To bookmark a webpage in Mozilla firefox
- When you are viewing the web page you wish to bookmark
- Click on Bookmarks (at the top)
- Click Bookmark this page
The “Add Bookmark” dialog will open - Type in the name for the website bookmark (optional…great for when website titles are not specific on what the page is about)
- Click OK if you just want to place it in the bookmarks folder
Add bookmark to a specific folder
- When you are viewing the web page you wish to bookmark
- Click on Bookmarks
- If you want to add a new folder
- Click Bookmark this page
The “Add Bookmark” dialog will open - If you cannot see the new folder button
- Click on dinky up triangle arrow shape button on the far right
- Click on new folder button
- Type in the folder name.
- Click on bookmarks or whatever folder you wish to place the new folder in—-Firefox will create the new folder below whatever folder is selected (highlighted)
- Type in the name for the website bookmark (optional)
- Click OK
Firefox’s Bookmarks Toolbar (Great to use when you frequently visit these sites)
- Firefox’s Bookmarks Toolbar is a great place to save the sites you visit most often
- Select the URL(icon for the webpage in the address bar)
- Hold down the left mouse button and move it to the place on the toolbar where you want the bookmark to appear; then let up off the left mouse button
Move a toolbar bookmark
If you want to rearrange the order of your toolbar bookmarks
1. Drag & drop the bookmark from its old position to a new one
2. Click on a bookmark and don’t let up off the left mouse button until the arrow is where you wish the bookmark to be placed
3. Toolbar bookmark will be moved to where you let up off the mouse button
Firefox’s Bookmark Manager-You can manage your bookmark, rearrange, automatically sort, edit and import or export bookmarks.
To open Bookmark manager
- Click Bookmarks (at the top)
- Click on Manage Bookmarks
- The Bookmark Manager window will open.
Moving and Editing Bookmarks in the Bookmark Manager Window
- Click on Bookmarks (menu at the top)
- Click on Organize Bookmarks
- Add a new bookmark
- Manually type in the new bookmark.
- Click on Add a new folder Type in the name, keyword, folder and description for the website (make sure you are typing it in correctly and check to make sure the site comes up after entering all this information)
Rename a bookmark
- Right-click once on the bookmark (name of site)
- Left-click once on Rename
- Type in the new name for the bookmark
Delete a bookmark
- Click on Bookmarks
- Right-click once on the bookmark
- Left-click once on Delete
Sorting Bookmarks-You can manually sort bookmarks by dragging & dropping them to a new location
Sorting firefox bookmarks alphabetically
- If you want to rearrange the order by bookmark name
- Right-click on any bookmark in the browser window (not in the Bookmark Manager)
- Click on Sort By Name.
Adding Live Bookmarks
- When you visit a site that supports RSS feeds–You can tell that a site offers an RSS feed when you see the live bookmark icon in far right hand side in the address bar of Firefox’s browser window. (orange button)
subscribe to an RSS feed
If you want to add a live bookmark for that site - Click on the RSS FEED icon
- Click Subscribe to…
- Click on the Live bookmark location (Many times sites will have more than one feed to subscribe to….click on the site you wish to subscribe to)
- Select which toolbar folder you wish to save the RSS live bookmark
- Click on OK.

