How to Use This Site

I know. It sounds pretty silly. Of course you know how to use a Web site, but read on… You never know what you may learn.

Add the Home Page to Your Bookmarks Bar

Now you have a home button no matter how far you're scrolled down on a page.

Use the Search Bookmarklet

Add the search bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar too! With it, you can search for a word in The Hypertext d20 SRD^TM just by highlighting a word on any Web page and clicking on the bookmark. Or you can just click on the bookmark and type in your search term.

Use Mozilla Firefox

I know this is a big leap for many of you, but Firefox offers several features that really enhance the usefulness and usability of this site. I'ts worth downloading Firefox even if you only use it for this site!

This site also uses several W3C standards that are NOT supported by Internet Explorer. The Hypertext d20 SRD will look better using a compliant browser such as Firefox.

Find As You Type

This Firefox feature really saves time hunting for words and links on a page. Just hit the slash (/) key and start typing your search word. The first instance of the word is instantly scrolled to and highlighted. If the word is a hyperlink, just hit the enter key to activate it. To find the next occurence of the word hit "Ctl-G" (Cmd-G on a Mac).

Here are a couple of examples of this wonderfully useful feature:

Example 1: Navigate to Hydra stats

You click on "Monsters" from the home page.
You get a nice index of monsters, but egad! there's a lot of links.
You type "/hy" and the Hydra link is already selected!
You hit "enter" and you're there. Yay!

Example 2: Searching for Coup de Grace

You type "Coup de Grace" into the search engine.
You click on the first search result (should be the best one).
You get the Combat Modifiers page. Hmm. No "Coup de Grace" in sight.
You type "/coup" and presto! you're ¾ of the way down the page at the Coup de Grace description.

Tabbed Browsing

Another great feature of Firefox. It beats the snot out of sticky notes poking out of rulebooks. During our last game session, I had tabs open for two monsters, three spells, the condition summary, and the splash weapon rules.

There are several keyboard commands for using tabs, but I usually right-click (Ctl-click on a Mac) on the link I want, and choose "Open Link in a New Tab".