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Foucault · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 87

I'm currently using Seamonkey with Puppy 2.02. Due to software requirements, I do need to run Windows XP during my work day. I've just switched from Internet Explorer to Firefox, because I fell in love with Seamonkey's tabs (why didn't I discover them earlier - they're so convenient). I did appreciate the easy way Firefox allowed me to import my IE Favorites.

At certain times, I'm going to be bookmarking web pages in Windows Firefox, and at other times, I want to bookmark pages with Puppy's Seamonkey. Ideally, I would like access to all my bookmarks from both browsers. Is there an easy way to do this?

Thanks!

slvrldy17 · Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 292 Location: Mid western USA

Since I often copy my bookmarks from Windows/Firefox to Puppy Firefox I and Firefox and Seamonkey share at least some code you could try the way I do it. In Windows/Firefox go to Bookmarks>File>Export and export the list to a folder as a CSV file saved in a place where you can access it from Seamonkey by going again to File>Import> Browse to the folder. No gaurantee that it will work but I see no reason why it shouldn't. I've also done the same thing with address books from my Windows mail client program and copied them to Thunderbird and/or Slypheed in Puppy.

fluxit · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 326 Location: Ketchikan, AK USA

While running Puppy, look in your /root/.mozilla directory.

Find your profile directory within one of the subdirectories, it will have a name such as kjco03gd.default. You'll know it when you find it, because it contains your bookmarks.html among others.

Within this directory create a file named user.js . This file should contain the line:
userpref("browser.bookmarks.file", "/mnt/home/whereveryourwinfirefoxbookmarksarelocated/bookmarks.html");

Now Seamonkey will use your Windows bookmarks file instead of its own.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.bookmarks.file for more information.

--Lee

Foucault · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 87

Lee - I found that article a little confusing. Does this replace my seamonkey bookmarks with my windows firefox ones? What happens if I subsequently bookmark a site using seamonkey?

My guess is that this allows me to bookmark sites in Windows, but I won't be able to bookmark sites using Seamonkey, right?

I wonder if there's an add-in that will allow bookmarks to be saved somewhere (maybe gmail for example?) and accessed automatically?

jason.b.c · Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 754 Location: Marshfield,MO

Well if your using firefox then give this a try..

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/booksync

Lobster · Posted: Sat 12 Aug 2006, 02:52 Post_subject:

an easy way is to have your links online
http://www.favoor.com/

Smile

fluxit · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 326 Location: Ketchikan, AK USA

Foucault · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 87

cobelloy · Posted: Sat 12 Aug 2006, 10:26 Post_subject:

I wrote a page in the wiki explaining how to do this - did you look there:

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/HowToShareMozillaProfileBetweenWindowsAndPuppy

Foucault · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 87

cobelloy · Posted: Sat 12 Aug 2006, 20:31 Post_subject:

its not at all complicated - the guts of it is you create a new profile in puppy and give it the same name as your windows profile - then direct it to the /mozilla folder in windows - it will automatically use all the windows stuff, address book, bookmarks etc. Anything new you add in either puppy or windows will save into the same profile

fluxit · Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 326 Location: Ketchikan, AK USA

Foucault,

Foucault · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 87

Well, I chickened out of blazing new territory!

Anway, I wanted to share with the group how I did manage to find a workable solution. I switched to Firefox on both operating systems (I prefer Firefox to Seamonkey anyway) and used the "Chipmark" Firefox extension/system, which you can find out about here:

www.chipmark.com

It's a hybrid browser/web-based solution, which means it's really easy to bookmark a page, it's folder or tag based (I prefer folder based) and I can access my bookmarks from any computer. It also works with Microsoft Internet Explorer.

I'm a little nervous about a web-based system eating all my bookmarks, so for me, having a "back-up" in the regular Firefox bookmarks is a must. Chipmark's import/export features work very well for me.

What's more, Chipmark is an open-source project from a group of computer-science students at the University of Minnesota.

trapster · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 1976 Location: Maine, USA

Try this-

Type about:config into the location bar.

Right click -> a new string named browser.bookmarks.file

Then double click and type (location to new bookmarks location) C:\\Path To Netscape Profile\\bookmarks.html

The following is from mozilla.org

Use your Netscape 6/7 or Mozilla bookmarks in Firefox

If you are using Netscape 6/7 or Mozilla, you can share your bookmarks with Firefox. All bookmarks are stored in a file called bookmarks.html and is stored in the profile folder. For example, if you want to use the bookmarks for Netscape 7 in Firefox, add the following code to your user.js file:

// Specify which bookmarks file to use:
user_pref("browser.bookmarks.file", "C:\\Path To Netscape Profile\\bookmarks.html");

Remember to use two backslashes for the path separators if you're using Windows, e.g. C:\\Path\\bookmarks.html instead of C:\Path\bookmarks.html.

This tip can also be used on dual-boot systems to use the same bookmarks on both operating systems. Just make sure that you place the file on a location that you have write access to from operating systems.