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kingfubar
April 12th, 2002, 03:30 PM
Is it possible to have a script or form of code that will add mulitple "bookmarks" in an organized fashion? And only with the user's permission?
Here is the project:
Lets say someone has compiled a healthy list of bookmarked pages (say 50 sites/pages), and feels that a visitor to the site may wish to add this list of pages to their favorites. But not in the typical "auto" fashion that most people use, rather a simple link or button that the user is "willing" to press in order to get an organized list of bookmarks.
For example in a smaller scope:
" Favorites "
" Internet Sites "
" Real Estate "
" Appraisal "
bookmarked site #1
bookmarked site #2
" Lending "
bookmarked site #1
" Census Data "
bookmarked site #1
bookmarked site #2

etc.....
Is something like this even possible? where that the web user would "opt-in" or be willing to click on a button or link that would add 5,10,20,50 links to their favorites in an "ORGANIZED" fashion?
After discussions with many of user's/client's, most say they would appreciate this type of organization, especially if the site is adding more than just their homepage.

Also, if this is possible? can it be non-browser specific? work in IE, AOL, Netscape, etc.....

Thanks again for all help!!
Jeremy

websmith99
October 9th, 2002, 02:20 PM
Good question.

Using JavaScript I'm pretty sure that you can only add one favorite at a time, using the AddFavorite() method.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/addfavorite.asp

Note that this only works on IE4+. I know that AOL is more or less IE compatible, but have not experimented with this on AOL.

Using VBScript or an ActiveX control you may be able to add multiple favorites.