Can I make a folder structure for FF bookmarks outside of firefox?

Question

I want to make about 100 bookmark folders for firefox bookmarks. Is there some way I can create the list in a word processing doc or spreadsheet and then import it into FF? It is a little time consuming in FF to make so many folders.

Answer 1

A possibility is to use JavaScript in Firefox to create the main structure and edit that file.
Run the script as a bookmark or in the Scratchpad with an about:blank page in the current tab.
<pre><nowiki>var head = '<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>';
var meta = '<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">';
var title = '<TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE>';
var menu = '<H1>Bookmarks Menu</H1>';
var dls = '<DL>';
var dle = '</DL>';
var folder = '<DT><H3>Folder #</H3>';
var link = '<DT><A HREF="http://">Link #1 in Folder #2</A>';
var text = [];
var maxF = 100;
var maxL = 1;
text.push(head);
text.push(meta);
text.push(title);
text.push("");
text.push(menu);
text.push(dls);
text.push("");
for(var i=0; i<maxF; i++){
text.push(folder.replace(/#/, i+1));
text.push(dls);
for(var j=0; j<maxL; j++){
text.push(link.replace(/#1/, j+1).replace(/#2/, i+1));
text.push(dle);
text.push("");
text.push(dle);
text=text.join("\n");
var URI="data:text/html;charset=utf-8,";
location.href = URI + text;</nowiki></pre>