My bookmarks won't import from file... it may not be html

Question

I backed up my bookmarks per the instructions on mozilla.... When I try to import from html, the file does not show up. I think the file is not an html... what do I do? PS, I am running the current version of firefox and was running the same version when I did the backup

Answer 1

Open that file in a text program like Notepad or Wordpad and look at the beginning of that file.
A bookmarks backup JSON file will begin like this:
<pre><nowiki>{"title":"","guid":"mJC706EZwTIU","id":1,"index":0,"dateAdded":1240105145406000,"lastModified":1328860824735000,"type":"text/x-moz-place-container","root":"placesRoot","children":[{"title":"Bookmarks Menu","
</nowiki></pre>
JSON file needs to be restored; it will replace any existing bookmarks with the bookmarks in that file.
A bookmarks.html file that was exported (or from a different brand browser) will begin like this.
<pre><nowiki><!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
<!-- This is an automatically generated file.
It will be read and overwritten.
DO NOT EDIT! -->
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE>
<H1>Bookmarks Menu</H1>
</nowiki></pre>
Bookmarks.HTML file needs to be imported; it will append any existing bookmarks - not replace any or all.