be found in your Welcome email).
Note: If your company has a subdomain set make sure you're bookmarking the subdomain (e.g. platform.jostle.us)
Make the Jostle login page your browser’s home page
Open your browser menu and go to Settings > Appearance > Show home button and add the login URL as a home page or as a new tab.
Note: If your company has a subdomain set make sure you're using the subdomain (e.g. platform.jostle.us)
Create a desktop shortcut
While on the Jostle login page:
Open your browser menu and go to More tools > Create shortcut...
This will add a shortcut icon to your desktop:
NOTE—when creating the shortcut, you’ll have the option to create it as a window:
If you choose to do this, then whenever you click on your shortcut icon, Jostle will be opened in a separate window in your computer (instead of a browser tab) and will also appear in your taskbar as the Jostle icon instead of the browser icon.
Pin a Jostle shortcut to your taskbar
After creating a browser/window shortcut:
Right click on your desktop icon/window icon and select Pin to taskbar
Set a Jostle shortcut to automatically open when you start up your computer
After creating a browser/window shortcut:
Press the Windows logo key + R on your keyboard to open the Run command box
In the command field, enter shell:startup and then click OK
This will open the Startup folder (Microsoft> Windows > Start Menu > Programs > Startup). Copy your shortcut and paste it into the folder.
For older versions of Windows, you can manually get here by via Start > All Programs > Startup
NOTE—if you ever want Jostle to stop launching with your computer, then just head back to the Startup folder and delete the shortcut.
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