Defiance Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Signatures...If you want to put a picture in your signature, keep it no bigger than 500X250. If people do not want to see (or have their slow PC load signature pictures), it can be disabled by each individual user. You can choose to see everyone's signature on posts or not. Because that's now an individual option, it removes much of the reason not to let people put something there other than a crest if they wish. Compendiums - This is literally the absolute last thing I'm going to worry about doing and it'll be gibberish if I try to explain why, so if you have a question for mods, you'll have to do like most boards do for now and PM your mod questions. If you are a mod, just post it in our area and we will answer it for you. If you are not a mod, PM it to me, and I will post it to the mods and get back to you. We aren't going to be really ready to solicit new players until we finish up this season, so I just can't see making this an important issue for me to deal with when I have about 25 other things to do that are more important. I've been creamed the last 10 days, so I haven't done much updating. I will be doing more in the next few weeks, so don't be surprised to see things pop up, but I am only human and have a limited capacity for editing 88 pages of CSS code and testing the board after every edit. It's very tedious and exhausting when you do not do that professionally and also to do it in a way that won't make the board go wonky every time something software related needs updating. We don't want to be back where we started in a few years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 I'm going to do a few updates and maybe try and add a few features, so if the board goes into maintenance mode don't worry or be surprised! I might not need to do that, though, so we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 I don't think I'm going to need maintenance mode for any of the stuff I'm working on right now. You may have noticed that we now have a chatbox (it's set to just members right now but will eventually allow guests/potential members), so please post something in it so I know you can see it! You can turn the sound notifications on or off for it. We also have an online list in the sidebar as well as a recently updated topics list. At some point, I'm hoping you will be able to toggle anything in the sidebar on and off so you only have to see what you want to see. I'm going to be adding in our "Story"... IC calendar...IC news...etc. Things may move around a bit. The overall footer crap at the bottom of the skin will likely go away and be swapped out to presenting that information in another way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 First time here on my mobile, board is super friendly to browse - lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 Thanks! I can only take a sliver of credit, though. Invision is made way more mobile-friendly than phpBB even without my few modifications ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Just to bring us up to date, there are no more compendiums at all Ask all your questions in the appropriate ask forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Just to bring us SUPER up to date, TinyPic closed so all our tinypic hosted images are poofed. Bear with me while I get us some new images or upload the old ones elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 I have updated our skin/theme options, so if you go to the absolute bottom of the board by the copyright, you will see the theme selector. Have fun! Not all the themes have the same features (like floating menus that scroll with you) or work with all views. Our boards are best viewed in the grid/card view, which is the middle option underneath our header image on the middle right. You can upload a signature, always could, but don't make it bigger then 500 wide by 250 tall. If you are an individual who doesn't want to see signatures, you can disable signatures in your view. You can also disable individual signatures. There is a toggle on the bottom left of the signature box on everyone signature. If you need to host a signature image here, Hope has created a thread for that in this forum. Upload by drag and drop or paperclip from your PC or a link, and then right click on the picture to get the image address. Images you upload will forever be under your profile under my attachments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackguard Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 As you may have seen, our boards locked down and demanded that I update the software. My first attempt was a failure, but my second attempt to update the Invision software succeeded, but we admins may have to figure out how to clean up the boards and the forums. Hopefully nothing is missing. Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackguard Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 If you see anything unusual or broken on the site, let us know here. We are trying to see if all of the forums are still viewable, except for the moderator forums, and that nothing needs immediate attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Blount Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 I can access the forums just fine. FYI, I am unable to post in or see the chatbox as it constantly says it is loading. I dont know if it is a residual issue or just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Yes I have that chatbox issue too. We could always make a ooc post for chat perhaps, it feels friendly/welcoming to hae a chat option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackguard Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Yes, the issue is tricky. Originally the chat box appeared but would not accept any posts. When I played with it, the chat box disappeared. I'm not sure hw to fix it, but I will play with it in the coming week. Defiance might figure out a way to fix it, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Despanay Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 What about having a Discord Channel, I'm pretty sure most of us already are familiar and use Discord? It's simple to download and of course free. All the rpgs I'm in have their own Discord channel for yakking, plotting, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 I'll reintegrate the chat. The site update is still indexing on the back end. It might just sort itself out. We had issues with a chat that wasn't integrated on the board so anything like that would be a last resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackguard Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Apologies folks. We have been sidetracked with site issues, real life challenges for several of our moderators, and summer time blues it seems. While we had hoped to start the new season soon, we are still many weeks away. We are contemplating having players send in game correspondence or using the crystal ball OOC forum to post amusing OOC fiction. So, please bear with us as the weeks roll by. We will get things rolling again. There is no doubt about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Despanay Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I will check in periodically then. Real life happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackguard Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Okay folks, we are finalizing recess posts, questions, and plotting, so expect that posting may begin as soon as next week. Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackguard Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Players who have not sent in their recess summaries need to send us something promptly. If you are awaiting an answer from a moderator, please ping one of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 I had to update several of our forum modifications (apps and plug-ins) like change post author and linked accounts, so if you see any template errors (usually an official message over the area of the page where the functionality would be) please let me know. Many of these can be avoided if you get hit with them by switching to the default invision theme at the bottom. A few of our personalized themes are no longer supported by the overall forum updates by Invision, so I've had to delete them. There are still a ton of themes available from the drop down menu on the bottom of the forum to suit your mood, although some may have some hard to read areas due to the updates, especially on mobile. If they do and you don't like that, pick a different theme The London Map theme is pretty trustworthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiance Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 The Chatbox is fixed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackguard Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 ... and there was rejoicing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackguard Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Large threads like a ball or the opening reception can get bogged down in a number of ways: 1) You are awaiting the person that is to speak next. After a week feel free to nudge that PC with a PM reminder 2) Smaller groups, like two characters can speak more quickly because it is just two players, and their postings, as a result, can dominate a thread. If two characters are posting in rapid fashion and it looks like there will be more than just a few posts back and forth, create a side thread in the same forum. This allows the two to hyperpost with each other without dominating the main thread. 3) The NPCs are not approaching PCs. At larger events, we moderators tend to have them passive so that a player can decide who they wish to speak with generally. However, there are some NPCs that have arrived in Windsor looking to approach certain PCs to advance certain story lines, but this is not often. Sometimes, if we sense things are going too slowly in the thread, we will have an NPC appear. The key is to take the initiative. Chat with the fellow PCs with which you wish to reunite and then think about which NPCs could advance your PC's story lines and seek them out. Otherwise, the event will be a missed opportunity and you will need to find another situation to seek out someone. If there is someone you are looking for in particular, note that in your post or send a PM to the moderator who generally plays that NPC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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