The Opera Browser and Internet Suite

Welcome to the Opera Wiki! These pages collect a range of information relating to tips, customization, and technical details of the latest version of Opera. Because this is a wiki, these pages are open to ALL who want to add information they consider important. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of wikis, see WhatIsAWiki.

The latest version of Opera can always be downloaded from http://www.opera.com/download/. Be sure to keep up-to-date with the latest version as it includes security patches for Opera.

Also see the new Opera Wiki.

Tips and Tutorials:

OperaTips — General tips for users of Opera.
OperaPerformance — Specific tips on how to speed Opera up even more!
EditingINIFiles — A guide on what and where the files to customise Opera are found, and a tutorial on how to edit them.
Searching the Web Using Opera — Several pages relating to customizing search functions in Opera. See SearchPlugins to download search engines straight into search.ini.
VisualTutorials — a series of introductory guides for new users to Opera.
Styling Web Pages — an advanced tutorial on how to restyle any web page, in this case Google search.
MigratingSettings — information on how to migrate your existing settings to a new install.
OperaProfiles — a guide on how to create multiple Opera profiles that can run simultaneously.
BlockAdvertisements — A tutorial on blocking advertisements in Opera.
CookieSettings — Information on the various cookie management settings in Opera.
ImprovedCompatibility — Information on how to improve compatibility with certain sites.
OperaSDI — A guide how to get rid of tabs in Opera and run it in a Single Document Interface (SDI).
Gmail IMAP — How to use Gmail IMAP with Opera's built-in mail client
WebMailto — How to specify a webmail service as the mailto link handler
ImportFromBadMailFolder — How to import from a broken mail folder
SMTPProblems — Having problems getting SMTP to work?
ArchiveIMAPMessages — How to archive IMAP messages in M2
RestoreDefaultMailLabelIcon — How to restore default mail label icon
LogMail — How to enable mail logging in M2
SimpleBackupAndRestoreAllSettings — Simple backup and restore of all settings
ProfileSharing — How to share you Opera profile across systems
UploadM2FilesToMyOpera — How to upload M2 files to your My Opera fiel space
PostingInTheMyOperaMailForum — Guidelines for posting in the My Opera mail forum
HowM2ViewsWork — How views work in M2
TopAndBottomPostingBad — Why Top and bottom posting in email replies is bad
LocalhostInFileURICompatProblems — Issues with "file://localhost/"
ImportPOPFoldersFromThunderbird — Import POP from Thunderbird (with folder structure)

Customization:

User Javascript — the new power feature in Opera 8.
CustomButtons : CustomSearches : CustomINIFiles : CustomCommands : BookMarklets : PowerButtons — A series of pages containing drag’n’drop UI buttons, some INI files, descriptions of internal commands and bookmarklets to use when customising Opera.
AdvancedToolbarINIGuide — Specific tips on how to create buttons.
IniFileVariables — A list of targets for use in custom .INI files.
OperaINIFiles & OperaM2INIFiles — an overview of all the settings in Opera and M2’s core ini files.
User Style Sheets — A quickstart guide on using CSS in Opera to make it display web-sites to your exact preferences.
AllActions : AllActionsList : AllActionsListPlus — Lists of all the internal commands that one can use when customizing Opera.
The Web Developers Toolbar — A toolbar setup aimed at power-users and web developers.
Jekyll & Hyde Toolbar — A toolbar setup aimed at power-users, containing many built-in bookmarklets.
OperaIRC — Opera IRC customizations
Web Accessibility Toolbar for Opera (WAT for Opera) 1.1 Updated

Others:

WhyOpera — Several reasons on why Opera is currently the best web browser out there.
PressArticles — a series of reviews and articles on the new Opera.
OperaTools — Powerful applications that compliment the use of Opera.
OperaWishList — A list of features many users have requested for future versions of Opera, add your wishes here.
OperaInnovations
SecurityFeatures

Skins:

Opera7Skinning — An introductory skinning guide.
OperaSkinTips — Specific tips on how to optimize a skin’s settings.
AdvancedSkinGuide — A fully commented V8/9 skin, including information about scope and defaults of every section
ExtraSkinImages — A guide to a common naming scheme for 3rd-Party Skins.
SkinINIChanges — Info for authors updating from V7 to V8, V9, V10.
BreezeSkin — Information on the open-source skin, Breeze.
OperaWallpapers — Wallpapers for your desktop.

Technical:

OperaAdblock — different methods to install a single-click adblocker in Opera.
OperaConfigMimeTypes — Instructions on how to share configuration files on Apache web server.
TroubleShooting — Ideas for debugging problems with Opera.

Other Useful Sites / Weblogs:

See OperaBlogs.

Wiki Management Related Pages

WhatIsAWiki — An introduction to this Wiki.
WikiWhatsNew — Information about upgrades to the Wiki.
WikiToDo — A list of the most outstanding tasks that the Opera wiki community needs to do.
WikiBugs — Give feedback about any wiki related bugs / issues and new feature requests here.
FormattingRules — A guide to the text formatting available on this wiki.
SandBox — Practice your page editing here first.
OrphanedPages — Pages that have nothing linking to them.
WantedPages — Pages essay service that are waiting to be created.
InterWiki — See the inter wiki links list.
MyPages & MyChanges — If you are logged in, see your edits / additions.

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