Translate
Translate takes a URL set in one format and creates a copy of the set in another format. Currently, the supported formats are Air Mosiac Hotlists, Netscape Navigator bookmarks and Microsoft Internet Shortcuts. Shortcuts are the method used to store Favorites in Internet Explorer.

When you translate a URL the old set is still present and still works -- you just have an new set in the other format. Translate is useful for turning Favorites folders into a single bookmarks file or for merging a bookmarks file into the Favorites folder.

To convert, you need to identify the URL set to be converted. Both the format and the location of the set are needed. Since Netscape and Explorer conversions are so common, buttons have been set up to fill in the blanks for you. These buttons are at the top left of the window.

You also need to tell NavEx where to put the new translated set and in what format you'd like it to be written. Note that if you give it the name of an existing bookmarks file, that existing file will be replaced by the translated set.

When you have identified both sets, click the Translate button.

NOTE: If you want to merge two bookmark sets, first translate your main bookmarks into Internet Shortcuts, then translate the second bookmarks file into Internet Shortcuts in the same folder. Finally, translate the Shortcuts folder into a bookmarks file and replace your main bookmarks file with the new one created by NavEx.

Verify
Verify separates the working and non-working items in a URL set. Links that do not work may be moved to a "non-working" sub-menu or renamed to show what type of error was encountered.

When Verify starts, it creates a new sub-menu called Unverified. It will also create sub-menus (in Unverified, of course) for each type of error found while checking your URL set.

As non-working links are found, NavEx will move them from their usual location to one of the error menus in Unverified. For example, if a link fails verification with the "Host not found" error, the link is moved to the "Host not found" menu in the "Unverified" menu.

If you don't want your links moved, you can instruct NavEx to rename bad links instead of moving them. For example, a link called "NavEx home" that fails verification with the "Host not found" error, will be renamed "NavEx home - Host not found".

In either case, NavEx remembers where the link belongs when it works and what it should be called. If the link works when you next verify it, NavEx will restore the original name and move the link back to its usual location.

To verify a URL set you need to tell NavEx where it is and what format it is in. By default, NavEx will move bad links to the Unverified folder. If you'd like it to rename bad links, click the appropriate check box. If you'd like the opportunity to correct bad URLs before a link is moved, click the Interactive repair check box. When you are ready to verify a set, click the Verify button.

NOTE: Some sites send Internet "cookies" to your computer when you access their pages. If your computer is not configured to automatically accept cookies, NavEx will ask you for permission to accept them during verification.

Thanks and good luck,
Ken Blackney
ksb@noc.drexel.edu