Faster Access

Registered users can store the hypertext version of the handbook in a directory on your local hard disk. Load the locally saved index.htm file into your Web browser, and add it to its bookmark menu. (Internet Explorer and Netscape users, see here, and this is what Lynx users can do.)
To confer with the handbook while cruising the Internet, click on Bookmarks, and then on your new bookmark entry to load the index at lightening speed. Whenever stuck, start with Chapter 10.

Searching the handbook

If you have a Windows 95/98 computer, get yourself a copy of the AltaVista Discovery indexing program (http://discovery.altavista.com). Retrieve those chapters of the handbook that you're most interested in, and save them on your disk. Now, search the chapters using search terms like the following:

+"resources handbook" +"agora"

The important part of this search term is +"resources handbook" as it is used to identify the Online World handbook's web pages among the other documents on your disk.
When you've found the chapter containing a reference to "w3gate," page down the page until you see the highlighted word. Then, click on the link to get to the resource.

Searching the handbook online

Click here, and try it out!

Happy searching!