The Dealer had a knife and the dog had a gun and the cat had a shot of Rye.
Mention Someone
First, you need to know their OOC Display Name (i.e., Stormwolfe, Flip, Wayfarer, Bongo the Magnificent, etc.).
Then, you put in the @ sign with the display name in square brackets. Example: @[Display Name].
The Dealer had a knife and the dog had a gun and the cat had a shot of Rye.
Thread Tagging
Our site has three built-in "tags" to mark the status of threads: Open, Tagged, and Complete. You can find the dropdown for these tags at the bottom of the posting window where it says "This thread is:"
Open
This tag should only be used on threads that are open for anyone to tag into. Open threads have their own Discord feed. Also, if you click on Open in the top navigation menu, it will show a list of threads tagged as open.
This tag will probably be used the least.
Tagged
This tag should be the one that is used most often. The majority of our threads are planned out with another Player so are not Open to anyone to join.
Complete
This thread tag sort of explains itself. On the final / closing post, the Player should chose Complete from the thread tags list and lock the thread after posting. If they do not have site permissions for locking their own thread, seeing Complete with flag one of the Game Managers to lock it.
Summary
Open is for threads that are open to everyone and anyone to tag into.
Tagged is for threads that have been planned out with another Player.
Complete is for threads that are finished and should be chosen on the final post.
OOC Threads should not have a thread tag at all. *makes note to self to go fix that*
The Dealer had a knife and the dog had a gun and the cat had a shot of Rye.
Timeline
Our new site automatically organizes threads into a timeline. In keeping with our fluid time concept at the old Sagas' site, our main goal now will be to make sure our characters are not in two different threads at the exact same time. This should not be hard as most of us have a good idea of when our threads and events happened.
How to Use
Assuming you have an idea of when you want a new thread set in time, the first thing you need to do is...
Click on Timeline in the main menu and then on the month/year you plan on using for your new thread.
Scan it to see who was where and when, then go start your thread.
Fill in the Timeline Fields
There are three fields: Month (dropdown), Day (manual input), Year (dropdown).
- 1st Field / Month: Simple enough, choose the month your thread is set in from the dropdown list.
- *Middle Field / Day: You can use the arrows to the right to scroll up and down the numbers or simply enter the day of the month you want to use. Keep in mind which months have less than 31 days.
- 3rd Field / Year: Choose the year from the dropdown.
*Middle Field / Day: It is important that you pick a specific day - or - go back to Timeline to see what day was selected by the system. Why? If a day of the month is not selected (i.e., 1, 2, 3, ... 8, 9, 10, etc.) the system randomly assigns a numeric day value between 1 and 30 to it.
The Dealer had a knife and the dog had a gun and the cat had a shot of Rye.
Mature Content
Well, kids, here at the new Sagas, we no longer have to worry about hiding boards with mature content, etc. Vesta, our forum platform, has taken the a logical step and made a mature content warning built-in.
How Does It Work?
I am glad you asked!
First, you need to complete your OOC profile and turn the Mature Content toggle on or leave it off depending on your preferences. If you set the toggle to on, you must also fill in your birthday (you can still choose not to show your birthdate to the public). If you leave the toggle off, then you won't be able to read threads marked Mature on the site.
This also means that the public (i.e. guests and visitors browsing the site) will not be able to see threads that have been marked as Mature.
How to Mark Threads as Mature
You have two options for turning Mature Content on.
- While in editing mode, flip the Mature Content toggle at the bottom of the editor window to on, then save the post as normal.
- Scroll to the bottom of a thread to the Moderators Control, choose Mark Mature from the dropdown, click the Save button.
Voila! Threads are marked as mature and some kid looking for porn can't see them.
The Dealer had a knife and the dog had a gun and the cat had a shot of Rye.
In Character Posting
As we get closer to starting to post at this site, I want to add a couple of How-To notes here while I work on the guide.
So, what is actually new...
Description Field: For IC posts, we'll use this to further designate where the scene is taking place. Usually, this will only be needed if the thread takes place in a huge building or out at a fair or something like that. In cases like those, you'll want to narrow down the where. For example, if the thread is in the Belle-St. Regis forum, then you might want to put Restaurant or Room # in the Description field.
In-Post Images: Must be hosted at an off-site image host. They cannot be directly uploaded into a post. I highly recommend using PostImages. All you'll need to do is upload your image there, get the Direct Link URL and add it into the image icon in the post. Please make sure to size the image down if it is a massive one. I recommend in-post images be no wider than 800 px.
Timeline: OK, this site comes with a working IC Timeline feature. We're still not gonna sweat exacts overmuch, but it'll be nice to have some good timeline threading. You can check the Timeline using the link in the top menu to see who is where and when. We'll soon have the Timeline displaying the most recent date of the most recent new thread. For now, just get it as close as you can.
Note: Please do pick a date (center field of the Timeline). Otherwise, every single thread will be set to the first of the month.
OK - so here is the down-and-dirty How To!
- Go to the location forum where you want to post. Click Create.
- Use Character = Choose your character from the dropdown list.
- Title = Reasonably short Thread Title.
- Description = Specific location if needed.
- Timeline: Choose month from dropdown, input date (middle field), choose year from dropdown. If your thread is set in the past (i.e. a flashback), leave the timeline fields blank and put the time frame in the description field.
- Write post or copy/paste your post in the editor.
- Choose Mature Content if it exceeds our standards. Remember, if you haven't set this up in your OOC profile, you won't be able to see posts marked as mature.
- This Thread is: Open, Tagged, Complete.
- Open: Use only if the thread is truly open for anyone to tag into. DO NOT use it for threads you've planned with another Player(s).
- Tagged: This is what you'll use the most. Use it for threads that you have planned with other Players.
- Complete: Use this on the final/closing post of a thread.
If you get stuck, post your questions in the Help Me forum or Discord channel.
The Dealer had a knife and the dog had a gun and the cat had a shot of Rye.
Aligning Images in Posts
Many of us enjoy adding extra images to our posts to help with descriptions or to illustrate a concept. Sometimes, we want to wrap the text around the image to give the post a little p'zazz.
This is a three-step process.
1st Step
Add your image to the thread as normal (Click on the image icon in the header and fill out the fields).
2nd Step
Click on the image, then click on the drop down that shows "Paragraph" in the header. Choose Align, then choose align left or align right.
3rd Step
Click on the <> icon to bring up the post's source code. You will be looking for your inserted image code which will be something like this:
<img style="float: right;" src="https://i.postimg.cc/TdnZPHS9/shade7.jpg" width="250" height="297">You need to add the "hspace modifier" to add a little margin between your image and the text.
<img style="float: right;;" src="Image URL" width="250" height="297" hspace="20px"/>