The idea for this page came from a beady friend. I am going to use it for frequently asked questions, ideas from other beaders to other beaders, and anything else that may be helpful ...My hope is that everyone will take part in the making of this page. I want to use all of your ideas and suggestions so that beaders will get the most benefit from it. Thank you!!!
FAQ's and Ideas...
A few beaders
have mentioned that they were having a difficult time organizing
their bookmarks. I really don't know much about organizing, but I
would be happy to tell you what I do to help keep my bookmarks
and favorites in order. It's a small process but well worth it.
First I
made a folder in my bookmarks/favorites and I labeled it "Beading".
All of my beadwork related bookmarks/favorites were in this
folder to begin with. In this "Beading" folder I
created other folders. I began with "Beadwork Magazines"
then created "Projects & Patterns" then "tutorials"
and so on.
The next step was
the hardest. When I was finished creating all the folders I
needed in my bookmarks/favorites, I then went back and one by
one, I put my bookmarks into their corresponding folder. I had so
many bookmarks that this actually took a few days. The rest was
pretty easy.
Ever heard of Blink.com?
Blink.com is one of a few sites on the web of it's kind. It's a
place where you can store and organize your links. One of the
things I like about it is that you can import and export you
bookmarks/favorites from any browser to Blink and then back again
to any browser. It works with AOL, Internet Explorer and Netscape.
When I imported my AOL favorites to Blink, Blink alphabetized
them and removed the duplicate URL's which really cleaned up my
links. I then opened up Intenet Explorer, saved my Blink
bookmarks as a file, and exported them into my IE favorites. My
bookmarks /favorites were all organized!
There are other
sites that offer the same services. Backflip.com is one of them.
There are also lots of little features that I like. Blink keeps
track of "dead" links, "fresh" links, has a
search feature that enables you to search through your links, and
you can also publish your links on the web. Check it out! I hope
this helps...
Please e-mail me with your ideas and suggestions and infinite beading wisdom!