Oganizing Off-site Tut links

[vawitt]

Hi, everyone. Vesta asked a question about a tutorial. I thought I remembered it from another site, but couldn't find it sifting through my links.

My question: how does everyone organize links to tutes? I dump them all into a PSE "favorites" folder but I don't recognize what most of them are for unless I actually open the file. Is there a better way? I must have-spring-cleaning fever if I want to organize my computer :eek::D

~Val in cloudy IL

[Karin Sue]

I think most favorites and bookmarks programs allow you to edit the name the favorite or bookmark is saved under. If you discipline yourself to do that as you save them that might help.

Should I ever become organized, I have thought of making a web page (either on my desktop or actually posted on the web) with links and pictures and description. Simple html. Not likely to happen soon.

I tend to just google or search the forum and hope I recognize one of the links.

[swalkr]

I save all the written tutorials in Microsoft Word, by copying and pasting the whole tutorial. As far as video links in the subscriber area, I use the instructions that Jon gave in his sticky note under "General", and I save those in my "Elements Project" folder under "My Documents". And the ones I Googled for and found on the web, I put in a folder in "Favorites" or "Bookmarks" called "Elements Links". And yes, I can rename them (as Karin has said) to something that would trigger the old memory bank. :( I need all the help I can get from "wherever" I can find it.

Hi, everyone. Vesta asked a question about a tutorial. I thought I remembered it from another site, but couldn't find it sifting through my links.

My question: how does everyone organize links to tutes? I dump them all into a PSE "favorites" folder but I don't recognize what most of them are for unless I actually open the file. Is there a better way? I must have-spring-cleaning fever if I want to organize my computer :eek::D

~Val in cloudy IL

[vawitt]

I only rename them sporadically - that's my problem. And the names I pick don't always help remind me. Must be an aging thing.. :p

Karin...you can almost get the web page you are talking about simply by exporting the favorites from IE.

File > Import and Export... then follow the wizard. You can export your entire faves file or just selected files. It creates an HTML file with the folder names as headings and the links and working hyperlinks.

~Val in rainy IL

[efarnstrom]

I'll have to try that. Thanks!

[Zeria]

Hi Val

When I moved from Internet Explorer to Safari (Mac) the thing that I missed the most was the ability to add comments to my bookmarks. If it hasn't changed, in Explorer you select Get Info. Firefox allows you to enter keywords and comments (under properties) to individual bookmarks. I'm not sure about Explorer and Firefox, but Safari has a Bookmark search function---which is helpful.

For written tutorials I save them as PDFs and place them in an Elements folder that contains other documents (text files,webarchives). This Elements folder is subdivided into topics like Actions, Backgrounds, Monitor Calibration, etc.

[vawitt]

Now that's a good idea.

Maybe I need to better subdivide by topic rather than lumping them all into one folder.

I like the idea of saving as PDF - an idea I think I picked up on this forum awhile ago. I've saved some, but more are links.

Thanks! And I'll have to dig around in IE to see if there's a way to add properties (prefereably that are searchable) to links.

[baderms]

I use a program called link commander. I use the lite version. It's $20 USD but for me was well worth the price as I have over 400 links saved as I do computer work for a living. See http://www.resortlabs.com/bookmark-manager/comparison.php to check it out. The features I like the best are the ability to create different catalogs for each subject and have the program check for dead links.

[vawitt]

Hi, Mark. This looks pretty cool! Thanks for the tip!

~Val in sunny IL

I use a program called link commander. I use the lite version. It's $20 USD but for me was well worth the price as I have over 400 links saved as I do computer work for a living. See http://www.resortlabs.com/bookmark-manager/comparison.php to check it out. The features I like the best are the ability to create different catalogs for each subject and have the program check for dead links.