I created the beginnings of a Pathfinder SRD site similar to d20srd.org at http://sites.google.com/site/pathfinderogc/. I give full credit to the folks who already did much of the work by creating pfogc.com. I basically just copied and pasted the text from there to the site I created and am now in the process of cleaning up all of the links etc so they don't reference outside of the site.
Now, the first question someone is likely to ask is, "If pfogc.com already had done all of the work, why are you doing this?"
I have a couple of answers...
1) Unfortunately while the pfogc.com site has most of the open Pathfinder content, the servers it is on are horribly slow. I have already tried to use the site many times in my sessions while I am DM'ing and it is significantly slower than d20srd.org, slow enough to be a pain to use. That's just clicking from page to page. Putting the content into a Google Site ensures more than adequate speed.
2) Searching on pfogc.com is also painfully slow. I mean, *really* slow. By putting all of the same content into a Google Site I get to leverage the world-famous Google Search power. Searching the site I created is many, many times faster, and the search results are both more detailed as well as much more accurate.
3) The basic wiki architecture makes page layout kind of painful. Editing pages involves the archaic wiki tags and making tables is really painful.
4) I found many things missing from the site. I know I could add the things in, and I have even done so, but its just pretty time-consuming given point 3 above.
Finally, not that its absolutely necessary, but Google Sites offers many neat gadgets and extras that the current pfogc.com does not.
Ok, that's about it. If you would like to help me finish editing it (cleaning up links, formatting tables, formatting tables of contents, etc) then please let me know at jreyst@gmail.com.
Regardless of everything else though, I have to say thanks again to everyone who contributed to pfogc.com.
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Dude, this is AWESOME! The only real reservation I had about embracing PFRPG wholeheartedly was that I had become quite fond of (and very reliant upon!) the d20 SRD. Having quick access (read: not pdf) digital version of the PFRPG rules is FANTASTIC! Thank you!
I don't know that I'd have time to help with any of the major overhaul when the final rules are released next week, but I'd be willing to help out down the road with cross-linking...one of the things I liked best about Jans' setup was that if a spell creates a condition, one click takes you to the condition. If a monster has a spell-like ability, one click takes you to the relevant spell. THAT'S what makes these things uber-useful, but it's also what takes FOREVER to do!
I'll stay in touch via your site. Again, well done, I say!