  CyberSearch Help

Welcome to CyberSearch!

Where Do I . . .

change my browser?

configure the number of windows I can open?

configure my Startup category?

get rid of confirmation prompts when deleting bookmarks?

change the location of my search database?

alter the properties of my search?

add a bookmark to my Organizer?

add a bookmark I've found while searching to my Organizer?

add a bookmark open in my browser to my Organizer?

add a category to my Organizer?

How do I . . .

add a bookmark for an email address in my Organizer?

add a bookmark for a news group in my Organizer?

get updated bookmarks from Frontier?

import a Bookmark Catalog?

export a Bookmark Catalog?

make the toolbar move or disappear?

make the status bar move or disappear?

open a bookmark in my browser?

search for a topic?

subscribe to CyberSearch?

General Information

Contact Information for Frontier Technologies

Identifying the bitmaps in the organizer

Note about troubleshooting

Other products included with CyberSearch

Shortcuts and features

Supported browsers

Using on-line Help


  Welcome to CyberSearch!

Congratulations on your purchase of CyberSearch, the most revolutionary Internet tool available on the market.  In addition to winning the 1995 CD-ROM of the Year Award from Information World Review magazine, CyberSearch has just been named the Best Product of the Year (WWW Search Tools) by LAN Magazine.

Now, you too can discover why CyberSearch has received such high acclaim!  Here are some of CyberSearch's key features:

You can dramatically simplify and speed up the entire process of searching for the information you need on the Internet.

You get over a half million of the most popular sites from the Lycos catalog, so you can begin searching before you connect.

Because the Internet changes so quickly, we offer a monthly or quarterly subscription so you can always be up to date.

Our unique Internet Organizer allows you to easily create new subject tabs and file bookmarks as you find all the treasures on the Internet.

Using the Internet Catalogs feature will give you the most updated list of bookmarks for your particular area of interest.  You will be amazed at how productive your time on the 'Net becomes!

To give us feedback on CyberSearch, just email us at

search@frontiertech.com

or Fax to (414) 241-7084

Thank you for purchasing CyberSearch, and happy searching!


  Supported Browsers

The browsers listed below support Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), the mechanism through which we can now send information from CyberSearch to the browser of your choice.  If you use one of the starred browsers, the Install Wizard identifies it when you install CyberSearch.  If you use another browser, you need to browse for its location.  If you have more than one of these browsers installed on your system, you can easily switch between them from within CyberSearch.  During our testing of all these browsers, we noticed that not all of them support all URLs.  If you have problems accessing URLs, contact your browser's vendor to see if an updated version is available.

* GNN GNNworks

* Microsoft Internet Explorer

Mosaic (from QuarterDeck)

Mosaic in a Box (from Spry)

* NCSA Mosaic

* Netscape Navigator

* = the browser will be auto-detected by the CyberSearch Wizard.

Note for Subscribers to CyberSearch

All new monthly updates (in the traditional sleeve packaging) of CyberSearch will be browser-neutral.  If you use a competitive browser, you can run the install on a monthly basis.  For those users who prefer to use and have installed Frontier Technologies' Browser, during the brief period during which we are developing the DDE support, simply use the CD-ROM for the updated database, rather than running the install each month.

As always, should you have any questions or concerns, please Email us at search@frontiertech.com, and dont forget to visit our site at http://www.frontiertech.com for up to the minute details about CyberSearch and other Frontier Technologies products, including an updated version of the Browser.


  Other Products Included with CyberSearch

As you might have noticed in your group box or Start menu, there are 3 additional products included with CyberSearch for your benefit.  To install any of them, do the following:

1.	Insert your CyberSearch CD into your CD-ROM drive.

2.	Do one of the following:

If you have Windows 3.x, double click on the icon for the product you want to install.

If you have Windows 95, click Start, and select the menu item for the product you want to install.

3.	If Windows can't find the correct installation file, you can browse the CD or diskettes yourself.  Here are the directories where the installation files are located (where d: is your CD-ROM drive):

CyberCash:  d:\CYBRCASH

CyberWISE:  d:\WISE

Adobe Acrobat Reader:  d:\ACROBAT

3.	Follow the installation prompts you are given.

  CyberCash

Concerned about sending your credit card number over the Internet?  Fear no longer!  Install CyberCash on your computer, and you can encrypt your credit card number before sending it over the Internet.  Next time you connect to a merchant, you can buy that new sweater without have to worry about someone stealing your credit card number!

To use CyberCash, you first have to set up your CyberCash persona.  The software walks you through these steps.  Once you have established your account and set up your browser to work with CyberCash (under Administration, Web Browsers), you can begin to use your credit card number on the Internet without worry.

For more information about CyberCash, view the readme.txt file that is installed with CyberCash.

  CyberWISE

Learn all about the Internet with the handy tutorial "How to Get Started on the Internet."  Produced by the Saratoga group out of Saratoga, California, this easy-to-use guide quickly brings you up to speed on Internet terminology.  Follow the jumps through the guide to learn:

What is the Internet?

Why should I use the Internet?

How do I connect to the Internet?

Where do I start?

What are these strange things (tools) on the Internet?

For technical support, first consult the on-line Help included with CyberWISE.  Next, you can either visit CyberWISE's web site at http://www.cyberwise.com, or call them at (408) 446-9115.

  Adobe Acrobat Reader

Provided by Adobe, the Reader allows you to quickly navigate through .PDF files with its extensive search capabilities.  You can consult the on-line Help included with the Reader for more information.


  Shortcuts and Features!

Here are some ideas about how you can make using CyberSearch even easier!

Viewing Menus--the Power of Right Clicking!

The shortcut key to CyberSearch is right clicking!  If you've highlighted a bookmark, right click on it to display a bookmark-related menu.  If you're in the Search For field of the Search pane, right click to see your searching options.

Navigating through Categories

What if you're on the Archeology category, and want to go to the Universities category?  Instead of clicking numerous times on the forward arrow key,

just click once on any tab and press the first letter of the category you want to visit (in this case, you'd press "u").  You then are taken directly to the category.

Selecting Options in Dialogs

Let's say you want to add a new bookmark to the Travel category.  When you clicked the Add Bookmark button, you had the Art category open.  Therefore, Art was the highlighted category in the Add Bookmark dialog.  You could scroll down to the Travel category, but you can also place your cursor in the Category field and press "t" for Travel.  Now your cursor moves to the first T category with one key stroke.

You can use this same shortcut in any CyberSearch dialog where you need to select an item from a list!

Adding a Bookmark

What if you want to add a new bookmark using the MailTo protocol, but you're not sure exactly what that looks like?  Once you are on the Add Bookmark dialog, you can select the type from the drop-down Type list.  Then the protocol portion of the URL is filled in for you!

Viewing the Advanced Tab when Adding a Bookmark

Whenever you are adding a bookmark, you have the option of entering information on the Advanced tab.  However, you need to enter information on the Resource tab before the Advanced tab appears.  For example, you may need to enter the URL and the title before the Advanced tab appears.


  Preferences Dialog

You can set options on the following tabs if you select Options, Preferences from the menu bar:

Browser tab

General tab

Organizer tab

Search tab


  Browser Tab

You can get to the Browser tab by selecting Options, Preferences from the menu bar.  Then select the Browser tab.

On this tab, you can set the location of the browser you want to use with CyberSearch.  If you're not sure where the browser is located, click the Browse button to help you find the correct path.

If you want CyberSearch to open automatically when you start your selected browser, check the Start CyberSearch automatically box.


  General Tab

You can get to the General tab by selecting Options, Preferences from the menu bar.  Then select the General tab.

On this tab, you can set the following options:

Open new window every time

If you open new URLs often, you probably want to select this option.  Every time you open a new URL, a new copy of your browser will open up.  This option is only available for Netscape, browsers that use Netscape's API, or Microsoft's Internet Explorer.  For all other browsers, check the Use Last Active Window option.

Use last active window

If you don't open many URLs at a time, you probably want to select this option to conserve memory.  Every time you open a new URL, it is loaded into the last active window of your browser.

Minimize browser after loading resource

This option is only available for Netscape or browsers that use Netscape's API.  If you select this option, a new browser window opens when you open a URL.  The window then immediately minimizes.


  Organizer Tab

You can get to the Organizer tab by selecting Options, Preferences from the menu bar.  Then select the Organizer tab.

On this tab, you can set the following options:

Prompt on Bookmark Delete

If you want to be prompted after selecting Organizer, Delete Bookmark or after you click on the Delete Bookmark button,

check this option.  You are then asked if you are sure you want to delete the bookmark.  So that you don't accidentally delete your bookmarks, you might want to select this option.

Prompt on Mouse operations (Move or Copy)

Within the Organizer, you can move or copy bookmarks to other categories by dragging and dropping them onto the desired category's tab.  If you want to be prompted for confirmation of the move or copy, check this box.

Startup

Autoload Startup category

If you want the URLs in your Startup category to automatically be loaded when CyberSearch starts, check this option.  This means that whenever you open CyberSearch, you are immediately connecting to the Internet.  If you are concerned about limited your connecting time, you might either want to NOT check this option or also select the Prompt Before Loading Startup Category option so that you can decide if you want to go on-line.

Prompt before loading Startup category

If you have checked the Autoload Startup category option, you can also select this option.  When you start CyberSearch, you are then asked if you really do want to go on-line, or if you don't want the URLs in the startup category loaded.


  Search Tab

You can get to the Search tab by selecting Options, Preferences from the menu bar.  Then select the Search tab.

On this tab, you can set where your off-line search catalog is located.  If you want to conduct your searches off-line, you can enter

d:\

where d: is your CD-ROM drive.  You can then insert your CyberSearch CD to perform off-line searches.

	If you don't have your CyberSearch CD in your CD-ROM, you will get an error when you try to search.  Insert your CyberSearch CD and start the search again.
If you want to learn more about searching, click here.


  Retrieve Resource

If you want to retrieve a resource you have found while searching, you can do one of the following:

Select Search, Retrieve Now from them menu bar.

Click the Retrieve Resource button on the toolbar:

Right click on the bookmark in the Search pane, and select Retrieve Now from the menu.

Double click on the bookmark in the Search pane.

Doing any one of the above items opens up the browser you have selected on the Browser Tab.


  Search

Once you have entered a topic in the Search For field of the Search pane, and you have entered a database location on the Search tab, you can begin your search by doing one of the following:

Select Search, Search from the menu bar.

Press the Enter button while your cursor is in the Search For field.

Click the Search button on the toolbar:

Right click in the Search For field, and select Search from the menu that appears.

To learn more about searching, click here.


  Searching for a Topic

Here are some helpful pieces of information about searching for a topic:

Entering Information in the Search For Field

In this field of the Search pane, you can enter words for which you want to search.  To see your search options, right click in the Search For field and select Properties from the displayed menu after you have entered a topic.  Once you have entered all the information you want, you can begin your search.

Stopping the Search

If you decide you want to stop a search you have begun, you can click the Abort Search button on the toolbar:

Viewing Results of Previous Searches

If you have performed multiple searches during the same session of CyberSearch, you can view the results of a previous search by selecting the topic from the drop-down list in the Search For field and pressing Enter.  The results are then retrieved from memory, eliminating the search time.  You see the message "Results have been retrieved from the cache" above the Search Results box.

If you have closed CyberSearch, you can still see the list of topics in the Search For field.  When you select a topic and begin your search, CyberSearch performs the search from the database.

Viewing Abstracts

To determine if the site is one you might want to save or immediately download, you can click on a site in the Search Results list and view its abstract in the Excerpt/Abstract box.

If you don't want to see the abstracts, you can select Search, View Abstracts to remove the field.

Didn't find what you're looking for?

If you tried to search, but you didn't find exactly what you wanted, you can see what other close matches CyberSearch found on the CD.  You can then search on one or more of these topics.

To see what the close matches were, place your cursor in the Search For field.  Right mouse click, and select More Words from the displayed menu.


  Abort Search

When you are doing a search, you can stop the search by doing one of the following:

Select Search, Abort Search from the menu bar.

Click the Abort button on the toolbar:

Right click in the Search For field of the Search pane, and select Abort Search from the menu.

Doing any one of the above stops the search and displays any matches that were found before you stopped the search.


  Save to Organizer

If you have selected a bookmark in the Search pane, you can save it to your Organizer by doing one of the following:

	The bookmark will be copied to the currently active category in the Organizer.
Highlight the bookmark, and select Search, Save to Organizer from the menu bar.

Click on the Save search results to Organizer button on the toolbar:

Right click on the bookmark, and select Save to Organizer from the menu that appears.

Click and hold on the site with your left mouse button.  Drag and drop it into the open category, or onto the tab of another category.


  Properties Dialog

After you begin entering text in the Search For field, you can right click in the field and select Properties to view this dialog.

Use this dialog to specify your search criteria:

Search Criteria

This field displays what you entered in the Search For field.  If you want to search for more than one topic, separate the topics with commas.  You can then specify if you want to do an Add or an Or search.

For example, suppose you are interested in finding information about lions.  You could do any of the following:

Enter "lions" in the Search For field, and begin your search.

You could enter "lions, cats, zoos" in the Search For field and open the Properties dialog.  You could then click the OR radio button so that the search would give you results that had lions OR cats OR zoos in them.

You could enter "lions, africa" in the Search For field and open the Properties dialog.  You could then click the AND radio button so that the search would give you results that had lions AND Africa in them.

Maximum Hits

Enter the number of hits you want to be displayed in the Search Results category.  The default value is 10.  If more matches are found than the number you have specified here, the matches with the best scores are retrieved.

Minimum Terms

Enter the minimum number of terms in the phrase you need to be included in the returned search sites.  For example, if you entered the topic "lion dens," you could enter 2 here so that both terms would need to be found before the site would be considered a match.  The default value is 1.

Minimum Score

Enter the minimum score you want a site to have in order for it to be returned as a match.  Relevancy is judged according to the popularity of the site, the closeness of the key words to each other (if more than one is entered), and how soon the keyword(s) appear in the text of the site.  The default value is .1.

Flush Search Cache

If you don't want the results of a search stored after you have begun a new search, check this box.  If you do not check this box, you can view the results of searches you have done during this session of CyberSearch without having to re-search the database.  See Searching for a Topic for more information.


  More Words

As the search is performed, a record is kept of any similar words that were found, along with the number of times they occurred in the database.  If you haven't found what you are looking for in your original search, checking this dialog may give you more ideas for searching.

Search

To search using one of the topics in the list, highlight the topic and click this button.

Cancel

Click this button if you decide you don't want to search on any of these topics.


  Retrieve Resource

If you want to open a bookmark in your selected browser, do one of the following:

Highlight a bookmark in the Organizer, and select Organizer, Retrieve Now from the menu bar.

Highlight a bookmark in the Organizer, and click the Retrieve Resource button on the toolbar:

Right click on a bookmark in the Organizer, and select Retrieve Now from the displayed menu.

Doing any of the above actions opens the highlighted site in your browser.  You can choose to open a new browser window or to use the old browser window on the Options, Preferences, General tab.


Abstracts
  Show Abstracts

If you want to view the abstracts of the sites you have retrieved, you can do one of the following:

Select Options, Show Abstracts from the menu bar.

Right click in the Search pane's Search Results list box.  Select Show Abstracts from the displayed menu.


  Search Properties

You can see the properties of a site you have found during a search by using the Search Properties dialog.  However, you can't alter these properties unless you save the bookmark to your Organizer.  You can choose to alter the setting on the following tabs in this dialog:

General Tab

Advanced Tab

You can view the Search Properties dialog by doing one of the following:

Right click on a site in the Search Results box, and select Properties from the displayed menu.

Highlight a site in the Search Results dialog by clicking on it once.  Select Search, Properties from the main menu bar.


  Bookmark Properties

If you want to change any of a bookmark's properties, do one of the following:

Highlight the bookmark in the Organizer, and select Organizer, Properties from the menu bar.

Highlight the bookmark in the Organizer, right click on it, and select Organizer, Properties from the displayed menu.

You then can alter the properties on the following tabs:

General Tab

Advanced Tab


  Maximize Organizer

If you want to maximize the Organizer, use one of the following methods:

Select Options, Maximize Organizer Pane from the menu bar.

Click the Maximize Organizer button on the toolbar:

Using either method adjusts the Organizer so that it is the full height and width of your screen.  You can also maximize the Search pane or display both panes equally.


  Maximize Search

If you want to maximize the Search pane, use one of the following methods:

Select Options, Maximize Search Pane from the menu bar.

Click the Maximize Search button on the toolbar:

You can also maximize the Organizer pane or display both panes equally.


  Restore

If you want your screen split evenly between the Organizer and the Search panes, use the Restore option.  You can get to the Restore option in one of the following ways:

Select Options, Restore Panes from the menu bar.

Click the Restore button on the toolbar:

Using either method splits the screen equally between the Search or Organizer panes.  You can also maximize the Search pane or maximize the Organizer pane.


  Save Bookmark

If you are surfing around different web pages, and you run across one you really like, you can quickly save it to your Organizer.

	If you have more than one instance of your browser open, the URL from the last active window is the one that is copied to your Organizer.  The bookmark will be copied to the Organizer's currently active category (the category currently being displayed).
If you want to save a browser's bookmark to the Organizer, do one of the following:

Select Organizer, Save Bookmark from the Browser from the menu bar.

Click the Save Browser's Bookmark to the Organizer button on the toolbar:

Right click in the Organizer pane (not on a bookmark), and select Save Bookmark from the Browser from the displayed menu.

	If you open a MailTo, telnet or TN3270 link, you can't save the site to your organizer by using the Save Browser's Bookmark to Organizer button.  When you open such a site, you are no longer in your browser.  Rather, you have opened another application.  To save the site, you can instead add a bookmark and enter in the URL or address of the site.


  Open Location

If you want to open a URL for which you don't have a bookmark, you can enter the URL here.  Doing so displays the Retrieve Resource dialog.

You can retrieve a new resource by doing one of the following:

Select File, Open Location from the menu bar.

Click the Open Location button on the toolbar:


  Add New Bookmark

If you have gotten a URL from someone, and you decide you want to add it as a bookmark, either select this option from the Organizer menu, or click on the Add new Bookmark button on the toolbar:

Doing either displays the Add Bookmark to the Organizer dialog.


  Resource Tab

This tab lets you enter a URL.  If you are adding a new bookmark, you see the following fields:

Title

URL

Type

Select Category

If you are connecting to a new site, you only see the following fields:

URL

Type

OK

Click this button if you are finished adding the bookmark, and you don't want to add others.

Cancel

Click this button if you want to ignore the changes you have made to the dialog.

Apply

Click this button if you are done with this URL, and you want to add another.


Title

Enter a descriptive title for your bookmark.  This name can contain spaces.  For example, you could enter "The Best Screen Savers."  You need to enter a title for the OK or Apply buttons to become active.


  General Tab

On this tab, you can change the following properties of a highlighted bookmark:

Title

URL

Type

This tab is part of the Bookmark Properties dialog.


  Advanced Tab

The fields that appear depend on the type of site you are viewing or adding to your Organizer.

	If you are checking the properties of a site in your Search Results dialog, you can only view the properties.  If you actually want to edit them, you need to first save the file to the Organizer.
Here are possible types:

File

FTP

Gopher

MailTo

Secure WWW (SSL)

Telnet

tn3270

WWW

The advanced tab is part of the Bookmark Properties dialog.


  Advanced Tab (File)

	If you are checking the properties of a site in your Search Results dialog, you can only view the properties.  If you actually want to edit them, you need to first save the file to the Organizer.
You can see the following field on the Advanced tab for files:

Path

The advanced tab is part of the Bookmark Properties dialog.


  Advanced Tab (FTP)

	If you are checking the properties of a site in your Search Results dialog, you can only view the properties.  If you actually want to edit them, you need to first save the file to the Organizer.
You can see the following on the Advanced tab for FTP sites:

Hostname

Port

Username

Password

Path

FTP Type

The advanced tab is part of the Bookmark Properties dialog.


  Advanced Tab (Gopher)

	If you are checking the properties of a site in your Search Results dialog, you can only view the properties.  If you actually want to edit them, you need to first save the file to the Organizer.
You can see the following on the Advanced tab for Gopher sites:

Hostname

Port

Selector

Gopher Type

The advanced tab is part of the Bookmark Properties dialog.


  Advanced Tab (MailTo)

	If you are checking the properties of a site in your Search Results dialog, you can only view the properties.  If you actually want to edit them, you need to first save the file to the Organizer.
You can see the following on the Advanced tab:

Address

The advanced tab is part of the Bookmark Properties dialog.

	If you open a MailTo link, you can't save the site to your organizer by using the Save Browser's Bookmark to Organizer button.  When you open such a site, you are no longer in your browser.  Rather, you have opened an email application.  To save the site, you can instead add a bookmark and enter in the email address.


  Adding a MailTo Bookmark

You can even create bookmarks for email addresses using CyberSearch!  If you have an email application, you can actually create a bookmark so that when you click on it, your email application opens, with the To field already filled in for you!

To add an email address:

1.	Click the Add Bookmark button on the toolbar:

2.	Select the category in which you want to place the address.

3.	In the Type field, select MailTo from the drop-down list.

4.	In the URL field, type the email address AFTER the colon.  Your URL field should now look similar to the following:

mailto:friend@company.com

5.	In the Title field, enter a descriptive title such as "Andy's Address."

6.	Click the OK button.  The email address is now added to your specified category.  If you double click on it, your email application opens.


  Advanced Tab (News)

	If you are checking the properties of a site in your Search Results dialog, you can only view the properties.  If you actually want to edit them, you need to first save the file to the Organizer.
	Not all browser support News URLs.  Contact your browser's vendor to see if an updated version of the browser is available if you are having problems connecting.
You can see the following on the Advanced tab:

Newsgroup name/message id

The advanced tab is part of the Bookmark Properties dialog.


How to Add a News Group
  Adding a News Group Bookmark

Visit your news group often?  Why don't you set up a bookmark to it in your Organizer?

	You need to have configured a news server in your browser before you can properly connect to a news group.  Consult the documentation included with your browser to learn how to configure a news server.
To add a news group bookmark:

1.	Click the Add Bookmark button on the toolbar:

2.	Select the category in which you want to place the bookmark.

3.	In the Type field, select News from the drop-down list.

4.	In the URL field, type the news group name AFTER the colon.  Your URL field should now look similar to the following:

news:comp.discussion

5.	In the Title field, enter a descriptive title such as "Company's News Group"

6.	If you want the bookmark to go to a particular article, click the Advanced tab.

7.	After the already entered text, enter the message ID.  You can get this ID from the header of the news article.  It is in the format of a number followed by an @ sign, ending with the hostname.  For example, the Newsgroup-name/Message-ID field should now look similar to the following:

comp.discussion<96000401594711086@Comp.COM>

8.	Click the OK button.  The news group is now added to your specified category.  If you double click on it, the group opens.


Advanced Tab (Secure WWW)
  Advanced Tab

	If you are checking the properties of a site in your Search Results dialog, you can only view the properties.  If you actually want to edit them, you need to first save the file to the Organizer.
You can see the following on the Advanced tab for Secure (SSL) and non-secure World Wide Web sites:

Hostname

Port

Path

The advanced tab is part of the Bookmark Properties dialog.

	At this point, not many browsers support Security (SSL and HTTPS).  Contact your browser's vendor to see if an updated version of the browser is available.


Advanced Tab (Telnet and TN3270)
  Advanced Tab

	If you are checking the properties of a site in your Search Results dialog, you can only view the properties.  If you actually want to edit them, you need to first save the file to the Organizer.
	If your telnet application is not configured properly in your browser, the connection can't be completed.  If you're having problems connecting to a telnet site, check your browser's configuration.
You can see the following on the Advanced tab:

Hostname

Port

Username

Password

The advanced tab is part of the Bookmark Properties dialog.

	If you open a telnet or TN3270 site, you can't save the site to your organizer by using the Save Browser's Bookmark to Organizer button.  When you open such a site, you are no longer in your browser.  Rather, you have opened a telnet or TN3270 application.  To save the site, you can instead add a bookmark and enter in the URL of the site.


  Import/Export Catalog

If you want to import or export a catalog of bookmarks, select this option from the Organizer menu.  To import a catalog, you need to have a valid HTML bookmark file.  You can obtain such a file, for example, from Frontier or from another CyberSearch user who exports a catalog for you.

Choose one of the following for more information:

Importing a catalog.

Exporting a catalog.


  Internet Catalogs

Clicking the Internet Catalogs button on the toolbar

or clicking File, Internet Catalogs opens up a page on Frontier's Web site (http://www.frontiertech.com/products/icat.htm).  This page contains new categories and bookmarks for you to add to your Organizer.  You can save one or more new catalogs to your Organizer by doing the following:

1.	Click on a catalog in which you are interested.

2.	When the page has opened, click File, Save As (or the corresponding command) in your browser to save the HTML file to your hard drive.

3.	Import the catalog into CyberSearch.


  How to Import a Bookmark Catalog

If you have obtained an HTML file of bookmarks (a catalog), you can directly import it into your Organizer.

	You can obtain new catalogs of bookmarks directly from Frontier's Web site!  Simply click on the Internet Catalogs button on the toolbar: Click here for more information..
	Be sure you have access to a catalog file in HTML format before you begin.
1.	In CyberSearch, select Organizer, Import/Export Catalogs from the menu bar.

2.	Select Import Bookmark Catalog from the first Wizard screen, and click Next.

3	Select the appropriate type of catalog from the list you see.  If you are importing a catalog from Frontier's Web site, select Bookmark Category File.  Click Next.

4.	Enter the location of the HTML page (the file extension is normally .HTM).  If you aren't sure of the file location, click the Browse button to find it.  Click Finish.

5.	The categories and bookmarks are now added to your Organizer.

6.	If you want to add more catalogs, repeat steps 1 through 5.


  How to Export a Bookmark Catalog

If you want to make a copy of one or more of you categories, you can do so by selecting the Organizer, Import/Export option from the menu bar.  There are certain situations in which exporting bookmarks can come in especially handy:

A CyberSearch-using friend of your doesn't want to spend the time you did personalizing her Organizer--she instead wants to copy yours!

You have just bought a new computer and you need to copy the bookmarks to it.

You want to send a customer the New Products category you have put together.

In all of these situations, you can use the Exporting feature to create an HTML file of one or more categories in your Organizer.  This file can then be imported by another CyberSearch user.

	When you export bookmarks to a file, they still remain in your Organizer.  You are just creating a copy of the bookmarks in HTML format.
To export a catalog, do the following:

1.	In CyberSearch, select Organizer, Import/Export Catalogs from the menu bar.

2.	Do one of the following:

If you want to export an entire catalog, click the Export Bookmark Catalog button.

If you want to export only one or more selected categories, click the Export Selected Categories button.

Click Next.

3	If you are exporting only certain categories, check the corresponding box in the list of categories.

4.	Enter the name and location of the HTML page (the file extension is normally .HTM) to which you want the catalog copied.  If you aren't sure where you want to place the file, click the Browse button to help you decide on one.  Be sure to save the file with a .HTM extension.  Click Finish.

5.	The categories and bookmarks are now saved to the file you specified.

6.	If you want to export more catalogs, repeat steps 1 through 5.


  Modify Bookmark

If you highlight a bookmark in the Organizer, you can edit its properties by choosing this option from the Organizer menu.

	You can also modify a bookmark by highlighting it, right clicking, and selecting Modify Bookmark from the displayed menu.


  Copy Bookmark

If you want to copy a bookmark, you can highlight it in the Organizer and choose this option from the Organizer menu.

	You can also copy a bookmark by highlighting it, right clicking, and selecting Copy Bookmark from the displayed menu.


  Move Bookmark

If you want to move a bookmark to a different category, you can highlight it in the Organizer and choose this option from the Organizer menu.  You then see the Choose a Category for this Bookmark dialog where you can highlight a new category, and click Select.

	You can also move a bookmark by highlighting it, right clicking, and selecting Move Bookmark from the displayed menu.


  Delete Bookmark

If you want to delete a bookmark from your Organizer, highlight it and choose this option from the Organizer menu.  If you have selected the Prompt on Bookmark Delete option on the Options, Preferences, Organizer tab, then you are asked if you want to delete the bookmark.

	You can also delete a bookmark by highlighting it, right clicking, and selecting Delete Bookmark from the displayed menu.


  Add Category

If you want to create a new category, you can choose this option from the Organizer menu.  You then see the Add Category dialog where you can enter the category's name.  This name may contain spaces.

	You can also add a category by right clicking in the Organizer pane (not on a bookmark), and selecting Add Category from the displayed menu.


  Rename Category

If you want to rename a category, make the category active by clicking on it.  Then select this option from the Organizer menu.  In the Rename Category dialog, enter the new name, and click OK.  This name can contain spaces.

	You can also rename a category by right clicking in the Organizer pane (not on a bookmark), and selecting Rename Category from the displayed menu.


  Delete Category

If you want to delete an entire category, make the category active by clicking on it, and choose this option from the Organizer menu.  You are then asked if you're sure you want to delete the category because all of the bookmarks in the category will also be deleted.

	You can also delete a category by right clicking in the Organizer pane (not on a bookmark), and selecting Delete Category from the displayed menu.


  About Box

The About box gives you the version number of CyberSearch, as well as important copyright information.


  Exit

If you want to close CyberSearch, do one of the following:

Select File, Exit from the menu bar.

Click the Exit button on the toolbar:


  Help Index

If you want to display the Help Index, do one of the following:

Select Help, Index from the menu bar.

Click the Help Index button on the toolbar:


  Using Help

If you want to learn more about using on-line Help, select this option from the Help menu.  You can also click here to learn about using on-line Help.


  Context Sensitive Help

If you want to get help on a particular menu item or button, do the following:

1.	Click the Help button on the toolbar:

2.	Your cursor then becomes shaped like a question mark.  Now click on a menu item or button.

3.	The Help associated with that topic appears.

If you click the Help button and you decide you don't actually want help, click the button again to return your cursor to the normal shape.


View Toolbar
  Show Toolbar

If you want to view the toolbar that runs across the top of the screen, select this option from the Options menu.  Here's what the toolbar looks like:

Click on a button to find out what it does!

Moving the Toolbar

If you want to move the toolbar around, you can do so by simply clicking and holding your mouse on an empty space between, before or after the buttons.  Then drag the toolbar to the desired location, and release the mouse button.

Returning the Toolbar to its Original Location

If you have moved the toolbar, and you want it to appear in its original location, drag and drop it so that the top of the toolbar is covering part of the menu bar.  When you release the mouse, the toolbar should drop back into its original location.


  Show Status Bar

If you want to see the CyberSearch status bar along the bottom of your screen, select this option from the Options menu.  The status bar tells you the following:

What button or menu option on which your cursor is currently resting.

How to get Help on what you're doing.


URL

Enter the URL.  For example, you could enter

www.frontiertech.com

You can also select URLs from the provided drop-down list.  As you type the URL, the Type field may be filled in for you.


Type

You can select the type of site from the provided drop-down list if one hasn't already been selected for you, or if you want to select a different type.


Select Category

Select the category where you want to place the new bookmark.  The scroll bars on the side of the list box let you see all of the available categories.


Path

Enter the path of the file here.  For example, if you wanted to point directly to an HTML file on your CyberSearch CD, you could enter

localhost/d:/filename.htm

where localhost is your local host name, d: is your CD-ROM drive and filename.htm is the name of the file.

The file protocol is normally used to access local files.  You can use the protocol to access a remote host (such as FTP.FrontierTech.com).  However, not all browsers may support this usage.  Instead, use the standard FTP protocol for remote host access.


Hostname

The hostname is the user-friendly name assigned to a computer system on a network.  A hostname can be substituted for an IP address.  For example, the hostname of Frontier Technologies' Web site is www.FrontierTech.com.  Its IP address is 192.104.32.75.


Port

Enter the port here.  The port is an interface device on your computer.  Protocols, such as http and ftp, are usually assigned specific port numbers.  For example, http is normally assigned to port 80.  Most of the time, you don't need to enter a value here because the default value will be used.  However, some sites to which you connect may have placed their web server (for example) on a different port.  You would then need to change the port number to match theirs so you could use the http protocol.


Username

If you have established a username on a remote host, enter it here.  You can try to log in with the username "anonymous" (without the quotation marks) if you don't have a username.


Password

If you have established a username on a remote host, enter the password associated with it.  If you have logged in as "anonymous," enter your full email address.  If your email address doesn't work, try entering "guest" (without the quotation marks).


FTP Type

Choose the type of file transfer you want to do.  Choose ASCII for any text file (a .TXT extension), Image (binary) for any pictures and Directory for any directory listings.  Keep in mind that you only want to use ASCII for text files.  If, for example, you try to download a formatted document using ASCII, the formatting will be lost.  You would instead need to download the document as binary.


Selector

Enter the selector string that will be sent to the gopher server here.  You can enter specific file names here.


Address

Enter a valid email address here.  An email address can contain no spaces, and always contains an @ sign.  An example of a valid email address is:

Search@frontiertech.com


Newsgroup name/message id

In this field, enter the name of the news group you want to visit or the message id.  For example, you could enter comp.discussion if that was the name of your news group.  Keep in mind that you need to configure a News server in your browser in order for this type of bookmark to work properly.


Type

Select the type of file you want to download.  Use Menu (directory) if you want to see a Windows Explorer (or File Manager)-like view of the gopher site.  If you use any other type, you need to specify a valid file name in the Selector field.


  Internet Organizer Bitmaps

The following is a list of the bitmaps that identify different things in the Internet Organizer.

Internet Site Identifiers

The following identify different kinds of Internet sites:

The item is a World Wide Web server.

The item is an email address.

The item is an indexed Gopher server.

The item is a directory.

The item is an FTP session.

The item is a text-based Telnet session that you can access using a VT terminal emulator like VT100 or VT320.

The item is a text-based Telnet sessions that you can access using a 3270 terminal emulator like tn3270.

The item is a CSO Phone Book server.

File Identifiers

The following identify different kinds of files:

The item is a video file.

The item is an audio file.

The item is a binary file.

The item is a DOS binary archive file.

The item is a GIF format graphics file.

The item is a bitmap file.

The item is a text file.

The item is an image file of unspecified type.

The item is an ASK block.

The item is a BinHex Macintosh file.

The item is a UNIX uuencoded file.

The item is a file of an undetermined type.

The item has an error.

The item is a redundant Gopher server.


  Contact Information for Frontier Technologies

Sales:  (800) 929-3054

Web Home Page:  www.FrontierTech.com

CyberSearch questions and concerns:  search@FrontierTech.com

CyberSearch subscription:  info@FrontierTech.com

Email for technical support:  support@FrontierTech.com

Email for other information:  info@FrontierTech.com

Fax for technical support:  (414) 241-1826

Telephone for technical support:  (414) 241-2565, Monday through Friday, 7 am-7 pm CT, voice mail after hours

Telephone for general information:  (414) 241-4555, Monday through Friday, 8 am-5 pm CT

FTP:  FTP.FrontierTech.com

Log in as Anonymous using your full Internet address as a password.  An example of a full Internet address is user@system.com.

BBS via Modem (414) 241-7083

CompuServe:  70274,2771


  Subscribing to CyberSearch

How would you like to subscribe to CyberSearch?  Not only do you receive an updated database once a month or quarter, but you also will receive an updated version of Frontier's Browser as soon as we have completed the DDE support!

The Internet changes daily.  To keep up with this fluid world, subscribe to CyberSearch so that you can receive updated CD-ROMs filled with the newest and hottest Internet sites.  Check the card insert for the latest scoop and place your subscription order today.  Monthly and quarterly subscriptions are available.

If you're interested in learning more about Frontier Technologies' other Internet, Intranet and TCP/IP products, we have special upgrade pricing for you.  Email info@frontiertech.com, Fax 414-241-7084 or call 1-800-929-3054 for more information on taking advantage of these offers.

Please visit our web site at http://www.frontiertech.com for more information about us and our products--and to see our award winning Lion Gallery!


  Note about Troubleshooting

CyberSearch is designed to work with a wide variety of browsers.  Because all browsers vary greatly in the URLs they support, your browser may not support all of Organizer's bookmarks, even though they are valid URLs. You may see errors such as:

Malformed command.

Unable to add bookmark to organizer.

Unable to open file://filename.  The item may have been moved.

The required protocol is not installed.

Document not found or access denied.

Unable to complete transfer.

when trying to retrieve sites or save bookmarks back to the Organizer.  Because CyberSearch can't control how your browser handles URLs, try solving the problem by either consulting your browser's documentation or contacting the company directly to see if they have an updated version of their browser available.

Common Problems

Many browsers do not support News URLs or Secure WWW URLs.  Also, when browsers open up third party applications such as Email or TN3270, you can't save the bookmarks back to your organizer.  This is because CyberSearch's communication is with your browser, not with the third party application.

For questions about CyberSearch, contact us by email at search@frontiertech.com or visit our Web site at http://www.frontiertech.com.