Install The Parent Bank on an iOS Device

Step 1: Open The Parent Bank in iOS Safari (www.theparentbank.com)

This must be using Safari on the device that you want to install The Parent Bank.

Step 2: Tap the “Share” Icon at the bottom of the browser

Step 3: “Add to Home Screen”

4. All done! Check out your new shiny icon on your home screen!

postscript: "Add to Home Screen" on iOS devices is a little known feature that allows can install web-sites as “apps” onto your iPhone that launch in full screen mode and everything! (And there is a lot of time and money wasted building “apps” that really could just be websites which are much simpler to build and maintain…but we’ll spare that soapbox for now…)

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