Adding Bookmarks to a Site

[matkinson]

Could anyone tell me if it is possible to add bookmarks to a site? For example those who have a Yahoo account and use My Yahoo will know what I mean. Basically you have to log onto the site to enable the bookmark content you can add, edit or delete your own bookmarks. I use it all the time as I don't lose any bookmarks if i decide to wipe my pc or the hard drive goes down, etc. Is this facility using a database or code and if so can anyone tell me where I may be able to get it.

[garann]

Hi matkinson, and welcome to WebmasterWorld.

You'll need both server side scripting and a database (or other way of storing each user's bookmarks). You could probably learn to do this in JSP, ASP, or PHP in a short amount of time, or hire a programmer to write the code for you. There may also be something for free on the Web - I'd search for a solution using XML, since that will require minimal setup.

[PanUK]

There is a little stand alone program called favorites to HTML which may do the job.

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[matkinson]

Thanks for the welcome and info guys. What I would like to do, call in crafty or whatever you will, is enable people to login to a section of my site which will allow them to view there own bookmarks which they would add to online. Anyone currently using My Yahoo will know exactly what I mean. I use it at the moment set as my homepage and all I need do is click on the link from My Yahoo as opposed to selecting bookmarks in my browser. I can then access my bookmarks on any pc. I would like my visitors to have the option to set my website homepage as their homepage and they could have access to their bookmarks by logging into the section of my site, as with yahoo and access them on any pc. I can't see the free link above working for this but if anyone knows of a way I would appreciate it. Will look into the other suggestion, though. Thanks.