The cseligman/erindale Toolbar (shown above) is meant to provide easy navigation and access to my site for my students (and other visitors to the site), by including links to every page on my site, and hundreds of external sites. I particularly recommend its use to any student who has trouble finding specific pages on my site. To encourage that use, the toolbar features extended excerpts from my novels and short stories, most of which are not available anywhere else.

Downloading and Installing the Toolbar on Various Platforms
    To download and install the Toolbar for Internet Explorer, click on the image above, then click Run when prompted by the File Download Security Warning. The file will self-install, and the Toolbar will appear, more or less as shown. The Internet Explorer version of the Toolbar only runs on Windows platforms, but there is also a Firefox version which runs on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.

Toolbar Items
     Running from left to right, a newly installed Toolbar will usually have the following items/buttons:
     An image of the Erindale Liger, Kat's Bane, the Erindale Publishing "mascot". Holding the cursor over the image will show that the toolbar is paid for by my publisher, Erindale Publishing. Clicking on the image takes you to their site.
     A drop-down Toolbar menu can be used to customize the Toolbar. Most of the items on the drop-down menu are self-explanatory, and can be learned by playing with it. For instance, Shrink Toolbar removes the text labels on Toolbar items, and if that has been done, Unshrink Toolbar restores the labels. Toolbar Options allows you to delete or add items to the Toolbar, and in some cases, modify the behavior or display of the items.
     The Google Search Box is essentially the same as any other search box; but the Search Results page displays the name of my site at the top. Clicking on that takes you to a Google-powered page where you can search in the normal way, or limit your search to the contents of my site. Note: The Google Search link at the top of my web pages takes you to the same search page.
     The cseligman.com Menu includes links to every page on my website.
     The Links Menu includes hundreds of external links, some of which are posted on my website, and others which I have added to the Links Menu in the hope that they will be useful to those using the Toolbar.
     A Freebies Menu links to useful or interesting free downloads, such as screensavers, public domain books, and extended excerpts from my novels and short stories.
     The Radio Menu plays online radio streams. The Toolbar comes with a built-in radio (as noted below), which is user-customizable; but I've had some problems with it, so I've created my own radio menu.
     The Gadgets Menu links to various LabPixies gadgets, each of which opens in a small, separate window. The Weather Button is an example of such a gadget. Calendar, clock, mapping, music, news and other gadgets are currently installed.
     A Weather Button shows the current weather in some random city, when first installed. If you click the button, it shows the weather for the next three days, and allows you to customize the button (e.g., by choosing a different city).
     An E-Mail Notifier (not shown in the image above) alerts you to any new email (once properly set up for your accounts).
     The Online Radio Player (not shown in the image above) is a fully customizable streaming radio player, preloaded with dozens of stations. I've had problems with it taking forever to connect or never connecting, but if you don't have such problems, you may prefer it to my radio.