https://forum.obsidianportal.com/categories/campaign-portal-building/p32/feed.rss Sat, 19 Sep 2026 07:46:22 +0000 Campaign Portal Building Discussions on Obsidian Portal Community Forums en-CA https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3153/link-map-marker-to-adventure-log-word Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:08:22 +0000 Nofare 3153@/discussions
I'd like to create a link between a word in my adventure log and a marker I created on a map.
Possible?

Thanks!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3152/formatting-question-from-text-editor-to-adventure-log-page Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:54:23 +0000 Desert_Son 3152@/discussions
After a search I just discovered Chainsawxiv's "Sanction of Athar tips and tricks section":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/sanction/wikis/tips-tricks#2 and that provided huge help on some formatting for the adventure log pages I put in place. Thanks to Chainsawxiv for that great resource!

But I have another question about writing to the adventure log that I haven't seen anything about (maybe it's not an issue for most) so was wondering if anyone had any thoughts.

First, some background. I am not the GM for our group, and I did not set up our Obsidian Portal site. I am one of the players in our group (I play the wizard Rahab), however, and I write the adventure log as a kind of novelization of our game play. I compose in Microsoft Word before I copy/paste to the adventure log pages that I create. Once the text is there, I format with HTML, save, ta-da, the pages appear. Cool.

Except I like footnotes, and I write some pretty extensive ones, sometimes. In Microsoft Word, this is easy: Format Menu to Insert to Footnote. When I copy-paste to the adventure log creation boxes, however, the MS Word-specific footnote formatting doesn't translate. I have to hunt for the specific places I inserted footnotes, create superscript codes in HTML at those spots, and then scroll all the way to the bottom of the entry, set off a separate footnote space with a typed line, and then re-type each specific footnote, including the number and the text. Does anyone know if there is a faster way to create footnotes, or even an HTML-specific footnote coding format?

If my question is unclear, please let me know and I will try and re-phrase or add more detail.

Regardless, thanks for any help, and if anyone is interested in reading our game's story, we are located right over "here":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/geeks-distributed. It is a Rise of the Runelords Pathfinder campaign, and while our site is not the most advanced you'll see, I do hope you enjoy the story writing!

Still learning,

Robert
Adventure Log writer at "Geeks Distributed":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/geeks-distributed]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3145/help-with-dynamic-character-sheet-colors Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:43:59 +0000 Number_Six 3145@/discussions
Like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/liger_bomb/charsheet_zpsece6e65c.png

I think my custom CSS is interfering somehow? The issue seems to be tied in to the overall text color. If I change the text color to black then I can read the alternate columns in the character sheet just fine. Unfortunately, the background color on the rest of the campaign pages is also black, thus nothing is readable on any non-character sheet pages. Is there some sort of exception I can throw in to fix this, or am I stuck not using the character sheet at all?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3147/css-oddity-help-appreciated Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:58:46 +0000 Belrathius 3147@/discussions
Long-time lurker, I *think* I have posted elsewhere in the forums prior to today, can't recall.

On to the real issue.

I am trying to reverse-engineer the hover effect shown on the dark queen of the west campaign (links at the bottom). I have been working with Gaaran, who has been great and sent me a copy of the HTML for the page and a link to the actual CSS being used (Firebug CSS content was rather huge and seemed more than the Pre-OP processed version). With the exact HTML and the exact CSS, one would think you would get the same results, but such is not the case. What I get instead seems to have the basic elements, but layout is all wrong and the hover element is completely missing, defeating the main objective (to reverse engineer how it was achieved).

Anyone have any idea as to why the exact same HTML and the exact same CSS produces different results? While my real goal is to get a disconnected hover result (unlike RobertKety's use in his awesome Dragonlance wiki), I am now also quite perplexed as to how identical inputs result in different outputs. I tried both Textile parsers, just in case, but no change (I don't believe any actual Textile code is used, actually). Looking through the settings, the only other change I could see being made is typekits, but that is all about custom font stuff so I have doubts that it would produce such a difference. So why might the layout, driven by the CSS, be different when my CSS comes directly from the CSS file of the other campaign?

Relevant addresses:
http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/the-dark-queen-of-the-west/wikis/main-page
http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-dark-queen-of-the-west/themes/custom_css
http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/bels-test/wikis/main-page

Thanks in advance for any assistance provided, as I am at a loss for how to proceed otherwise.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3144/forum-these-forums-formatting Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:40:36 +0000 Desert_Son 3144@/discussions
In my debut post attempts in these forums (not the ones for my campaign site) I have tried to use HTML tags, but can't seem to make them work. Can we employ HTML in posts in these forums? If not, is there some other means by which I can encode italics, bold, underlining, and similar styles?

Thanks.

Still learning,

Robert]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3146/stubborn-video-resize Tue, 20 Aug 2013 05:16:19 +0000 deadbeatnik 3146@/discussions
The code I am using is from similar discussions in this thread:




Chitlins, Whiskey, and Skirt Intro




Now, other things I have tried: Replacing the quotation marks, checking YouTube for hidden 'do not resize my video' buttons, re-uploading a lower quality video, all the suggestion from similar threads, voodoo, various methods from around the web, and offering my gaming party to Cthulhu if he would just fix it. Any help would be welcome and appreciated. I'm sure it is something I have overlooked or have done just plain wrong.

Thanks for your time and efforts!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2972/hyperlink-to-new-page-tab Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:39:53 +0000 revel911 2972@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3133/css-block-lines-limit Sun, 11 Aug 2013 23:51:48 +0000 wolfhound2 3133@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3134/sort-by-tag-s Mon, 12 Aug 2013 01:00:27 +0000 LordMisha 3134@/discussions
However, when you click on the Items tab, that window does not exist, even though you can apply tags to the items and in theory, filter and sort the same as Characters.

Any ideas or tips to make that window show up in the sidebar? Or would that be an actual Feature Request? I know they are spending the time on Reforging but doesn't seem like much to add code for that window to appear on Items tab. I know there are some smart users here so someone may have found a hack :)]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3069/sliding-header-animation Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:08:54 +0000 robertkety 3069@/discussions
@#header {
border: 1px solid white;
border-radius: 5px;
width: 42px;
margin: 5px 0px -50px -50px;
opacity: .5;
transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
#header:hover {
width: 1090px;
margin: 5px 0px 5px -50px;
opacity: 1;
transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
@


Robert
"Autumn Dragons":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/autumn-dragons]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3122/mobile-site-gets-stuck-ipad Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:19:41 +0000 weasel0 3122@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3121/image-used-on-each-page-has-disappeared Tue, 30 Jul 2013 13:30:11 +0000 Tanelornpete 3121@/discussions
What options do I have? Go through literally thousands of pages and change the graphic? Go through literally thousands of pages and delete the graphic? Leave the wierd title on each page? Is there a way to edit asset numbers to replace it with the old one?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3119/the-plusses-i-used-to-know Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:06:35 +0000 jtokay 3119@/discussions
Fast forward past a hiatus, and we’re back with a new campaign, and … totally forgot how I did it. Can’t even find examples on my old wiki to copy from. Can anybody help me out and jog my memory? Thanks!]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3116/hiding-the-latest-updates-from-players Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:15:16 +0000 queenbigtoe 3116@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3101/what-s-the-formula-to-roll-dices Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:11:09 +0000 Eirivion 3101@/discussions Has anyone figured that out?]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2561/forum-signature Wed, 30 May 2012 02:59:35 +0000 Keryth987 2561@/discussions
Peace and Long Life,
Keryth
"Shadows Over New York":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/shadows-over-new-york]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3083/content-box Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:56:51 +0000 Michael_Feare 3083@/discussions
I often write long articles for my campaigns, so having these would help out a lot.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3088/strange-css-issue-affecting-fonts-on-pc-but-not-on-mac Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:23:27 +0000 j4yj4y 3088@/discussions
While I could stick with the in-line [div]/CSS, I fear I'm gonna run into problems in the future when I choose to change something.

Here is the code in question:

In my CSS Page:

/*SCROLL WORK BACKGROUND*/

.scrolltop {width:730px;font-family:IM Fell English;font-size:14pt;line-height:normal;background-image:url('http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/221772/bg_large.jpg');}
.scrollmid {width:730px;font-family:IM Fell English;height:39px;background-image:url('http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/221774/top_large.png');}
.scrollbody {width:650px;font-family:IM Fell English;padding:20px 40px 20px 40px;}
.scrollbottom {width:730px;font-family:IM Fell English;height:39px;background-image:url('http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/221773/bottom_large.png');}

On a page using the classes (With Angle Brackets Switched to Square Brackets so that you can see the code):

[div class="scrolltop"]
[div class="scrollmid"][/div]
[div class="scrollbody"]

Content of the Page

[/div]
[div class="scrollbottom"][/div]
[/div]

You can see this live here:

http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/feywin

Any help would be greatly appreciated! =D]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3086/best-practices Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:02:09 +0000 bluesguy 3086@/discussions
So I am thinking about creating a brand new campaign world using Obsidian Portal. I have been happy with my current "Valdorian Age":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/valdorian-age-rising-power-on-the-frontier . But I realized that I 'boxed' myself into a corner as a GM with the campaign world. I could go to the trouble of recreating the campaign (a lot of trouble considering the fact I can't just back up and restore the site onto a new site) or just create a new campaign world from scratch.

h2. The questions

What would people recommend as best practices when it comes to using Obsidian Portal. I have been looking at the various threads on the Help & Tips forum. These threads are great for the how to implement things but I am asking for the design approach people are taking or wish they took when they got going. So imagine if you could start from scratch how would you do it again.

h3. Features

So would you use Adventure Log, Wiki, Characters, Items, Forums, Calendar, Maps, and/or Comments? I have seen that some GMs are skipping Characters, Items, and Maps and putting that information in the Wiki. Do you have an opinion about that.

h3. Layout

Is there a consensus on who has the best layout these days?

I have taken a look at "Sanction of the Athar Tips & Tricks":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/sanction/wikis/tips-tricks , "Age of Legends Miscellany":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/age-of-legends/wikis/miscellany , "A God ... Rebuilt Site Appearance and How we Role":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/a-god-rebuilt/wikis/site-appearance-and-how-we-role , and the various Feature Campaigns of the Month.

Thank all of you in advance]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3087/shared-obsidian-portal-sites Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:15:28 +0000 ketherian 3087@/discussions
Here's the one's I know about and have listed. If you know of any others - please add them to this disucssion.

h3. Free templates for use in your site

* "ktl1985's":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/ktle1985/ "Helpful pathfinder templates":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/helpful-pathfinder-templates This is a collection of templates I’m building as I use Obsidian Portal to run PFPG.

h3. Free css for your site

* "Basilueus'":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/Basileus "iGlass":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/outremer/wikis/iglass (based on Wolfhound's iMetallic, listed below).
* "Basilueus":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/Basileus "The Stonemason's Ledger":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/theedgeofnight/wikis/stonemasons-ledger (based on Wolfhound's The Innkeeper's Ledger, listed below).
* "Wolfhound's":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/wolfhound/ "The Innkeeper's Ledger":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/free-template-innkeeper-s-ledger
* "Wolfhound's":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/wolfhound/ "iMetallic":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/free-template-imetallic
* "Wolfhound's":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/wolfhound/ "Simple red and black ":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/free-template-simple-black-red
* "Wolfhound's":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/wolfhound/ "Simple black and green":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/free-template-simple-black-green
* "Wolfhound's":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/wolfhound/ "Simple black and blue":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/free-template-simple-black-blue

h3. Resources

* "DarkMagus's":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/DarkMagus "Gaming music":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/gaming-music A music resource for GMs. Now with over 160 albums reviewed, with more being added all the time! Plus character pages for artists/composers and a tools section for a little extra help. Checkout the Playlist Helper by Gaaran and the accompanying pre-made playlists by theme.
* "Gaaran's":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/gaaran "The Fantastinomicon":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-fantastinomicon a place for members of the community to share ideas, post characters or places they’ve come up with, and just create a general repository of pre-made, quick start material to share within the community.
* "Kenurion’s":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/kenurion "Compendium of PbP & On-Line Campaigns":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/compendium-of-pbp-on-line-campaigns A list of Play-by-Post (PbP) and other On-Line campaigns played on Obsidian Portal.
* "KillerVP's":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/killervp "New Plot Club":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-new-plot-club GM's only. Message KillerVP for membership.
* "Stephen Wollett’s":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/StephenWollett "Stock NPC’s":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/a-database-of-stock-npc-s A group of like-minded GM's who share their NPCs and Monsters with everyone.
* "Vstray’s":http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/vstraydogstrutv "Shared Creations":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/shared-creations/wikis/main-page A place to hold the things you made.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2185/how-to-link-to-items Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:02:55 +0000 Baro 2185@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3075/centering-fan-icons Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:00:46 +0000 robertkety 3075@/discussions NOTE: Changes to the sidebar width will require an adjustment to this code:

@.fan { margin-left:7px; }@

Happy Coding!

Robert
"Autumn Dragons":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/autumn-dragons]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3073/where-we-game-google-maps-tos-fix Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:30:04 +0000 robertkety 3073@/discussions @#where-we-game-map a.gmnoprint.terms-of-use-link {
line-height: 0;
display: block;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
#where-we-game-map span a {
display: block;
line-height: 0;
}@

Happy Coding!

Robert
"Autumn Dragons":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/autumn-dragons/]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/2985/css-tidbits-compilation Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:49:02 +0000 Kallak 2985@/discussions
I'm starting this thread with the intent of having it act as sort of a repository for useful, handy or interesting snippets of CSS code. I've seen more than a few code bits in this forum post or that, and I assume that I can't be the only one who wishes they were all in one place. With that said, I release this into the wilds of OP, and hope that it grows and thrives.

Please Number entries so that any discussion that may occur can be more easily followed.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3066/character-sheets Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:35:24 +0000 mtitolo 3066@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3059/removing-unwanted-tags Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:32:23 +0000 neilgooge 3059@/discussions
Relatively new to the site... well... I'm not, but have only just started to use it properly. Basically i added a bunch of tags incorrectly and now want to remove them. Now i edited the posted, deleted them from the list at the bottom, and re entered them correctly, but its the old incorrect tags which are still listed at the side. I was wondering if there was anyway of getting inside your wiki and deleting tags entirely...

Thanks in advance for any help...

Best

Neil]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3055/textile-question-i-think Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:04:36 +0000 NinjaFlashX 3055@/discussions
Gah! When I previewed the code, even with the PRE tags, It didn't look correct here. I'll just post it in the actual link above.

Flash
"Heroes Unchained":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/heroesunchained - _Where Slaves Become Legends_]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3043/third-party-login-images Thu, 30 May 2013 17:59:16 +0000 robertkety 3043@/discussions Sometime in the last year, I noticed that the image links for third-party login were broken. All four images linked to the same rpxnow site, so I never bothered reporting it until earlier in May. What I discovered is that the problem is well-known and will be corrected in the reforge of OP. Until then, those of us with CSS-OCD might want an alternative to broken image links appearing to guests looking at our sites.
I applied a variant of CSS code credited to Madartiste in the CSS Tidbit Compilation discussion to remove the broken image links and supersede the link with a custom button. Keep in mind that this code modifies CSS in the sidebar so it will likely require some tweaks to get it correct. It is part of "red" section noted in the "Knowledge Base":http://help.obsidianportal.com/kb/advanced/custom-css-for-your-campaign
For my site, I had to modify other elements in the sidebar to get the appearance correct.

The code itself is rather simple:
@ #openid-authentication-toggle a.rpxnow img, #openid-authentication-toggle a.rpxnow:active img {display:none;} @

^ This removes the broken images

@ #openid-authentication-toggle a.rpxnow:before, #openid-authentication-toggle a:before {
content: "Third Party Login";
font-family:"Morpheus";
font-size:14px;
color:#B40404;
font-weight:bold;
background-image:url("http://www.obsidianportal.com/assets/bg_table_header-efa160205251cdc0c1e3dc702239413a.gif");
border-style:solid;
border-color:#DAA520;
border-width:1px;
padding-top:2px;
padding-right:10px;
padding-bottom:2px;
padding-left:10px;
float:right;
margin-right:10px;
text-decoration:none;
} @

^ I used a custom font here, I don't recommend it. I've had compatibility issues in different browsers. The main code here is the "content" field, the rest is formatting for whatever you prefer. I chose to go with a text box that resembles a button (and matches the formatting in the rest of my site).

That's pretty much it. Let me know if you have any issues with the code.]]> https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3048/how-do-i-get-into-a-game-im-in-west-palm-beach Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:11:46 +0000 RickCardarella 3048@/discussions https://forum.obsidianportal.com/discussion/3044/interactive-animated-map Thu, 30 May 2013 19:55:40 +0000 robertkety 3044@/discussions
While shopping for ideas on improvements for my campaign website, I came across Gaaran's "interactive iPhone map":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/melekar-test/wikis/test-location5
I was impressed and, in the highest form of flattery, promptly copied the HTML and CSS coding. While playing around with the code, I decided:

# Not to use the iphone frame - A fabulous idea for a modern game, but mine is fantasy-based.
# To use different icons - Again, I needed something appropriate for fantasy.
# To streamline the interactive features of the map to increase usability - This also stems from not using the iphone frame. Without the context of a touchscreen, users may not understand how to use the map.

I started with the pre-generated maps from the Dragonlance campaign settings and modules. A lot of my media is modified or borrowed from this type of resource. The map itself is black and white ( __cringe__ , a cartographer's nightmare, but oddly appropriate for the fantasy setting). As for the interactive nature of the map, I wanted users to hover over locations, receive a pop-up menu, and link to related pages (similar to Gaaran's design). I started by plotting hover icons over the background map and selecting custom icons. This worked great and was very close to Gaaran's original code; however, the usability was limited to players who already played in the campaign.
To increase the usability, I decided to add a chronological trail (like the Indiana Jones map) to the background image. This would provide a context for the map and help explain why the majority of links were to different Adventure Logs. For example, hovering over an icon and receiving two links to "Session 1" and "Session 9" may infer that these adventure log posts occurred at this location, but it is vague and equally infers that I missed 2 through 8 in my coding.
The easiest solution available was creating an animated image for the background. I prefer using "GIMP":http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ to create animated images (open source appeals to my stinginess). After several hours over the course of several days, I created something "close":http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/213672/Abanasinia_with_tracks.gif to what I wanted. As you can tell, it's a nightmare of dots that hardly reveal the chronological nature I wanted. I fiddled around with z-index layers of individual animated gifs for each leg, but the rectangular nature of links made this nearly impossible. Instead I went back to the animated background for a redesign.
While I was developing the red-dot trail I use now, my wife was reviewing my progress and asked if the icons could bounce up and down as the trail entered each colored icon. I became highly flustered at the amount of effort it would take to implement all of that into one animated image, but a good idea is a good idea so I had to try. The final file size was a staggering 123MB, but GIMP has a great optimization feature that brought it down to the 273kb size it is now.
All I had to do to implement the new file was change the background image and remove the background image for each hover icon. The "final product":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/autumn-dragons/wikis/abanasinia-interactive-map/ was so appealing to me, that I began developing the next interactive map which covers the remaining adventure logs to date.]]>