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styling like the Campaign of the month
So I was looking at the featured campaign and was wondering how they do some of the styling - (I may not be using the right term) things like:
- the frame cut off (read more link)
- drawing a box around the adventure log posts or something like that so that they are visually separated... I suppose I could add a picture at the beginning of every Adventure log entry, but that could eat up a huge amount of time to create the art and use it.
I'm not anywhere near a coding guru, in fact I seem to break everything I touch - so I'm looking for simple solutions.
if you'd like to see the visual disaster that my campaign is, take a look here: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/yerth-campaign-setting
- the frame cut off (read more link)
- drawing a box around the adventure log posts or something like that so that they are visually separated... I suppose I could add a picture at the beginning of every Adventure log entry, but that could eat up a huge amount of time to create the art and use it.
I'm not anywhere near a coding guru, in fact I seem to break everything I touch - so I'm looking for simple solutions.
if you'd like to see the visual disaster that my campaign is, take a look here: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/yerth-campaign-setting
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If after looking at those you do not find what you need, PM the gm of the game you like. Most of us are very friendly, and happy to share code.
killervp
"A God...Rebuilt":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/a-god-rebuilt
"Duskreign's First Ever COTM":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/wyrmshadow/wiki_pages/112011
"OP's COTM April 2012":http://blog.obsidianportal.com/a-god-rebuilt-aprils-cotm/
"Site Appearance":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/a-god-rebuilt/wikis/site-appearance-and-how-we-role
Just trying to help out.
It sounds like you want to do something very similar to what I do with my logs - which you can view "Adv. Logs":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/metzger/adventure-log
The code for it looks like this:
Session 60:
The Math of Wrath
26th - 27th Day of Planting CY 623
*Summary:* Wherein our heroes discover the true strength of numbers
"*Read More*":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/metzger/wikis/session-60-expanded
now I am not a great coder, one of my players came up with this to match the scroll look I wanted, before this I essentially did the same thing using a png file and adding the text via MS paint (which fraking sucked because if I made a typo I had to do it all over). This scroll one really all I have to do is change the session #, title and summary. I then create a wiki-page where the full log can be viewed.
My friend Lord Ao uses a very similiar log method but he does different art at the beginning of each log that just blows the static adventure log banner I use out of the water.
"Lord Ao - Adv. Logs":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/deepest-darkness/adventure-log
My player who made the one I use said it took about 20 minutes to do but to use it after that takes about 2 minutes , the one I used before took about 15 minutes to do. I am unsure how long it takes Lord Ao to do the custom banner stuff but you can't argue with the results.
I perused your site a bit and I think you have a good start so far. I will offer up my deity table if you want to use it for your own deity page that is cool. You can take a look at it here - "Greyhawk Deities":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/metzger/wikis/greyhawk-deities
"Leonidas300":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/metzger/wikis/leonidas300
"A Manifestation of Chaos":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/metzger/wikis/main-page
COTM - Sept. 2012
@leonidas300: Yes, actually the styles you put forth are very close to what I want. I think I can use your code as a jumping off point.
Thanks for the offer, I'm good on Deities: "Pantheon of Yerth":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/yerth-campaign-setting/wikis/pantheon-of-yerth Most of what is missing is just information I haven't transferred over from my Googledocs. takes some effort to do the reformat.
I've been working on that pantheon on and off for close to a decade.
I'm one of those GMs that have a huge, deep world... mostly in my head. :)
Just wondering though, any chance you could comment that CSS to make it easier to see what each part is doing to the site?
Peace and Long Life,
Keryth
"Shadows Over New York":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/shadows-over-new-york
Just trying to help out.
And KillerVP, I was only joking with you. Please, do not take it as anything but a jest. After all, you've been a great help as well as a fan of my site