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I saw that some delay in importing bookmarks via HTML is to be expected but I was wondering what was the typical delay. I sent in the request about 24 hours ago. Did something go wrong and should I resubmit it, or is this not unusual?
Thanks!
I put in the request Friday afternoon and the bookmarks still haven't shown up on my list. Should I resubmit?
Lee Potts wrote:
> I saw that some delay in importing bookmarks via HTML is to be expected but I was wondering what was the typical delay. I sent in the request about 24 hours ago. Did something go wrong and should I resubmit it, or is this not unusual?
>
> Thanks!
Absolutely. It definitely shouldn't take that long. That is not normal. Something probably went wrong. Since Diigo prevents duplicate bookmarks, there is nothing to worry about when you resubmit.
Lee Potts wrote:
> I put in the request Friday afternoon and the bookmarks still haven't shown up on my list. Should I resubmit?
Thanks Oliver. What would be a more typical wait time?
Oliver S. wrote:
> Absolutely. It definitely shouldn't take that long. That is not normal. Something probably went wrong. Since Diigo prevents duplicate bookmarks, there is nothing to worry about when you resubmit.
>
> Lee Potts wrote:
> > I put in the request Friday afternoon and the bookmarks still haven't shown up on my list. Should I resubmit?
Lee Potts wrote:
> Thanks Oliver. What would be a more typical wait time?
In my experience, not more than a couple of minutes (unless there are temporary technical difficulties). Of course, it also depends on the number of bookmarks that you are importing.
I'm having the same problem. I exported from Flock browser as a HTML bookmark list. But cannot find anywhere on Diigo whether it even accepts HTML. Also, the Import form the Diigo toolbar doesn't recognize Flock bookmarks. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks.
Oliver S. wrote:
> Lee Potts wrote:
> > Thanks Oliver. What would be a more typical wait time?
>
> In my experience, not more than a couple of minutes (unless there are temporary technical difficulties). Of course, it also depends on the number of bookmarks that you are importing.
Well i have a work around... I imported my bookmarks/favorites into Firefox, then imported into Diigo via the toolbar, but it didn't keep the folder structure, so there will be hours and hours of organizing. Please let me know if there is a way to maintain the folder structure on import.
Thanks.
Mardis
mardis bagley wrote:
> I'm having the same problem. I exported from Flock browser as a HTML bookmark list. But cannot find anywhere on Diigo whether it even accepts HTML. Also, the Import form the Diigo toolbar doesn't recognize Flock bookmarks. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks.
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> Oliver S. wrote:
> > Lee Potts wrote:
> > > Thanks Oliver. What would be a more typical wait time?
> >
> > In my experience, not more than a couple of minutes (unless there are temporary technical difficulties). Of course, it also depends on the number of bookmarks that you are importing.
Well I only have 47 items. I've tried twice now, once Friday and once this afternoon and none have shown up yet.
Oliver S. wrote:
> Lee Potts wrote:
> > Thanks Oliver. What would be a more typical wait time?
>
> In my experience, not more than a couple of minutes (unless there are temporary technical difficulties). Of course, it also depends on the number of bookmarks that you are importing.
I tried a third time last night at home. Is there anywhere here to officially report a problem? I don't seem to be attracting the attention of the site admins on this forum.
Lee Potts wrote:
> Well I only have 47 items. I've tried twice now, once Friday and once this afternoon and none have shown up yet.
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> Oliver S. wrote:
> > Lee Potts wrote:
> > > Thanks Oliver. What would be a more typical wait time?
> >
> > In my experience, not more than a couple of minutes (unless there are temporary technical difficulties). Of course, it also depends on the number of bookmarks that you are importing.
I am just a Diigo user myself, so I can't tell whether there are currently any technical problems.
Right now, I can't test Diigo but when I am back home I could try to reproduce your problem. It would help if you could tell me which web browser you use (including the version number).
Another thing: You probably tried to import your bookmarks in HTML format via the web interface.
Have you already tried to import your bookmarks with the Diigo toolbar?
If you don't like to permanently install the toolbar, you could use a portable version of Mozilla Firefox and install it there. It works with the portable version, too.
I know this would not be a solution to the original problem but it might do as a workaround for now.
Thanks for your help Oliver.
I'm using FF 3.0.
You right about trying to import using the web interface and HTML, and I actually like the tool bar. The only problem is the import function toolbar only seems to be set up to import browser bookmarks. I'm just trying to bring in about 50 bookmarks I have in del.icio.us as a test run before I bring in about 500 from my browser.
Lee
Oliver S. wrote:
> I am just a Diigo user myself, so I can't tell whether there are currently any technical problems.
>
> Right now, I can't test Diigo but when I am back home I could try to reproduce your problem. It would help if you could tell me which web browser you use (including the version number).
>
> Another thing: You probably tried to import your bookmarks in HTML format via the web interface.
> Have you already tried to import your bookmarks with the Diigo toolbar?
> If you don't like to permanently install the toolbar, you could use a portable version of Mozilla Firefox and install it there. It works with the portable version, too.
> I know this would not be a solution to the original problem but it might do as a workaround for now.
Hi Lee,
I am sorry. We experienced some technical glitches in the importing feature. It began to work again and you will receive the email alert hours later.
Lee Potts
Oliver S.
mardis bagley
Joel Liu