Lesson 25: Bookmarking a Site (Internet Explorer)

Lesson 25: Bookmarking a Site

Some sites have difficult URLs to remember. For instance, to search for Ellis Island immigration records, the URL would be www.ellisislandrecords.org as opposed to www.ellisisland.com. www.ellisisland.com would take you to an Ellis Island museum, which is not affiliated with Ellis Island Records. To make it easier to keep track of your interests, you can bookmark a particular page, within a site, even if it is within a frame.

1. In the Favorites drop down menu, select Add to Favorites.

2. Click the Create in >> button, if you want to change the folder that will contain this bookmark.

3. If you wish to add a new folder to put this bookmark in, select New Folder....

4. If you have chosen to create a folder, type in the name, and press OK.

5. If you would like to make sure the page is available, even when you're offline, check "Make available offline"

6. Click the Customize button.

8. The offline Favorite Wizard will open. Click the button that says Next >.

9a. You are faced with a choice. If this page has links to other places, you might want to only consider how much of it to include on your hard drive. If you do not wish to copy the destination sites for each of these links, select No and click Next >.

9b. However, if you want to place the link destinations in your favorites as well, select Yes, and adjust how many levels deep, you would like to be saved to your hard drive and click Next >.

Note: Be careful when choosing how many levels deep you choose. For instance, saving Internet Baby Steps' Kids Corner is one thing. If you were to select yes on this page, and place a 2 into the depth box, you would not only save Kids Corner, but the each page the links were directed to would also be copied onto your computer. This could fill up a hard drive very quickly, so if the page you wish to save has many links, you might want to stick with the number 1.

10. Select "Only when I choose Synchronize from the Tools Menu" and click Next >.

11. If you had to register for this site, you have the option of inserting your User name and Password, to access the site faster. If not, make sure No is selected and click Finish.

12. The progression bar begins to show progress. To expand the details, click the Details >> button.

13. The details allow you to select a particular page, and alter how it is set up. To change the setup, click the Setup... button

14. Select the pages you wish to synchronize.

15. Check the box that says "Ask me before synchronizing the items" and click OK.

To locate a previously saved favorite page, click on the folder name in the Favorites drop down menu. If you placed the page into a subfolder, find that subfolder, and locate your page. Click on the desired page, and it will open.

Are you trying to bookmark a section of a frames page? Scroll down to learn about frames pages.

If you wish to bookmark a frame section, click here

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