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A small text problem: The tab/item in Games is called Character Sheets, but on the drop down to delete or edit, it is referred to as Sheets_sg. This occurs on all three themes.

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A suggested edit to the guide:

(I will go back and edit this and add pictures once y'all have decided whether the navigation bar is going to be on top or on the side.)

Find:  "Once in the game forum, you can add tabs to your game" and replace the whole section that follows with:

Once in the game forum, you can add tabs to your game:

1. Your newly created game will have two items on the navigation bar: Overview and Members. But it will not have anywhere to actually play-by-post. You have to create that item/tab (a "game forum" called "topics" by our current software).
2. To create a forum for topics/threads, find "Manage Game" on the navigation bar. Click down to "Topics" under "Add Game Feature."
3. You can then name your forum (required), give it a description, and set your privacy preferences (These allow the GM/players to create their own private threads). Click "Save" when you are done. You now have a game forum to create threads/topics in to play your game.
4. To create individual topics within the forum to play your game (a topic for in-game posts, a topic for out-of-character discussion, etc.), find the "Start new topic" button near the top of the game page. Each topic will need a title. Options for the Topic are on the menu next to the post (Lock, Pin, Hide, etc.). The Submit Topic button is at the bottom of the post.

Other tabs available in games:
- Calendar - This tab allows you to set dates for certain things.  For example, perhaps there are post reminders you want to set, or perhaps there are live Discord sessions that you run parallel once a month.
- Blogs - This is just like creating a blog.  You can make posts in it, and people can comment on them.  You can enable RSS feeds for your blog as well.
- Files - You can create a section for the uploading and downloading of files for your game—PDFs for setting information, photos, music, etc.
- Sheets - This creates a tab to hold Myth-Weaver sheets for your game. Currently, they are added by numeric value.

Notes:
1. Overview and Members cannot be edited or deleted, but they can be moved around on the navigation bar.
2. Whichever item is first on the navigation bar is the default item that opens when you click on your game. So, if you want to go straight to your game forum when you view your game, move your newly created topics tab to the front of the list. (Find "Manage Game" on the navigation bar. Click down to "Reorder Menu," and then drag and drop the items into your desired order).
3. You can have multiple tabs of the same type in a game, allowing you to organize your game into many different sections.

When you click "Join game," you do join the game and it shows up on your side bar as one of your games. This is because the GM of that game set it to "open" which means "Everyone can see the game and its posts, but only members can participate. Everyone can join."

Edit: beat me to it

For those who haven't tried to create a game yet, here are the current "privacy" options at game creation:

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How do I add "thread prefixes" or "tags" to my topics?

Baldr supports both "tags" (labels that go after topic titles) and "thread prefixes" (labels that go before topic titles).

To add a tag or a prefix:

- "Start New Topic" (to create a new topic) or view the topic you want to add a tag or prefix to.

- In the top left of the post window, look for "Add Tag." Click that.

- In the box labeled "Tag" type the name of the tag or prefix you wish to create.

- Then, if you wish it to be a tag (brown text bubble and placed at the end of the post title), click "Save."

- If you wish it to be a thread prefix (blue text bubble and placed at the beginning of the post title), select the thread prefix that will appear in a drop-down just beneath the box you typed it in. Then another drop-down will appear that says "Item prefix" (note: this text is currently unreadable in the default and dark themes) and "None." Click on the down carrot after "None" to select your thread prefix and then save.

To Delete a tag or a prefix:

- You can delete any tag by viewing the topic that is tagged and clicking the tiny "x" beside the tag.

- You can delete any prefix by viewing the topic that is prefixed, clicking "Add Tag," and then clicking the tiny "x" beside the prefix, then "Save."

4 minutes ago, farothel said:

Is there a way to test the dice roller before you bring a game over?  I don't see anything in the User Guide about the dice roller and I don't see a dice roller here on the forum (I assume it's only in the games)?

Yes, it only works in games. Create a test game and play around all you like. That's what I did.

And, no, right now there is no documentation for the dice roller. That is in the works as well. For simple rolls, the format is the same as old Myth-Weavers: 1d20+7 will get you what you want. For fancier stuff (like multiple rolls, drop the lowest, etc.), you'll have to wait on someone who is more useful at that stuff than me. 😄

When you edit a topic/thread and add a tag, there is a drop-down/down carrot to select the tag you entered. The text next to that drop-down says "item prefix" but on the default theme and the dark (experimental) theme, that text is unreadable because of the color. It is readable on the "light" theme.

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If anyone is looking for how to roll Fate dice on the new dice roller, here are the steps:

1. Make a post, either a placeholder post just for your dice or the character/IC post. Note: dice can only be rolled in game forums.

2. Click "Roll Dice" on the far right of the post bit (it is the picture of the two dice with the "+" sign).

3. Give the roll a name if you want, and then in the "Dice String" box, type fate(modifier). So if you are rolling 4dFate+3, the string would be fate(3). The roller needs some sort of number as the modifier, so if you are rolling straight 4dFate plus nothing, the string is: fate(0).

4. Click "Roll" to add the dice to the post.

You can then edit your post as needed without messing with the roll(s). You can also add more rolls to the same post if you like. Right now there is no way to see what each of the four individual Fate dice rolled (you just see the final total), nor is there a way to roll more or less than 4 Fate dice at a time as a single roll. I am told, however, those are in the works.

I like top better, but until we get a fixed-width theme, side causes much less eye strain and window resizing. I voted top.

Adding this here so there will be searchable content until the guide gets updated:

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Ignore Feature
 

If you no longer wish to see content from a particular user, use the Ignore feature. There are four ways to access the Ignore feature:

- Hover over the username of the user you wish to ignore, and an in-context menu will appear. In the bottom right of that menu is the "Ignore" link.

- Click on your own username in the top right of the header for the site. On the drop-down, click "Ignored Users."

- Log in and visit the link: https://test.myth-weavers.com/index.php?/ignore/

- On mobile, click the three horizontal lines in the top right of the page, then Account, then Ignored Users.

 

Ignoring Users

 

Once you are on the "Ignored Users" page, you can enter usernames into the "Add new user to ignore list" box. If you reached this page from clicking the "ignore" link on a user post, the box will be autopopulated. You can then select what it is you would like to ignore: Posts, Messages, and/or Mentions. Check all that apply and then click "Add User."

 

Beneath the input box on the “Ignored Users” page is a list of all the users you have ignored. By clicking on the cog beside the name of an ignored user, you can change the ignored content or unignore someone entirely.

I have a character sheet attached to this post. Grok the Dwarf-Stomper.

Nice.

Test.