I'm Only the Trombone Player

Notepad Favorites

I made a brilliant discovery today ... of course someone out there in WdC land made it a while before me, and is laughing at me now for being excited about something they've been doing all along.

Welp! Gonna share it anyway!

Everybody knows about Favorites, you know, you click the fingers with the string, twice until it turns to a megaphone. Now, every time there's activity in that particular item It move up to the top of the Favorites ... over there Which You Should ABSOLUTELY Do! It keeps you in the know about your favorite places, and when something new happens at or on any of them.

The drawback is, unless something new happens your Favorite could fall off the list, causing a panicked search for something you need.

My Handy-Dandy Solution? For A Wink And A Nod Allow me to present "The Notepad Favorite List";

Notepad over there allows multiple pages, just click on New Page, cleverly name it "Favorites".

Anytime you find an item or forum you want to save put it on that page.

I'm using this format to make my list:

Using this blog as an example ~

The Page/Item/Forum Name ~ "I'm Only the Trombone Player" ~ Title Text - Plain Text
WriteingML Code for Item ~ "I'm Only the Trombone Player"  ~ Clickable Link - {item:XXXXXXX}
The Sample WriteingML ~ {item:2207577} ~ Easy to Copy Link - ({){item:XXXXXXX}(}) - Remove the ()

There's a bit of redundancy in the listing, but it helps in the long run. The items Title Text, make things easy to find in the "edit screen", which will matter if your adding other links and want them under or over an existing link. The Clickable Link is your fast way to your desired location. The Easy to Copy Link is useful if you want to mention an item elsewhere.

While I was doing this I created a page for my "Signatures". Another for "Stories" I found and want to go back to again. "Gifs" I have created or found off WdC, and may want to use again. Also one for frequently used WritingML code like links, and embeds.

Yes, I know I might have (for some) reinvented the wheel, but this might help others.