user guide contribution A Suggested Edit for the Guide

[Butchern]

Added to the Guide. - B

 

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.

Edited May 20, 2022 by Butchern (see edit history)