Websites are becoming more and more like applications everyday.  Whether its Facebook, eBay, Bananas4Apples or I Can Has Cheezburger, there are sites that we all check numerous times throughout the day and it might be convenient to have a short cut for those sites right on the dock with your other frequently used applications.  Fortunately, Leopard makes this possible.

First, find the site you want to make a short cut for.  I check Facebook several (hundred) times a day, so I’m going to work with that.  First go to the site, then look for the site’s favicon.  A favicon is the tiny icon all the way on the left side of the web address for the site we’re visiting; for Apple, it’s a little grey apple, for Facebook it’s a white F in a blue square.  If the website you’re looking at doesn’t have one, you’ll see a little globe there. 

What ever the icon is, click and drag it to the dock on the right side of the dashed line, near the trash can.  As you place it down there, you should notice the other icons move aside to make room, be careful not to drop your new shortcut on top of another as it might get added to one of your stacks and will be difficult to find later.

Once we’ve got it added, you’ll see a little springy @ symbol indicating that there’s a web shortcut there. 

Click on the short cut and your website will launch.

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