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Saying goodbye
July 2017
Yeah, I'm pretty wary of putting any further time into developing my OP sites when the platform looks to be pretty much coasting on autopilot with no one anywhere near the wheel. At some point the wheels are going to start coming off, and I don't t…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
August 2014
May I suggest, on item 2: Name generator -- why don't you just write a simple interface to use the Inspiration Pad Pro server engine. It's very robust, has a huge list of available tables which can be used, and is easily programmed by users. It d…
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Custom CSS Beta Discussion
August 2014
edited August 2014
Hey, I could use some help: I'm trying to fix the color of the "Quotes" text, which are actually tags within . The current light grey is super hard to read, so I'm trying to make it much more usable. I've tried these options (one at a time -- no…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
*shakes head* Still can't believe what's going on here. Montana, I totally understand your feeling of "betrayal" - it's easy to feel that way given the whole situation. That said, as crazy as all of this is, I'm sure the last thing the OP folks h…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
ketherian: *sigh* Thanks for the note - I hadn't noticed the edit icon way over to the side. I'm really trying to like the new site, but there is just so much in the way. One (more) think that irks me a *lot* is that some of the pages in the ma…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
Dunno if this has been mentioned, but there's now no way to cancel or re-schedule a calendar event.
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
I'd like to second the call for emails. I have to remember to proactively come over here to check on things - it'd be really convenient - and appreciated - if I got updates via email. Dread: Horrible time for sick kids and self - sorry to hear …
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
DreadGazebo: Thanks - that would go a long way towards helping people feel like they know where we are, and where we're going. Langy: The CSS for editor is only a huge project if you make it so - it can be a simple or complex as it is designed …
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
BTW, I'm not suggesting a WYSIWYG CSS editor - just a simple form with drop downs with appropriate values that relate to each other.
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
Another simple observation: I don't haunt these boards, and had to spend quite a while last night back-reading through a billion posts to see what has been said since my last reading here. It's super inconvenient. Seeing as how one of the main fu…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
I find it frustrating that Micah assets that the use of CSS on the site is and advanced feature, and yet about 90% of the solutions being offered in this forum to frustrated customers (many of whom readily admit to being non-coder type users) is to …
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
He is not, actually - I'm the only GM in the campaign. I'll double-check that he didn't somehow gain that title, tho.
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
Has anyone else had problems re-assigning a character to a new owner? I have saved the character with teh new assignment, and the character's detail page shows that it has a new owner... but both the Dashboard and the Front Page show that player as…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
Good updates and good work - things are improving, and at this point I'd be unlikely to leave OP, as it seems that there is real progress towards implementing usability changes. I think I have only 1 remaining deal-breaker at this point: page code…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
Thanks Dread... hang in there.
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
November 2013
Can someone point me to how to fix the background color of the page code editing fields. Langy graciously provided the CSS for setting the text black, I added the code for the bg to be set to white when you're not using the field... but when you cl…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
Dunno if anyone mentioned it yet, but it's extremely aggravating to have PCs and NPCs treated exactly the same, as far as the default display on the Characters page. I now have more NPCs than PCs, but they all appear in one large group with no indi…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
Baard: With a couple small tweaks, it worked great - thanks!!
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
Baard - Yes, that's much more what I'm looking for... *much* better use of a banner/masthead space! I'd love anything you want to send my way, thank you!
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
The wasted space at the top of the page is pretty bad - as I said, literally 1/3rd of the page is the dragon logo, my campaign name in text, and my page banner (that also has my campaign name). And my banner is only 150 pixels high - if it was 300,…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
@DreadGazebo Thanks for the update - be sure to eat, too. :) To echo @cpthero2, I think clear communication is your best ally here. Your updates are definitely appreciated. @Langy I didn't see the CSS fix for the banner size issue. Is it possi…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
@DreadGazebo Thanks for the update - I can't speak for anyone else, but I certainly never expected fixes immediately, but I did expect communication by the OP folks directly. It's much more important at this point that we know what your plan is as …
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
Bug (don't know if this is upgrade-related or not): Accepted a friend request (thank you, Leonidas300) by clicking on the link in the email. The link was: https://www.obsidianportal.com/friends/138553/accept When the page loaded, if containe…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
@Langy - thanks for the info - I suspected as much, but wasn't sure. I certainly don't expect you or any other power users/helpful people to answer for the OP folks - to the contrary, I want to thank you folks for spending your time helping out fol…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
@tetrasodium - I do appreciate your comment, and I hope you're right. I appreciate your sane voice in the conversation. I've been doing software dev a long time, and I totally sympathize with their situation... it happens even with the best of pla…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
Ummm... why should I have to make the editor text readable by editing the CSS? Since I'm a paying customer, isn't it supposed to be readable on it's own without my working to make it so? Can you name me one single code editor anywhere that uses wh…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
edited October 2013
Oh my God - you got rid of unfinished wiki links not showing a different color?!? Who in the world thought that was a good idea?!? On the negative side: it makes it nearly impossible to keep track of what's done and what isn't on your wiki. On t…
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Obsidian Portal Launch Feedback
October 2013
Apparently I posted my original message to the wrong part of the site, so I'll repost it here. Some of it is a repeat of what others have said, so obviously feel free to ignore. I am a backer of the reforging and was very excited to see the new …
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Reforged: basic site functions (reading and editing pages) are now far more difficult!
October 2013
Jeez, who did your UI? text fields, titles, and buttons are all simply represented by (often low contrast) rectangles, with little consistency... I have no idea what is a button to click or a field to edit. Making the interface intuitive is UI 101…
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Huh?! Plus signs underline things now?
February 2012
edited February 2012
Micah, I very much appreciate your position (22 year of software development - many on projects with a scope such as this). May I humbly suggest you strongly consider fixing problems like this in the existing functionality that are especially irrit…
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