Live Bookmarks - Subscribe to a web page for news and updates

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If you check specific websites for new content on a regular basis, Live Bookmarks can deliver the most recent updates to you, without having to visit the website.

Note: Live Bookmarks will only work with websites that offer web feeds.

When a web feed is available from a website, you can use Firefox to subscribe to it, as a Live Bookmark. Firefox checks your Live Bookmarks every hour for updates, which enables you to stay current with the latest information from your favorite sites.

  • Live Bookmarks work with any web feed in RSS, RDF, or Atom format.

Automatic discovery of feeds

When Firefox discovers a feed associated with the web page you are visiting, an orangeblue icon automatically appears in the location bar. To review and subscribe to the website's feed, click the orangeblue web feed icon. A list of all available feeds from the website is displayed.

To subscribe to any listed feed, click its name in the list. fx3-win-feedicon2.png

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Manually adding a Live Bookmark

  • To add the feed as a Live Bookmark, select Live Bookmarks from Subscribe to this feed using list. Then, click Subscribe Now.
  • Firefox enables the use of other web feed readers such as Netvibes, My Yahoo!, and Google. To subscribe to the web feed using one of these readers, select it from Subscribe to this feed using list.

If you subscribed using Firefox's Live Bookmarks, the Add Live Bookmark dialog appears. fx3-win-addlivebookmark.png
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  • Name: Enter a name of your choosing, to refer to the feed as it will appear in your bookmarks.
  • Create in: Select where you want to save this bookmark.

Click Add. You are now subscribed to the feed through a Live Bookmark. Live Bookmarks are placed in the same structure as other bookmarks.


Using Live Bookmarks

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 Live Bookmarks are identifiable by the web feed icon next to the bookmark's name.

  1. To use a Live Bookmark, select it to view the latest items from the feed.
  2. To view a page from the feed, select the item in the bookmark.
    • To view all listed items in the feed, select Open All in Tabs. Each listed item is opened in a separate tab in the current window.
    • To view the feed home page, select Open feed-name (e.g. Open "CNN.com").

Reloading Live Bookmarks

For information on reloading Live Bookmarks, see Reloading Live Bookmarks.


Deleting Live Bookmarks

Deleting a Live Bookmark is the same as delete regular bookmarks. See Bookmarks in Firefox.

Note: Only the entire Live Bookmark, which displays as a folder, can be deleted. Individual entries cannot be removed from the Live Bookmark.