Some of the Advanced Hotlist Manager's features include the ability to search for keywords in document titles. The manager can update links, alphabetize your list, and open and close your hotlist folders. The Advance Hotlist Manager can even automatically "surf" a set of sites for you and save the resulting information in your disk cache so you can view the documents off-line.
The new graphical user interface offers an easy-to-use toolbar and visual references when using Mosaic's drag and drop capabilities. Mosaic also offers a variety of context-sensitive, right mouse button menus. From these menus you have direct access to functions that are directly related to a hotlist folder or a hotlist item.
The elements of a hotlist can be arranged in many formats--from a single list of links to a hierarchical (nested) list. The specific arrangement is up to you. Use the Hotlist Manager's drag-and-drop feature to configure your hotlist.
Mosaic hotlist files are identified by the .hot file extension. You can have any number of .hot files. However, Mosaic can only display one .hot file at a time. Each file has a limit of 250 lists including sublists, and each list has a maximum of 250 items or links (a total of 65,536 items).
The Advanced Hotlist Manager window contains six parts:
Hotlist File Menu
If you save your current hotlist file as an HTML (.htm) file, you can share this file with a colleague or a friend. (See "Sharing Hotlists" on page 5-7 for more information.)
If the file has moved and no longer exists, Mosaic marks it with a red X
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If the Web server or Mosaic times out during the date request, it marks the item with a question mark
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If the document hasn't change, Mosaic marks the file with a document icon
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If you receive an HTML hotlist file (with a .htm extension), you can view it with Mosaic. If you want to convert it to a form the Hotlist Manager can read, select Import... from the Hotlist Manager's File menu and save the .htm file as a .hot file.
NOTE: All references to menus refer to the pull-down menus available in the Advanced Hotlist Manager window.
To open a hotlist file:
Step-by-step Instructions
Below are step-by-step instructions for the most commonly used features of the Hotlist Manager. Opening
The Advanced Hotlist Manager can be opened manually or automatically. To manually open the Advanced Hotlist Manager, select Advanced Hotlist Manager from the Navigate menu. To open automatically when you start a Mosaic session, check the Open on Startup option in the Options menu.
NOTE: The Advanced Hotlist Manager will only open .hot files. If you have an HTML file you want to view with the Advanced Hotlist Manager, use the Import HTML File function in the File menu. Saving
The Advanced Hotlist Manager automatically saves the current hotlist when you:
If you want to manually save the current hotlist file, choose Save... or Save As... from the File menu.
Another way to save your current hotlist in HTML format is to use the Export to HTML File... command in the File menu. This feature invokes the Save As... command with the HTML attributes preselected. Importing
On the File menu are two methods of importing hotlist files: Import HTML File... and Import Anchors of Current Document.
Inserting
On the Edit menu are three ways to insert to your hotlist. The point of insertion is defined by the position of the cursor within the window.
Deleting
To delete a hotlist item or folder:
Editing Item or Folder Properties