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The Browse Page

This is the main page for your account on iKeepBookmarks.com. Folders and links are located on this page. The folders are like your folders on your hard disk, a way to organize your links. Of course, folders can contain additional folders, as well as links. Folders have an icon next to them that looks like a file folder. Links have an icon next to them that looks like a green square. The green square indicates that the link is valid. If your link is broken, with a 404 error, this square will turn red.

The Menu

At the top of the Browse Page is a menu. If you are not logged in, it will simply show

Home - Login - Help

If you login, with your account name and password, you will see

Home - Options - Bookmarks - PopUp - Logout - Help

Options allows you to set security and account options, and update your account information.
Bookmarks allows you to upload your Netscape bookmarks or your IE favorites.
PopUp will install a link on your browser that allows you to add pages to iKeepBookmarks.com while you are surfing the Internet.
Logout will sign you off of your account and return you to the default security level.

Adding and Working with Links

The links bar is where the "Tour" button is located. It normally is green. If you have security rights, there also are two buttons on the right. These buttons are "Edit" and "Add." The "Add" button allows you to add new links under your links bar. The "Edit" button allows you to change the title, URL, or description of your links. With "Edit" you also may delete one or more links, move one or more links to another folder, or rearrange the order of your links. In addition, on the "Edit" screen you will be given 5 blank link entries, so you can add several links at once.

Adding and Working with Folders

The folder bar is where your account name is displayed. It normally is yellow. If you have security rights, there also are two buttons on the right. These buttons are "Edit" and "Add." The "Add" button allows you to add new folders under your folder bar. The "Edit" button allows you to change the title or description of your folders. With "Edit" you also may delete one or more folders (and their contents), move one or more folders to another folder, or rearrange the order of your folders. In addition, on the "Edit" screen you will be given 5 blank folder entries, so you can add several folders at once.

Searching Your Links

The search bar is where the "Search" button is located. It normally is grey. If you type a word on the search bar and click "Search", all of the links (their titles and descriptions) in your account will be searched for that word. A list of links will appear for any that have a match. If you type more than one word, only links that have all of the words in them will be displayed. You also may choose to search all of the listed folders on iKeepBookmarks.com. Or you can search only the links on the page being displayed.

Using the Tour Button

The "Tour" button is located on the links bar. If you press this button, you will be taken on a "tour" of all of the links under the links bar. A tour is a frame with a menu bar at the top of the screen. This menu bar has a "Next" button and a "Prev" button. These buttons allow you to go from site to site, sequentially. This is useful if you have several sites you like to visit, say in the morning, one after the other. Or, if you send a friend the URL that is at the top of a tour, that person can easily visit your whole set of pages.

Hints and Tips

Here are a few things you might find useful.

Click on the folder icon next to a folder and it will expand, displaying its contents.
Click on the square icon next to a link and it will open up the link into a new browser window.
You can bring up a pop-up dialog, when you are browsing other pages. This allows you to add the page you are on, without leaving it. The title and URL of the page will be filled in automatically. To find out about this, make sure you are logged in, and then click "PopUp."
Set up your Browse Page as your home page in your browser. To do this:
- For Netscape: Choose "Edit/Preferences" from your browser menu. Then click the button that says "Use Current."
- For Internet Explorer: "Choose Tools/Internet Options" from your browser menu. Then click the button that says "Use Current."