steveshoemaker 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Hello I am new here but I really love what evernote has to offer. Needless to say before evernote I used the bookmark features of my browsers anyway to import those to evernote? Thanks for your help. Steve Link to comment
spg SCOTT 736 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Generally, browsers can export bookmarks to HTML which Evernote will be able to import. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted May 16, 2011 Level 5* Share Posted May 16, 2011 The Evernote Windows desktop client won't import HTML files directly using File / Import (it's looking for .enex files), but the the Import Folders facility will import HTML files just fine, or you can always drag'n'drop an HTML file from Explorer into Evernote. Link to comment
spg SCOTT 736 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Or you can open the html file in a browser and use the clipper addon (That is what I did because I only had EN web on that machine ) Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted May 16, 2011 Level 5* Share Posted May 16, 2011 Yup, that too. Link to comment
gufertum 3 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Importing .html files to evernote, creates one big note with all the bookmarks in it If you want to import the bookmarks individually, you can use my perl script. It will generate an .enex file (to import with the desktop version) out of any html file. The .html file can be an export from chrome (tested) or firefox or whatever. The script just parses all the links in the file an generates indivdual entries. It's completly free (as in beer) and only uses perl as prerequisite. The file is downloadable on my blog: http://www.daheim.li/2012/05/01/evernote-bookmark-importer/ Regards, Thomas Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted May 1, 2012 Level 5* Share Posted May 1, 2012 I hope you're not using regular expressions to parse HTML?!?!? (I'm kidding, it doesn't look as though you are, but Perl is a foreign country to me) I don't need this, but someone else might... thanks for the contribution. Link to comment
gufertum 3 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 No problem - I'm using HTML::Parser. I'm aware of the pros and cons of regular expressions . Just install perl for your OS and follow the instructions in the blog post. It's really easy. It should also work correctly with all the special characters and encodings (tested with german umlauts and other special characters). Thanks, Thomas Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted May 2, 2012 Level 5* Share Posted May 2, 2012 Does this work for Mac?At a guess, yes. It's just taking an HTML collection of bookmarks, and converting them into an ENEX version, which you can then import into Evernote. You do need Perl installed. Not being au courant with MacEvernote, I don't know now easy it is to import ENEX files, or whether Perl is pre-installed.. Link to comment
gufertum 3 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Yes, it works for Mac, too, but I could not test it. Perl is platform independent. Just install perl http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads) ...Regards, Thomas Link to comment
May 268 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 gufertum, thanks for the script, this might come in handy, I evernoted your article Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted May 2, 2012 Level 5* Share Posted May 2, 2012 I evernoted your article I did too, for future study. Just not in Perl Link to comment
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