Use the import and export tools, available from the My
Bookmarks page, to move bookmarks into and out of Bookmarks.
For example, you might import bookmarks that you created and saved
in your browser to initially populate your bookmarks list.
Before you begin
You must export bookmarks from your browser before you
can import them into Bookmarks. When you export bookmarks, your browser
creates an export file that you can import into Bookmarks. After you
determine which browser bookmarks that you want to share, refer to
your browser's help for the procedures required to create a bookmark
export file. If the browser bookmark was stored in a folder, the folder
name is applied to the bookmark as a tag. Tags that you added during
the import operation are displayed by all imported bookmarks.
Important: When you export bookmarks from Microsoft® Internet Explorer,
the exported file might be saved in a format, such as ANSI, that Bookmarks
does not support. In that case, you will get an error when you try
to import the file. After you create the bookmark file, follow these
steps to change the format of the bookmarks file to UTF-8 before you
import the file.
- Open the Bookmark.htm file in a text editor
such as Notepad.
- Click Save As.
- Change the Encoding on the file from ANSI to UTF-8.
- Save and close the text file.
About this task
To import a bookmark export file:
Procedure
- Use your browser to create a bookmark export file.
Note: To export a subset of bookmarks, create a folder and
copy the bookmarks into it that you want to export. Create a bookmark
export file from that folder.
- From the My Bookmarks page, click .
Note: If you have not yet created any bookmarks
from within IBM® Connections,
there will be an option to Import Bookmarks on
the My Bookmarks page.
- Use the browse control to locate the bookmark export file.
- Choose whether to import all bookmarks or a subset that
you specify.
- In the Add Tags field, enter any
tags you want to apply to imported bookmarks.
- By default your bookmarks are imported as private. Clear
the Import as private option if you want your
bookmarks to be made available to other Bookmarks users.
- Click Import to add bookmarks in
the selected export file to your bookmarks list.
- If you are selecting a subset of bookmarks, check the ones
you want to import and click Import.