Bookmark Preferences  
 

In Bookmark Preferences you'll find several options for customizing how OmniWeb handles bookmarks.

Personal Bookmarks file - This is a special bookmarks file loaded when you start OmniWeb and used throughout the application. You can specify a location for this file in the text box. Note that you can enter the location of a local file (with a "file:" URL) or a remote file (with a URL type such as "http:" or "ftp:"); the latter allows you to put your bookmarks on a Web server and access them from anywhere.
You can also choose to have this bookmarks file displayed when you start OmniWeb.

Show personal bookmarks - Allows you to control where your personal bookmarks file is displayed:

  • in the Bookmarks menu - Bookmarks will be listed in the Bookmarks menu; bookmark groups will create submenus.
  • in a drawer - If checked, the Show Bookmarks menu command will open your personal bookmarks in a drawer attached to the browser window (if there's a browser window to attach to). If unchecked, that command will open the bookmarks in a separate window. (The same applies to the Bookmarks button on the browser window toolbar. Holding down the Option key while using either function will temporarily reverse this preference.)
  • You can also choose which side of the browser window the bookmarks drawer appears on.

When using menus or separate windows - By default, opening a bookmark from the Bookmarks menu or double-clicking an entry in a standalone bookmarks window will cause the bookmark to be opened in the frontmost browser window. You can change this setting so that new windows will be opened for each bookmark you open. (You can also double-click bookmarks while holding the Command [⌘] key to open new windows.)

Check bookmarks every - OmniWeb can automatically monitor the sites you've bookmarked and notify you of changes. Here you can specify the default time interval for change checking. (You can also change the time interval on a per-bookmark basis using the Info window.)

When a bookmarked URL is redirected - If OmniWeb finds that a web page has moved to a new address when it's checking your bookmarks, will either update your bookmarks automatically, leave them alone, or ask you what to do, depending on what you choose here.

File new bookmarks - This setting controls where a new bookmark is created when you use the Add to Bookmarks command (found in the Bookmarks menu, the contextual menu, and the browser window toolbar).

Related Topics
Automatic Change Checking
The Bookmark Info window
Customizing the Browser Window Toolbar
Using the Preferences window

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