Maintain your bookmarks online with Backflip


A. Tips for signing up

1. Go to Backflip (www.backflip.com) and sign up to be a new user. Fill out the appropriate information.

2. One of the cool things about Backflip is it will import your existing bookmarks from your computer. During the sign up process you can do this, or you can wait until later to do. You can even import bookmarks from more than one machine.

If you do decide to do this a Java alert screen will appear. Hit the grant button, it will only read your current bookmarks. No information will be lost on your machine and access to your files are only granted this one time.

3. The next page will ask you to select categories for your bookmarks. You will later be able to add your own so don't feel like you have to use theirs!

4. This is a tricky part. Follow their directions precisely. By doing this you will be able to quickly add and file bookmarks to your Backflip page. Directions specific to your browser and platform will be given.

5. Take the tour of Backflip. It will familiarize you with the many different functions of the web site not mentioned in this job aid.


- signing on - adding bookmarks - editing folders - editing bookmarks - exporting links - home -

Written by Dan McDowell for the San Diego City Schools Patterns Project.
Last updated July 25, 2000.