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Preferences

URL Manager Pro offers you an "out-of-box" experience, virtually speaking: you can download the software, run the install program, and get right to work with it. For many users, URL Manager Pro's default configuration works just fine.

However, if you want, you can easily configure URL Manager Pro to suit your specific needs. By means of the Preferences window, you can modify the way URL Manager Pro looks, the way it works, and they way it interacts with other applications, both on your own computer and on remote systems.

There are two ways to access the Preferences Window in URL Manager Pro:

Either way, the Preferences Window will be displayed.

Note: Under Mac OS X, the Preferences command is in the URL Manager Pro menu instead.

The Preferences Window contains seven tabs. They are General, Personal, Internet, URLs, Look & Feel, Shared Menus and Miscellaneous. Each of the options on these windows is explained below.

General

At Startup

Open "Startup Items"
Documents in this folder are automatically opened when the program is launched. You can disable this by switching this option off. Default: on

The location of the folder "Startup Items" is very important. It must be either in the same folder as URL Manager Pro (on Mac OS 9) or it must be in the folder "Bookmarks" in your "Documents" folder (Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X).

Below you can see the preferred hierarchy of storing your bookmark documents.

Note: If you do not want to organize your bookmark files in this way and need only one startup bookmark file, see the preference 'Select Bookmark File...' below.

Launch Web Browser
To automatically launch your Web browser when you launch URL Manager Pro, enable this option. Default: off

Use 'Local' Preferences (Mac OS 9 only)
URL Manager Pro, like most Mac applications, normally stores its Preferences file in the Preferences folder found in the System Folder. To override this and have URL Manager Pro save its Preferences in its own folder (the URL Manager Pro folder), enable this option. (It will also write the URL Manager Favorites file to the URL Manager Pro folder.) When URL Manager Pro is launched, it will automatically use the Preferences stored in its own folder. Default: off

Tip: This feature is useful for carrying your URL Manager Pro Bookmark file from one computer to another on a ZIP or floppy disk.

Open 'Untitled' Window
When URL Manager Pro in in the background and does not have any bookmark documents open, and you want to bring it into the foregroud by clicking the hollow icon in the Finder or clicking on the URL Manager Pro icon on the Mac OS X Dock, enable this option when you want an 'Untitled' Window opened. Default: off

Select Bookmark File...
Available on Mac OS X only, this feature lets you select a bookmark file to startup with.

History

Enable history
URL Manager Pro keeps a history file of the Web pages you have visited. This is useful for retracing your steps when you are surfing the Web. However, for reasons of confidentiality, you may want to switch this option off. The history file is written to your Preferences folder and its name is URL Manager History. Default: on

100/1000 Web pages
Using this option you can configure URL Manager Pro to save in its history either the last 100 or the last 1000 pages you have visited.

Saving Documents

Save Every [ ] minutes
To have URL Manager Pro save changes to open documents automatically, check this preference. You can also specify the number of minutes between every Save. Default: off

Automatically Save On Close
If you have made changes to a Bookmark file, URL Manager Pro will prompt you to save these changes when you exit the program. Enable this option to save changes without confirmation. Default: off

Always Create Backup Copy
When you save a Bookmark file, the previous version is renamed with the extension .bkup. To disable this function, switch this option off. Default: on

Remember Position and Size
To have URL Manager Pro remember the layout of your windows when you close documents, switch this option on. Window positions and the status of folders (open/closed) will be saved. Default: on

Backups of Documents

Copy Bookmark File On Save
URL Manager Pro can make a backup of your Bookmark file to another volume or partition on each save. Preferably, you use it to have a backup copy on another partition or hard disk. Default: off

Copy History File On Save
URL Manager Pro can make a backup of your History file to another volume or partition on each save. Preferably, you use it to have a backup copy on another partition or hard disk. Default: off

Select Folder
Use the Select Folder button to specify the destination folder of the backup copies.

Personal

WWW Pages

Home Page
If you click on the Home button in the Toolbar, URL Manager Pro will load your Home page, if it has been defined in this field. Enter a valid URL here. It can be a local (a file on your hard disk) or a remote (an Internet address) page. To fill this field automatically, use the Grab button. The Grab button selects the currently active Web page and enters its URL as your Home page.

Search Engine
If you select Search Engine from the Diamond menu, URL Manager Pro will open the search engine you have configured using this option. Enter the URL of a Web search engine here. To fill this field automatically, use the Grab button.

The Grab button selects the currently active Web page and enters its URL as your Search Engine

Enable User Profiles
Netscape Navigator 4 introduced the concept of User Profiles. If your Netscape Bookmarks are stored in your User Profile, enable this option and enter your User Profile name. This option is used when importing Bookmarks from your browser with the Get From Browser command. Default: off

Locate Manually
To supply the location of the folder associated with your User Profile manually, enable the option Locate Manually and identify the folder using the folder selector dialog. Default: off

Internet

When you click on a URL in URL Manager Pro, URL Manager Pro will open it in the appropriate application, based on its type (this is identified by the protocol component of the URL). To configure URL Manager Pro to recognise the Internet applications you use, enter their applications in the following fields.

WWW & Email Helpers

Browser
Choose your Web browser from the popup menu.

Email
Choose your Email program from the popup menu.

Launching Helpers

Search by Name

URL Manager Pro normally references applications by creator type. However, if you are using multiple versions of the same application, such as for example, Navigator 4.0 and Navigator 4.7, this can lead to conflicts. Switch this option on to have applications identified by name rather than creator type. Default: off

Include Servers

URL Manager Pro will search file servers for helper applications. Default: off

Other Helpers

When using Mac OS 8.5 and later, clicking any of the Other Helper buttons opens the Internet Control Panel to the Helper Apps panel, where you can change the Helper used. On pre-Mac OS 8.5 systems, Internet Config is opened. You do not have to specify a program for each protocol. On Mac OS X clicking the buttons lets you specify an application. For more information see URLs Explained.

FTP Client - Specify your FTP Client by clicking this button.

NewsReader - Specify your NewsReader by clicking this button.

Telnet - Specify your Telnet program by clicking this button.

Finger -Specify your Finger program by clicking this button.

Preferred Info-Mac Server

The Preferred Info-Mac Server box displays the name of the Info-Mac server currently defined using the Internet Control Panel.

Preferred Info-Mac Servers are a series of mirrored FTP sites, which serve as important file archives for the Mac community. Normally you select the Preferred Info-Mac Server closest to you geographically.

Note: The Preferred Info-Mac Server setting is used simply as an abbreviation for the full URL of the site you use. This means that URLs of Bookmarks that point to files on Info-Mac Servers may start with /info-mac/. URL Manager Pro will prepend the hostname based on your preferred Info-Mac Server.

Internet Config Application (Mac OS 9 only)
To configure your Internet preferences for all your Internet applications, you use the Internet Control Panel in the Apple menu. If you are using a version of the Mac OS prior to version 8.5, you set your Internet preferences using the program Internet Config.

Launch Internet Config (for users of Mac OS versions prior to version 8.5)
To start Internet Config, click on this button. If it is not yet installed on your computer, you will have to download it first.

Download Internet Config
If you have not installed Internet Config on your computer, press this button to download it.

URLs

URLs
Double Click URL Icon

Open in Helpers
When you click on a Bookmark icon, URL Manager Pro will open the URL of the Bookmark in the appropriate Internet application, based on the information stored in Internet Config program or Internet Control Panel. You can override this and force URL Manager Pro to open all URLs in the Browser using the Always Open in Browser option below. Default: on

Always Open in Browser
When you click on a Bookmark icon, URL Manager Pro will always open the URL of the Bookmark in your Web browser.

In a New Browser Window
When you click on a Bookmark icon of a WWW address, URL Manager Pro will open the URL in the currently active window of your Web browser. To force URL Manager Pro to open it in a new window, enable this option. Default: off

Modify Web Browser

Use Helpers and Restore
When you select an E-mail, an FTP, or another non-HTTP URL on a Web page in your Web browser, your browser should check your Internet Preferences to determine which Helper application to use.

Older versions of Web browsers may not perform this check properly. Instead of starting up your E-mail program when you click on a mailto: URL, an older Web browser may start up its own internal E-mail program. To override this behaviour and force your Web browser to use your Helper applications, click the Use Helpers button. To deactivate this command, click the Restore button.

Copy to Clipboard
Using the Copy command, you can copy a URL to the Clipboard. These option choices allow you to modify the information that is copied and what format it is in.

The first option, HTML format, Bookmark name, is useful if you are creating Web pages and want to enter a Bookmark as a link. The other options are mainly used when you want to use a Bookmark in a text document or an E-mail message.

Note: Dragging always puts the URL in the drag. Using Option-Drag always puts the URL in HTML format in the drag.

Look & Feel

Window Header

Hide Toolbar
URL Manager Pro displays a number of commonly used commands as a Toolbar at the top of its document window. You can hide the toolbar by enabling this option. You will need to quit and relaunch URL Manager Pro for this command to take effect. Default: off

Tip: On Mac OS X, however, just click the Toolbar icon in the top right of the title bar of a bookmark window to toggle this preference. See below for a screenshot of the Mac OS X Toolbar icon.

Rotate World Icon
If you have turned Hide Toolbar on, URL Manager Pro will display a small- animated globe on the Bookmark Status line. Click on this to launch your Web browser. To turn off the animation, switch Rotate off. Default: on

Show Home Page Icon
If you have turned Hide Toolbar on, URL Manager Pro will display a small Home Page on the Bookmark Status line. Click on this to launch your Home Page in your Web browser. Default: on

Show Search Engine Icon
If you have turned Hide Toolbar on, URL Manager Pro will display a small Search Engine icon on the Bookmark Status line. Click on this to launch your Search Engine in your Web browser. Default: on

Look & Feel

Mac OS 8 and X Type Folders

To use the Mac OS 8 style, slanted folder icons enable this option. Default: off

Note: On Mac OS 8 or higher, the default is: on

Use Menu Colors
To display some menu items in the colour green, switch this option on. Not supported on Mac OS X. Default: on

Automatically Sort Folders
If the Automatically Sort Folders option is enabled, folders will retain their sort orders, and will be automatically sorted correctly each time their contents are changed. Default: off

Sort After Grab All
If the Sort after Grab All option is enabled, the new Bookmark window which is displayed after a Grab All command will be sorted according to the sort order of the previously active Bookmark window. Default: off

Hide Windows in Background
To hide all of URL Manager Pro's windows when it is in the background, enable this option. This is useful for laptop users with a limited amount of screen space. Default: off

Helper Dock
You can use the Helper Dock as a launching pad for all you favorite Internet applications. For more information about the Helper Dock, see Helper Dock in Windows.

To show the Helper Dock, choose Helper Dock ( H) from the Window menu. To display the Helper Dock without labels, click the Zoom box.

Place Vertical
The Helper Dock displays a horizontal toolbar of Internet applications. By enabling this option, the Helper Dock is displayed vertically. Default: off

Act on One Click
Applications in the Helper Dock are normally launched with a double mouse- click. To launch them on a single mouse-click, enable this option. Default: off

Never Hide
The Helper Dock is a so-called floating window. When URL Manager Pro is not active, this floating window is hidden. To always show the Helper Dock, for example when you want to use it as a drop destination target, enable this option. Default: off

Screen Font
Using Mac OS 8.5 or Mac OS 9, the screen font that URL Manager Pro uses can be set by specifying the Views Font in the Appearance Control Panel (first click the Fonts tab). You can also use Internet Config's setting. See below.

Note: On Mac OS X it not yet possible to change the screen font.

Use IC Font
If you don't want to change your Appearance setting, enable this option. It instructs URL Manager Pro to use the 'List Font', which is specified in Internet Config. On previous Mac OS systems the screen font can be set in Internet Config. You may need to relaunch URL Manager Pro for the change to take effect.

Printing

Print Notes
To have URL Manager Pro print the contents of Notes fields when you print a listing of URLs, enable Print Notes. Default: off

Print Icons
To have URL Manager Pro print URL icons when you print a listing of URLs, enable Print Icons. Default: off

Shared Menus

Preferences

Disable Shared Menus
To disable Shared Menus, check this preference.

In most cases, you will not need to disable Shared Menus. However, this option is included in case Shared Menus conflicts with applications you are using.

In particular, you would disable Shared Menus if you do not want the Shared Menus Component (SMC) to be installed. Normally, at launch time, when the SMC is not installed, URL Manager Pro will ask permission to install the SMC. To prevent URL Manager Pro from asking this each time at launch, you need to enable this preference (i.e. Disable Shared Menus).

Note: Additional Shared Menu preferences can be found in the Shared Menus preferences help book. See Shared Menus Help.


Miscellaneous

HTML Export Parameters

Use Japanese Character Set
Use this option when you want to export a bookmark file with Japanese bookmarks. Default: off

HTML Editor

Choose...
Use this button to set yout preferred HTML Editor. Default: BBEdit

Global Hot Key

Install Global Hot Key
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