Add Favorites

Forum: Apps
Topic: Add Favorites
started by: panama

Posted by panama on Oct. 03 2004,05:35

Is there a way to take the favorites off one of my windows machines and drag and drop them into a specific folder for either gLinks or Dillo?

thanks!!

Posted by mikshaw on Oct. 03 2004,15:48

If you're talking about IE favorites, then I doubt it. IE uses a separate file for each link, arranged in actual folders. Links (I'm not sure about Dillo) uses a single html file for everything. You would probably need a conversion script of some kind which reads each favorites folder and file, and adds the appropriate info into an html document.

Posted by panama on Oct. 03 2004,19:39

thanks alot mik!

i see what ya mean about the html file. the upside is that, altho painfully slow, i can edit the bookmark file with a bunch of my fav's. They appear in the browser as bookmarks...no probs.

thanks again

panama

Posted by panama on Oct. 03 2004,21:22

mik,

i think i spoke too soon...

home/dsl/.links/bookmarks.htm modifies fine...I can add as many bookmarks as I want and it works great...links is happy.

I tried the same with home/dsl/.dillo/bm.txt and it worked ONCE. After that the bookmark button don't do jack. Of course I didn't copy the file anyplace.

would it be too much trouble for you to post the bm.txt so I can fix mine?

thanks again

panama

Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 03 2004,21:23

FYI,

IE 6.0 has a favorites Export feature. I haven't used it, but it is located at: File -> Import and Export Choose "Export Favorites" and it should create a bookmarks.htm file.

Also, the Windows version of Firefox can automatically import your IE favorites. It may also exist in the Linux version but I have never tried to find it.

Posted by panama on Oct. 03 2004,21:37

thanks cbagger.

it's alot easier to open that exported file and just be able to click on a link...bookmark it and go on to the next one...it's still manual but it's cool!

Now if I could just get my dillo bookmark button to work again!

panama