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With minimal
effort, your Netscape Bookmarks list can be converted to a webpage which
can be saved on your local hard disk, on a floppy disk or even uploaded
to the World Wide Web. You can reconfigure the default homepage setting
on Netscape to automatically open to the webpage you created from your
bookmarks list. It’s easy! Just follow these steps:
- Before
you start the conversion process, double-check that you have created
a "web" directory/folder on your floppy disk or hard drive
- Open
Netscape.
- Open
the bookmark window (Ctrl-B or Command-B).
- Navigate
to the File menu.
- Select
Save As. When the Save As dialog box appears, select
the "web" folder/directory you created on your floppy disk
or hard drive as the destination for the file.
- Now,
change the default Bookmarks file name to web1.htm
(Note: you can use a different file name as long as it has all lowercase
letters, is five letters or less and has the .htm
suffix.)
- Save
the renamed bookmarks file.
- Exit/Quit
Netscape.
Tech
Talk: Netscape saves all its bookmarks as webpages deep within
its directories. You have just taken this webpage, renamed it with an
acceptable short webpage file name and added the .htm which will identify
the file as a webpage when it is opened with a web browser.
- Now,
open Netscape Composer.
- Navigate
to the "web" directory / folder you created earlier and
open the web1.htm file. (Hint: You
may need to select "All Files" from the "Files of Type"
drop down menu if web1.htm doesn’t appear automatically.)
- Edit
the webpage.. You may want to change the webpage title, the background
colors, add some graphics or rename or remove some of the links.
- Save
the changes that you make.
Now it’s
time to see what your bookmark webpage looks like. Follow these steps:
- Click
on the Preview button which will open Netscape Navigator
with your new webpage automatically or
- Open
Netscape Navigator.
- Navigate
to the File menu and select Open Page.
- Be
sure that the Navigator radio button is selected
in the Open File or Location in: section of the dialog
box.
- Click
on Choose File. Navigate to the directory/folder
where you saved the web1.htm file.
- Double-click
on the web1.htm file.
- Finally,
click on Open. Your new webpage will appear on the
screen.
- Test
some of the links to make sure that they work.
You can
add this webpage to your bookmarks list just like any other webpage
you might find on the web. You can even make it your Netscape Homepage
by following these steps.
- With
your webpage on the screen, carefully drag across the entire address
found in the Location: bar while holding down the mouse button. The
location address will be selected.
- Select
Copy from the Edit menu to copy
the address to the clipboard.
- Select
Preferences from the Edit menu.
- Look
for Home Page section near the center of the dialog
box.
- Write
down the address in the box in the event that you want to change things
back after you try the steps that follow.
- Remove
the homepage location currently in the text box, position the cursor
in the box and select Paste from the Edit
menu.
- The
address leading to your web1.htm file will appear in the box.
- Click
on OK and the box will close.
- Click
on the Home button and your webpage will reappear
on the screen.
- Follow
several of the hypertext links that take you away from the homepage
and then click on the Home button again. You should return to your
new homepage.
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