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Welcome to Vizimarks - the Internet Scrapbook - a revolutionary service combining:
 Visual bookmarks - so much more than regular " bookmarks" Online bookmarks - accessible from home, work and elsewhere
An online scrapbook - to capture, organise and display web cuttings An online photo album - upload and arrange photos in your scrapbook
all in one integrated, easy to use and highly customisable package.
Vizimarks - it's as easy as right-clicking your mouse!
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Want to know more? Explore the menu on the left or check out the following ...
- What is Vizimarks? - an introduction to the service and its many applications
- Demo Scrapbook - take a look at a demo (optimised for 1024x768 screen)
- First Steps - a guide to registration, installation, and some basic functionality
- User Guide - shows how to use this powerful web service to the full
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What is Vizimarks? - click to find out more about Vizimarks
Vizimarks is an internet "scrapbook" service, which enables you to save almost any "cutting" from almost any web-page on the internet, including images, forms, frames, tables, your own selection of text, shockwave files, links to MPEG files, java applets, ..... as well as traditional text links to whole pages. At the touch of a button, you can also upload all your existing 'Bookmarks' or 'Favorites' into your personal Vizimarks scrapbook.
Your cuttings look similar on the "leaves" of your personal Vizimarks scrapbook to the way they did on their original web-pages. Each of your cuttings is displayed on screen in a "card", which you can place on whichever leaf of your scrapbook you want, and wherever you like on the leaf. As well as having the ability to view the cuttings in your scrapbook, you can also 'click-through' on any of them which have links attached.
First Steps - click for help in getting started with Vizimarks
This short tutorial will guide you through the process of registering for and then installing Vizimarks. It will also take you on a quick tour of the basic functionality of Vizimarks.
You may find it helpful to print "First Steps" to refer to as you go along.
Register & Install - click to register and install Vizimarks
To get started with Vizimarks, all you need to do is to follow 2 quick, easy steps:
- Register for the service.
- Install the software on your computer.
You only ever need to register yourself once; and you only need to install the software once for each computer you use. There is a Registration Form, with only five fields to complete. The Vizimarks software is very small and simple, and is very quick to install. It will not affect any other existing software on your computer.
To get started, simply click the "Register & Install" item in the menu on the left, and follow the instructions in the frames that replace this one.
User Guide - click for help in making the most of Vizimarks
The functionality of Vizimarks is vast, so it is worth reviewing the User Guide to help you use this powerful internet service to its full potential.
When you click on the menu option, the "User Guide" will appear in a new separate window, so that you can refer to it at the same time as using Vizimarks.
System Requirements
Vizimarks works in the following operating systems, with the following browsers, on the following processors.
- MS Windows
- Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 (version 5.5 or later recommended); on a Pentium 133Mhz or greater.
- Netscape version 6.0, Mozilla version 0.9.1 or later; on a Pentium 350Mhz or greater.
- Mac OS
- Netscape version 6.0, Mozilla version 0.9.1 or later; on 300Mhz PowerPc or greater.
- Linux and other forms of Unix
- Netscape version 6.0, Mozilla version 0.9.1 or later; on a 350Mhz Pentium (or equivalent) or greater.
- A note about Mozilla
- Version 1.0.x is recommended - some functionality may not work with more recent versions e.g. 1.3.
Screen Resolution
- 1024 x 768 or greater is best, but 800 x 600 is also fine.
Internet Connection
- A 56K connection is sufficient for Vizimarks to perform well.
Go to myVizimarks - click to go to your personal scrapbook
To access your own personal scrapbook, click on the "Go to myVizimarks" item in the menu on the left. Your scrapbook will then be displayed in your main browser window.
Live Content - click to access live content for your personal scrapbook
You have probably discovered that the contents of many of the cards in your scrapbook don't change - that is, they are "snapshots" of what was on the source web-page when you captured them. This is usually the case if the content is text. However, other types of content, such as many images and applets, do change regularly, in line with updates made on the source websites - if so, they are "live content".
If you click on the "Live Content" item in the menu on the left, you will access a "public" scrapbook containing special cards whose text contents are updated regularly - for example with up-to-date news headlines. Feel free to explore this public scrapbook, and to take copies of cards to add to your own scrapbook, using the specially adapted card dialogs (right-click on the cards' borders). These cards, including any copies you take directly from the Live Content scrapbook, will be updated regularly. For more information please refer to the UserGuide.
Providers of this type of live content are currently limited. But keep an eye on the Live Content scrapbook, since we will expand it as more content like this becomes available.
If you are a content provider and interested in contributing live content to this public scrapbook, then please contact us at - , or click on the "Contact Us" link below this frame.
Market Place - click to access a collection of "ready-made" cards for your scrapbook
If you click on the "Market Place" item in the menu on the left, you will access a "public" scrapbook containing "read-made" cards. Feel free to explore this public scrapbook - you can take copies of any cards of interest to you, to add to your own scrapbook, by using the specially adapted card dialogs (right-click on the cards' borders).
Install Vizimarks - click to install Vizimarks on another computer (or to reinstall)
Before you install Vizimarks, you need to have registered first, and you also need to be logged-in.
You only need to undertake the installation process once on each computer you wish to use Vizimarks. After that, the Vizimarks browser extensions will always be available to you, unless you choose to uninstall them.
Click the "Install Vizimarks" item in the menu on the left and follow the instructions in the new frame which will replace this one.
IMPORTANT - in Netscape 6 (or Mozilla) you must have "write access" to the directory in which Netscape was installed. If you encounter any difficulties when installing, please contact us at help@vizimarks.com, or click on the "Contact Us" link below this frame.
Upload Bookmarks - click to upload your existing Bookmarks or Favorites
To incorporate your existing Bookmarks or Favorites within your personal scrapbook, click the "Upload Bookmarks" item in the menu on the left. Then follow the instructions in the new frame which will replace this one.
Some important notes:
- You will be copying, rather than moving, your Bookmarks or Favorites; so you won't lose the originals.
- You should only upload your Bookmarks or Favorites at most once per leaf.
- To view your uploaded Bookmarks or Favorites, simply click on the bookmarks/favorites button in the top left corner of your scrapbook, or "shift-click" on the relevant leaf tab.
Upload Photos - click to upload photos and images to your personal scrapbook
You can upload photographs/images from your computer to create your own personal online photo album. You can then email your Vizimarks 'photo-cards' to your friends and family - they do not need to be Vizimarks users to receive and enjoy these emails.
You can upload images with a maximum size of 50KB each - you will be able to upload images to a total of 3MB which equates to at least 60 images. A facility to manage your online photos will be released shortly.
You must ensure that you own the copyright of these images or have the permission of the copyright holder before you upload any pictures.
User Guide - click for help in making the most of Vizimarks
The functionality of Vizimarks is vast, so it is worth reviewing the User Guide to help you use this powerful internet service to its full potential.
When you click on the menu option, the "User Guide" will appear in a separate window, so that you can refer to it at the same time as using Vizimarks.
The functionality of Vizimarks is so extensive that even the User Guide does not describe all of its capabilities. We would encourage you to experiment with it and discover for yourself more of its many features.
Uninstall Vizimarks - click to uninstall Vizimarks
If you really do want to do this, then simply click on the "Uninstall Vizimarks" item in the menu on the left. Your browser will be returned to the state it was in before you installed Vizimarks.
User Preferences - click to change your password, email, salutation, etc
To change any of the information you supplied on the Registration Form, click on the "User Preferences" item in the menu on the left. Then follow the instructions in the new fame which will replace this one.
Demo Scrapbook - click to try out a sample scrapbook
This demonstration gives you the opportunity to try out some of the Vizimarks functionality for yourself. It may also give you some ideas as to what you might want to put in your own personal scrapbook.
When you open the "Demo Scrapbook" follow the instructions indicated by blue arrow-heads in the explanation "card" on each scrapbook "leaf".
Please note that the first time you access any scrapbook, it may take a few seconds to download.
Login - click to login to Vizimarks
If you are browsing the web while not logged-in, and select, say, "Add to myVizimarks", you'll be given the option to log-in, without leaving the web-page you're currently on.
If you want to login first, then click the "Login" item in the menu on the left, and enter your email address and password on the log-in screen.
Your details will be stored in a cookie so that you don't always have to login if you don't want to. This means that you should actively logout if you want to prevent other people from accessing your personal scrapbook.
You are logged-in if there is a large message near the top of the Vizimarks Welcome Page, showing your personal salutation, and saying that you are logged-in.
Logout - click to logout of Vizimarks
To ensure the security and confidentiality of the contents of your personal scrapbook, you should actively logout whenever you finish using your computer.
You can tell whether or not you are logged-in as follows. If there is a large message near the top of the Vizimarks Welcome Page, showing your personal salutation, and saying that you are logged-in, then you are logged-in. If there is no such message, then you are not logged-in.
To logout, click the "Logout" item in the menu on the left.
Login Experiment - click to test
This is a test frame.
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Introduction
What is Vizimarks?
