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Conference gyro::internet_toolss

Title:Internet Tools
Notice:Report ALL NETSCAPE Problems directly to kdlucas@netscape.com.rnet? Read note 448.L for beginner information.
Moderator:teco.mro.dec.com::tecotoo.mro.dec.com::mayer
Created:Fri Jun 25 1993
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4714
Total number of notes:40609

4546.0. "Overwrote my BookMark file" by MSOPW1::SHERWIN (Jim Sherwin) Fri Mar 14 1997 16:20

    I recently over wrote my bookmark file while upgrading to Netscape
    3.01; not deleted but overwrote, so the wastebasket is not an
    alternative.  I had thought I might be able to use my history file to
    at least partly recreate the bookmark file. Though somewhat readable as
    a text file with WordPad or NotePad, there is a considerable amount of
    garbage characters which would make this tedious if not impractical.
    
    I had all but given up when, through TipWorld (www.tipworld.com) I
    received the following tip
    
    	"You can find out where your browser has been in the past month by
    	typing <b>about:global</b> in the address book.  The resulting page
    	may be saved by selecting File, Save As ...."
    
    I cannot figure how to go about doing this.  I can pull up my adress
    book by Window, Address Book. It appears to be similar in structure to
    the Book mark file. But how do I  "typing <b>about:global</b> in the
    address book"?
    
    Any help would be appreciated.
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4546.1about: is a protocol(?) like http:NYOSS1::GOODMANI see you shiver with antici.........pation!Fri Mar 14 1997 17:205
    Just open about:global as a location.  That is, C-l about:global Return
    
    HTH,
    
    Roy
4546.2BEGIN::ROTITHORMon Mar 17 1997 15:285
Now only if "about:global" printed the results on the screen as HTTP links
(rather than text links), one could click on them and add the required links to
the bookmark file, the alternative would be to open each location individually
which needs more work.
This is better than trying to reconstruct through history file though.
4546.3Follow-up and further helpMSOPW1::SHERWINJim SherwinFri Apr 04 1997 09:369
    I've been able to isolate a fair number of sites I had recently bookmarked
    using the history file. I'll be able to add them manually.
    
    I also want to import my old Mosaic bookmark file.  I know I did so in
    the past (when I was running Netscape 2.?) but I can't seem to Import
    the file (when I'm running Netscape 3.0).
    
    Any suggestions?  Must I do something to the old MOSAIC.DEFAULT-HOTLIST
    file?
4546.4importing Mosaic Hotlist into Netscape BookmarksHYDRA::VANORDENWed Apr 09 1997 17:1022
    
    Jim,
    
    
    >I also want to import my old Mosaic bookmark file.  I know I did so
    >in the past (when I was running Netscape 2.?) but I can't seem to
    >Import the file (when I'm running Netscape 3.0).
    
    The file must be in HTML before it can be imported.  This is real easy
    to do...while in NCSA Mosaic call up the hotlist and mail it to
    yourself.  (From the Navigate pulldown menu select Hotlist.  The NCSA
    Mosaic Hotlist View window will appear.  Select Mail To...)
    
    Now in Netscape: From the Window pulldown menu select Bookmarks.  The
    Nextscape:Bookmarks window will appear.  From the File pulldown menu
    select Import and specify the HTML version of the Hotlist.
    
    Please provide more details if you have already tried this and found it 
    did not work.
    
    Donna