Use the Link Collector

 

 

You can find the Link Collector in the Tools menu.

 

Note: you must use wildcards in the Link Collector. If you search for ware the Link collector will search for the phrase. This means hardware will not be found. To search for all meanings of ware use *ware* instead.

 

Usage examples:

 

Rating Hunter

 

If you require to send someone a collection of your favorite links which are rated 5, you wouldn't have to hunt through the entire Tree to find the links yourself. You would instead use the Link collector. Here's how.

 

Select the panel in which you want to search for Bookmarks with 5 rating. Run the Tools | Link Collector command. The Link collector dialog will pop up. Set the following parameters:

 

Bookmarks: checked

 

Name:*

Path:*

Comment:*

Rating between: 5 & 5

 

Options: Copy all matches to new folder

 

Click the Collect button. All Bookmarks with rating 5 will be copied and stored in a Folder called Collected Links.

 

Text Search

 

If you need to send someone a collection of German sites which are related to Tips then you would use the Link Collector in the following way.

 

Select the panel in which you want to search for German Bookmarks with Tips. Run the Tools | Link Collector command. The Link Collector dialog will pop up. Set the following parameters:

 

Name:*

Path:*.de

Comment:*Tips*

Rating between: 0 & 5

 

Options: Copy all matches to new folder

 

Click the Collect button. All Bookmarks with .de domain names and comments containing the word Tips will be copied and stored in a folder called Collected Links.

 

Delete empty folders

 

Link Collector can also be used for maintenance of your Treeview. Let's say that you want to remove all Folders which are empty. You would use the Link Collector to clear out the empty Folders in the following way.

 

Run the Tools | Link Collector command. The Link Collector dialog will pop up. Set the following parameters:

 

Bookmarks: unchecked

Folders: unchecked

Empty Folders: checked

Name: *

Path: *        

Comment: *

Rating between: 0 & 5

 

Options: Move all matches to new Folder

 

Click the Collect button. All empty Folders will now be moved to the Collected Links Folder. You can safely delete this Folder.

 

Get all Bookmarks launched within a date range

 

Linkman should be configured to store launch dates (Settings | Data).

 

Run the Tools | Link Collector command. The Link Collector dialog will pop up. Set the following parameters:

 

Bookmarks: checked

Folders: unchecked

Empty Folders: unchecked

Name: *

Path: *        

Comment: *

Rating between: 0 & 5

 

between: checked

ComboBox: Last launch date

Select the desired date interval in the date edit boxes

 

Options: Copy all matches to new folder

 

Click the Collect button. All Bookmarks that have been launched in the selected date range will be copied and stored in a folder called Collected Links.