Shortcut to Website in Ubuntu 18.04 Dock

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September 2, 2019

Create and populate the following file to add a dock shortcut to a website in Ubuntu using Ars Technica as an example. This will also enable the shortcut in the Gnome Shell search.

~/.local/share/applications/MyWebsite.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Ars Technica
Terminal=false
Name=Ars Technica
Exec=firefox https://arstechnica.com/
Type=Application
Icon=applications-internet
NoDisplay=false

To use Google Chrome instead, replace firefox with google-chrome if it is installed.

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Ars Technica
Terminal=false
Name=Ars Technica
Exec=google-chrome https://arstechnica.com/
Type=Application
Icon=applications-internet
NoDisplay=false

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