Campaign Portal Building Discussions on Obsidian Portal Community Forums

Shrinking map markers

Quzar — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 21:22:51 +0000

I find that the marker feature in maps creates markers that are too big. I tried my hand at some custom CSS for it, but I think I'm not impacting the correct object. I'd appreciate any tips or hints on how to get this done. Thank you!

Change Maps link

Vishera — Fri, 26 May 2017 04:19:14 +0000

How would I go about changing the link to the Maps page? Since the actual Maps page is borked and is pretty crappy with the square google maps. Is there a way I can change the link on the maps tab on the navigation menu to direct to a wiki page I will just make with my maps?

Linking within a Wiki Page

bill_morgenthien — Sun, 28 May 2017 14:16:40 +0000

I co-maintain a shared campaign with a group of other DMs. We've been re-organizing our Wiki for our next season of play and we're running into an organizational problem. Our wiki pages are getting longer and we often need links to sections within the page (such as to specific headings.)

We've set aside blocks for intra-page links
We've flagged the ID of various sections such as using
We've created links using straight HTML. The URL fed to the browser looks valid /wikis/page#example
Yet when the links are clicked, the only change is the URL in the browser. Both when called from within the page, or referenced from another page.

Is there something I'm missing or a trick within Textile/Redcloth?

Text beside image

Vishera — Sat, 27 May 2017 00:41:22 +0000

Is there a way to display an image, and place text next to it rather than wasting a bunch of space?

Font-Family inconsistent

Heroman84 — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 21:12:30 +0000

I thought it would be more straightforward to change the font I'm using, but when I save the page, the font does not change. The font shows correctly on the preview view, but when I save the page the font is the same boring "Times New Roman" or something close to it-- definitely not the font-family that I selected.

Its been a while since I've done any sort of online editing involving HTML or CSS and I've never worked with Textile before, so I'm hoping that this is just a simple oversight on my part... Attached below are screenshots of what I'm working with.

PS: Ultimately I would like to use the Baldur font from Mad Irishman Productions for all the fonts in my campaign pages but I'm working with what I have for the time being; but if anyone could help me accomplish this, I would be forever grateful.

Adding friends?

shellator — Sun, 21 May 2017 17:15:07 +0000

Hi all,

I haven't been on this site in about four years. A friend of mine just got a new account. How do I invite them to my list of friends? I keep trying to edit my friends list but that doesn't seem to offer the option.

Thanks, game on!

shellator

Can Adventure Log be archived in ascending order (earliest to latest)?

ZimmerRed — Sat, 20 May 2017 20:28:45 +0000

I am asking because I am not having luck finding this answer. If it has already been asked, may I humbly ask for the link?

Character Page Width?

rpowell138 — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 03:16:53 +0000

Been awhile since I've used Obsidian Portal, and search is failing me, so apologies if this has been covered and I'm just missing it.

Is there a way to make the page when viewing a character keep the same width as the main Characters page (or Wiki, or Front Page) at all? Right now everything on my site looks great, but when I go to Characters/Character it suddenly changes from fixed width to 100% width and throws things off. Seems to be the only page that does it.

I realize that some pages/modules (Dashboard, Forum, Calendar, etc.) use a 100% width design, that's fine. This only seems to be when I vew an individual character.

Examples:

Main Characters Page: https://symbaroumatlasofsecrets.obsidianportal.com/characters

Viewing a Character: https://symbaroumatlasofsecrets.obsidianportal.com/characters/lasifor-nightpitch

I won't be using character sheets at all so I'm not worried in that regard. I also just threw this up so content is lacking, ignore the emptiness. :)

Web Design software(like dreamweaver, muse, frontpage, etc.)

newtim — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 05:29:46 +0000

Is there a way to use Web design software like Abobe Dreamweaver, Muse, Microsoft Frontpage, etc. to manage my Obsidian Portal website? It would be nice to work on the website before publishing.

At Wits End With Double Brackets

JSalley — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:14:54 +0000

I am not sure what I am doing wrong but using the double brackets seem to be a hit or miss with me. This is what I have experienced when using them.

Sometimes when they are placed with text near an image they may or may not work right.

Sometimes when they are on their own line they may work or not work right.

I have tried copying and pasting the exact name from the wiki page i'm trying to link to

I have tried placing the link near different images (Sometimes the link works, sometimes it doesn't)

I have even tried so much as not having a page for the link so it would show up saying the page is not made yet and for some reason it's just treating this one specific one as just text instead of saying this is supposed to be a link to a page or this is supposed to be a link to a page that isn't there yet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Clone an existing campaign

ravenspoe — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:37:51 +0000

I am trying to reboot an older campaign with new players, but right now the only option I have is to start a new one and build it from scratch. Is there a way to clone a campaign so I can just reboot with new players?

Preventing plus signs from causing emphasis (noob question)

mead_troy — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 06:04:38 +0000

Is there a way to turn off Textile markup in my character pages? Or at least to signify that a passage should be presented as plain text? I'm trying to use stat blocks that have plus signs in them, but every time I do the markup assumes I want the passage underlined.

Thanks in advance, I'm not very good at this yet.

Stretching an image in a box

Keryth987 — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 05:04:16 +0000

OK, so, starting to tinker wiht another campaign concept (which can be found HERE)

Anyhow, iwha tI'm trying to figure out is how to make an image stretch to fill a Div box rather than repeat. If you look on the first page, the image starts over in the Video box, and I want to avoid that. (Also, could use an opinion on the video and the banner :) )

As always, thanks

(And no, I've not given up on my Phoenix Rising Campaign, just working on a second idea that been itching at me brain)

Searches and Fan Counts and forms, oh my!

Ghandi — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:36:49 +0000

I've been working on styling a campaign that, for design reasons, I want to remove as much of the pre-generated nav bars, side-bars, etc. from the campaign's pages.

The removal part is easy, but some of these bars have functionality that I want to be able to keep so that the site isn't super-inconvenient to use. So here are the things I have been trying to do that with which I've so far had no success. I'll do my best to list everything I have tried so far that has not worked.

Note: I'm not a super-advanced html/css user, but I'm a fast learner so please feel free to hit me with as much complexity or nuance as you like.

Campaign Search Bar (inserted on the page instead of in the top nav bar)
1. Tried taking the code from the existing campaign search element, defining a new div class to contain it and working it into my wiki pages - all to no avail.
2. Tried building my own form to capture the input, didn't seem to work (see 3rd major topic below).
Fan Count (inserted on the page instead of on the side bar)
1. I can successfully reproduce the button and/or hyperlink for people to add the campaign to their favorites, but I can't find a way to pull the fan count when the page loads.
2. I don't really have any great ideas here. My best guess is this would require knowing more about how OP's back-end works, or figuring out a way to transplant the entire fan counter container and then modify it's appearance to fit my site.
Various ideas involving use of
and tags which so far seem functionless.
1. My work so far seems to indicate that tags are just disabled for direct input on OP pages. Does anyone know if this is true? Or do I just have even less of a clue what I'm doing than I thought I did?

Unfortunately at this time I can't really link to the campaign. It's very unfinished at this point, but already has enough info on it that I don't want to potentially spoil any of it for my future players (some of whom are pretty likely to read this thread).

Any and all help is appreciated!

Help With Mouseovers

tommy19 — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 18:08:41 +0000

I feel kind of silly. I've been away from OP for a while and my CSS/HTML skills have gotten rustier than I thought...

What I am attempting to do is use HTML to create a mouseover of an image. Normally you see an image with a title over it. When you hover over it the image changes to a slightly different image giving you more information about that person/place/thing.

I would like to do this in HTML as I have multiple images I would like to use rather than a single instance to use over multiple pages.

Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. :)

Stop 'Email All' as Default?

drewsph_dunn — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 02:51:04 +0000

Is there a way to not have the 'Email All' box checked for forum posts by default?

I accidentally made a player the GM. How do I get it back?

Popslackjaw_Jason — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 23:38:16 +0000

I made one of the players GM, which is bad because he doesn't have an ascendant account so we're missing a lot of options. He won't be on for a few days, but I would like to continue sprucing up our new campaign in the meantime. Is there a way for me to get the GM privelges back without involving him? I created the campaign, and I am the only ascendant member.

Styling from April's COTM

Keryth987 — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:11:54 +0000

OK, so, the Campaign of the Month for April is quite impressive. And I was wondering if any of the CSS Gurus here knew how the GM did his styling for the characters and GM listing on the right side of his page? I figure I'd try here first, before bugging the GM, as there is a language difference with the GM being French. Thanks all

How to Make Maps for Your Campaign (For Free!)

arsheesh — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:58:13 +0000

This thread is meant as a sort of annotated compendium of helpful resources, software and tutorials that can enable you to create your own maps for your campaigns and/or campaign worlds. Though there are some really good commercial resources on map-making out there, I've focused here on resources that are all free or freeware.

h3. Helpful Resources for Map-Making:

1. "A Magical Society: Guide to Mapping":http://paizo.com/store/downloads/free/v5748btpy82tc, is a free 37 page pdf that covers everything from the axial spin of the planet, to its climate and ecology, to the cultures that inhabit it. This is an extraordinarily useful little manual, especially given that it is absolutely free!

2. "Medieval Demographics Made Easy":http://www.io.com/~sjohn/demog.htm is a short online, researched article aimed at explaining to the average DM how things such as population density and spread, agriculture, and economic goods and services function within a Medieval setting.

3. "The Doomsday Book":http://www.rpglibrary.org/utils/meddemog/ is a supplemental aid to the article on Medieval Demographics. This site offers a sort of "Settlements Calculator"; you plug in inputs such as the climate and geographical spread of one of your civilizations, and the calculator generates outputs such as a break down of population (and its spread), specific details relating to the villages and settlements of your civilization, number of castles and fortifications, and even a breakdown of what kinds of goods and services are likely available in those villages (including how many butcher, bakers, thatchers etc. the village would likely support).

4. "The Cartographers Guild":http://forum.cartographersguild.com/index.php?referrerid=15127, a site dedicated to supporting those who enjoy making maps, whether you are a complete novice, an amateur, or a professional RPG cartographer (and there are several of these within the Guild). Not only are there great tutorials for map making, but there are also very instructive discussions on related topics that bear on our conversation here.

h3. Free Software for Map-Making:

1. "GIMP":http://www.gimp.org/ is a raster based Image Manipulation Program similar to Photoshop. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

2. "Inkscape":http://inkscape.org/ is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw or Xara X.

3. "Wilbur":http://www.ridgenet.net/~jslayton/wilbur.html is a freely distributed bit of software that works with height fields (it can be used to simulate somewhat realistic erosion on maps)

_NOTE: most of these tutorials are all hosted at the Cartographers Guild; you will need to create an account there to access them._

h3. Tutorials On Making Regional or World Maps:

1. "How to Create an Artistic Regional Map in GIMP":http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?1142-Award-Winner-Using-GIMP-to-Create-an-Artistic-Regional-RPG-Map this is a good _Beginner_ level map tutorial in GIMP (written by RobA). The style of map is somewhat realistic.

2. "Antique Style Maps in GIMP":http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?15011-Antique-Style-Maps-in-Gimp. This is another good _Beginner_ level tutorial in GIMP (originally written for Photoshop by Ascension but translated to GIMP by Candacis). The style of the map, as the name implies, is more traditional.

3. "Atlas Style Map In GIMP":http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?4084-Award-Winner-My-atlas-style-in-PS/page27 (located at the bottom of the page). This is another good _Beginner_ and _Intermediate_ level tutorial in GIMP (originally written by Ascension for Photoshop, but translated to GIMP by Gidde). The tutorial will give you an attractive pseudo-realistic atlas style map.

4. "Hand Drawn Mapping for the Artistically Challenged":http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?10655-Hand-Drawn-Mapping-%28for-the-Artistically-Challenged%29 this is a great _Beginner_ level tutorial for a more hand-drawn style of map (written by Gidde).

5. "Photorealistic Maps in GIMP & Willbur":http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?18280-Eriond-A-Tutorial-for-GIMP-amp-Wilbur this is a slightly more _Intermediate_ level tutorial that walks you through how to create a map in GIMP and add realistic looking terrain to it in Wilbur (written by myself).

Creating a new link in the left menu

jalle — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 21:07:36 +0000

Hi all.

I am totally new to Obsidian portal but I've used the past days trying to set up my campaign layout. The one thing I need for now is creating a new link in the left menu. What I want is something like the "item" menu I've seen on other campaign pages, but instead of items I want quests. Unfourtunately I can't even seem to add the item section (thinking I could rename this to quest and then add quest as one would normally add items).

What I have done for now, is using a Wiki page called quests, where they are listed, but I would rather have a nice interface with pictures the players could click for a precise description. Is something like this possible?

My campaign page can be found here:

https://eberron-36.obsidianportal.com/

transparency for .campaign-landing-show

Omegabase — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:11:59 +0000

Trying to make my home page main content container transparent so you can see the background through spaces between the image maps i'm planning to put in there. This doesn't seem to work:

.campaign-landing-show .main-content-container {background-color:transparent}

Or maybe this isn't even possible. Searched the forum and no dice.

Several Questions for Free Accounts

nightstorm — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 23:53:13 +0000

So I have not used the Portal in a long time. I have Three campaigns, and would like to delete two of them but don't know how. Also it says my media is all used up so I started deleting pictures but that didn't seem to help.

Custom CSS Beta Discussion

Micah2 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:45:36 +0000

This is a place to discuss any thoughts related to the Custom CSS / Campaign Theming that we're working on. In a nutshell, we're exploring the option of allowing people to define their own campaign-wide CSS rules. We've got a working prototype, but we'd like some more feedback before releasing it to everyone.

If you're not part of the beta, don't worry, we'll be releasing it soon enough.

If you are part of the beta (or have ideas), think about these questions:

* Are there any malicious CSS tricks we need to be especially aware of? We do some sanitizing and sanity checks, but CSS hackery is not something I'm terribly familiar with.
* What changes to the markup are necessary to support maximum flexibility in theming? We're happy to add extra divs, spans, classes, ids, etc, etc. If there's a particular CMS out there that does a good job with this, please point us.
* How can we roll this out (new markup, specifically) without destroying existing campaign theming? Do we need to support both the old and new markup styles? That would be a real pain on our end, but I can understand if it's necessary.
* Is there anything else we should be considering at the same time? What am I missing?

Thanks again for all your help!

Adding Music to Your Wiki?

AezithMaster — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:22:03 +0000

Hey everyone. I've recently started my first campaign using Obsidian Portal, but I don't know anything about coding so I mainly use it as an information bank for my players. However, I think it would be really cool to have music playing in the background for my players when perusing the pages. There was an old post on this, but I can't seem to get anything to work quite right so I was wondering if someone can help me out step-by-step. Thanks!

How to play online?

chem24 — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 09:35:40 +0000

So I'm a first-timer and a complete noob at D&D right now. I want to try being a DM first, and I want to know how do you play and run a campaign online, since I can't arrange game nights and I prefer playing online rather than real-time anyway.

Help will be greatly appreciated by me :D

Turn off Autosave Notification?

PerryHawth — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 21:53:47 +0000

Hi all!

Very new.

I just started up my own campaign and I'm trying to find a way to turn off the autosave notification while I'm editing a page. Barring that, can I just turn off autosave? I apprectiate the autosave function as a whole, but as someone with ADD, it is incredibly distracting to see a bright green bar pop up on the top right of my screen every 10-15 seconds, and it's disrupting my flow. I've tried searching google and the forum to no avail. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Perry

Comment Button

cgregory — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 17:25:20 +0000

Someone who's name shall not be mentioned, had said they didn't even realize that there was a comment button on the campaign homepage. Which I can sort of understand since the campaign homepage is usually one of the more visually striking pages. So I set about making the comment button a little more obvious. In my case, I enlisted the help of an animated short tempered alien to act as my ambassador to the comment section.

/* Comment Section*/

.small-12.columns.comment-count-column {

background-image: url(https://db4sgowjqfwig.cloudfront.net/campaigns/124016/assets/664042/Comment.gif);

height: 300px;

background-position:center;

background-repeat: no-repeat;

}

.comment-count-wrapper {

height: 300px;

}

.comment-count-wrapper .count {

padding-top: 250px;

}

.comment-count-wrapper dd{font-size:100%;}

So feel free to head on over and take a look https://x-com-defiance.obsidianportal.com/ and I'd do as my ambassador says.

Sticky Posts

drewsph_dunn — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 22:43:36 +0000

Hi everyone. Just joined and I'm really impressed by everything here. One thing I'm not intuitively grasping: on my campaigns Forums, how can I lock/sticky a post to the top of the Forum? For example, I created a FAQ Forum and I want to lock the first post to the top of the thread. How would I do this?

Also as a general aside, it's very easy to surf all the way to the subforum I want, create a post, and only then realize that the default setting for new posts is 'Forum' and not the subforum that I was previously viewing. Super frustrating to have to manually move those posts back to the subforum.

Thanks to any and all that help me figure this out.

Drew

PC management screen for the players themselves

cole_thearin — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 22:28:04 +0000

Is there a way to make it so the players can edit their own pc's on the campaign site. That way I wouldn't have to go in to edit every little thing they do. How would one do this and is it even possible? I wouldn't want to make them all have gm permissions either due to the hidden characters that they haven't met yet.