Logging Rules - Revision history

Marr0w: More edits to make the page easier to understand and to remove confusing and unnecessary wording

2019-11-19T19:04:24Z

More edits to make the page easier to understand and to remove confusing and unnecessary wording

Marr0w at 06:07, 19 November 2019

2019-11-19T06:07:42Z

Marr0w at 03:09, 16 October 2019

2019-10-16T03:09:17Z

Marr0w at 02:42, 16 October 2019

2019-10-16T02:42:19Z

Rayne: The bulletpoints are not red.

2019-09-07T14:10:16Z

The bulletpoints are not red.

Marr0w at 04:59, 17 May 2018

2018-05-17T04:59:43Z

Marr0w at 04:56, 17 May 2018

2018-05-17T04:56:05Z

Marr0w: /* Method One */

2018-05-17T04:49:12Z

‎Method One

Rayne: /* Icons */

2016-05-13T09:04:03Z

‎Icons

Marr0w at 06:31, 8 May 2016

2016-05-08T06:31:27Z

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 * No one wants to read your porn/TS logs. Do not post them. Ever. There's nothing wrong with romantic logs, but please fade-to-black where appropriate. Inappropriate logs will be edited for content.
 * Please edit your logs carefully for content. A stray page or channel comment is distracting, and could potentially be very embarrassing!
 * When renaming/moving logs after they have already been posted, please '''do not''' leave a redirect page behind. This only confuses the automated log sorting system.
 * Please don't use long names when naming logs! Log titles don't need a main title and a subtitle. This breaks the way logs get displayed on the logs page after it accumulates.
 ==Creating A Log Page==
-Type the name of your log following the titling guidelines ''(YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title)'' in the box below, and then click the Create Page button. [[DCAM]] logs are logs which take place in the self-contained DC inspired world and are kept separate to preserve that world as it's own individual game. If a scene takes place in one of it's locations, please use the blue input box below. Remember: <font color="#900">Red</font> is for Twisted logs. <font color="#339">Blue</font> is for DCAM logs. Please try not to confuse the two.
+Type the name of your log following the titling guidelines ''(YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title)'' in the box below, and then click the Create Page button. [[DCAM]] logs are logs which take place in the self-contained DC inspired world and are kept separate to preserve that world as it's own individual game. If a scene takes place '''primarily''' in one of it's locations, please use the blue input box below. Remember: <font color="#900">Red</font> is for Twisted logs. <font color="#339">Blue</font> is for DCAM logs. Please try not to confuse the two.
 {| border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" frames="border" rules="all" bgcolor="#900" align="center"
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 |<inputbox>
 type=create
-placeholder=YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title
+placeholder=YYYY-MM-DD - Twisted Log Title
 preload=(PreU)_Log_Template
 bgcolor=#000
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 |<inputbox>
 type=create
-placeholder=YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title
+placeholder=YYYY-MM-DD - DCAM Log Title
 preload=(DCAM)_Log_Template
 bgcolor=#000
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 |}
-After you have filled out the Summary information, paste the log into the file and click the SHOW PREVIEW button.  If everything is groovy, click the SAVE PAGE button.  See the [[Logging_Rules#Example|example]] below if you're not sure what your log page should look like.
+For older logs, please refer to the following arc titling guides:
-For older logs, please refer to the previous arc titling guides:
+For non-Twisted logs or logs concerning the ChronoMUCK era, please reach out to a member of [[:Category:Staff|staff]].
-* Warring Councils Arc: YYYY-MM-DD (PreU) Log Title
-* Unification Arc: YYYY-MM-DD (PostU) Log Title
-−
-For non-Twisted logs or logs concerning the Chronos Arc, please reach out to a member of [[:Category:Staff|staff]].
 ==Posting==
-All logs must contain the [[Template:Logsummary|Logsummary]] template. This template is automatically added to the page when you create the page using the above steps. (See example below)
+All logs must contain the [[Template:Logsummary|Logsummary]] template. This template is automatically added to the page when you create it using the above steps. (See example below)
 On your log page, fill in each field after the =
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 ----
-After saving the code above will generate the text below. It is recommended you use the "Show Preview" button before "Save Page" so you can make changes without having to edit the page each time. Remember when viewing previews that you still have to click "Save Page" when you're satisfied with out everything looks.
+After saving the code above will generate a page resembling the example below. It is recommended you use the "Show Preview" button before "Save Page" so you can make changes without having to edit the page each time. Remember when viewing previews that you still have to click "Save Page" when you're satisfied with out everything looks.
 ''Example:''

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 * Please don't use long names when naming logs! Log titles don't need a main title and a subtitle. This breaks the way logs get displayed on the logs page after it accumulates.
-==Method One (Auto Generated) ==
+==Creating A Log Page==
 Type the name of your log following the titling guidelines ''(YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title)'' in the box below, and then click the Create Page button. [[DCAM]] logs are logs which take place in the self-contained DC inspired world and are kept separate to preserve that world as it's own individual game. If a scene takes place in one of it's locations, please use the blue input box below. Remember: <font color="#900">Red</font> is for Twisted logs. <font color="#339">Blue</font> is for DCAM logs. Please try not to confuse the two.
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 For non-Twisted logs or logs concerning the Chronos Arc, please reach out to a member of [[:Category:Staff|staff]].
 ==Posting==
-All logs must contain the [[Template:Logsummary|Logsummary]] template.  The Logsummary template will automatically group the log into the Logs category.
+All logs must contain the [[Template:Logsummary|Logsummary]] template. This template is automatically added to the page when you create the page using the above steps. (See example below)
-To use this log summary table in your log, copy-and-paste the following:
+On your log page, fill in each field after the =
-<div style="width: 50%;">
-<pre>
-{{Logsummary|
-Title=
-|Summary=
-|Who=
-|Date=
-|Where=
-|Log=
-|}}
-</pre>
-</div>
-−
-Fill in your information after the =
-−
-''Example:''
 <div style="width: 50%;">
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 ----
+After saving the code above will generate the text below. It is recommended you use the "Show Preview" button before "Save Page" so you can make changes without having to edit the page each time. Remember when viewing previews that you still have to click "Save Page" when you're satisfied with out everything looks.
 {| style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 95%; font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid #000; margin-bottom: 3px; background: #333;  box-shadow: 0px 3px 5px #000;"
 |-
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 Recently we've added a new system that displays icons of characters at the top of log pages. ''You do not need to do anything to make these work!'' As long as characters are tagged properly in the log summary, icons will be automatically added.
-If you do not have an icon set for yourself, visit the log tab of your character's profile and click the yourname-icon.gif image in the corner. Upload whatever you like as "a new version of this file" and make sure your image is 100 by 100 pixels and saved as a .gif. It should populate on all pages it's called on once you refresh them.
+If you do not have an icon set for yourself, visit the log tab of your character's profile and click the yourname-icon.gif image in the corner. Upload whatever you like as "a new version of this file" and '''make sure your image is 100 by 100 pixels and saved as a .gif'''. It should populate on all pages it's called on once you refresh them.
 [[Category:Policies]]
 {{Navbox/Policies}}

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 ==Method One (Auto Generated) ==
-Type the name of your log following the titling guidelines ''(YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title)'' in the box below, and then click the Create Page button. <font color="#900">Red</font> is for Twisted logs. <font color="#339">Blue</font> is for DCAM logs. Please try not to confuse the two.
+Type the name of your log following the titling guidelines ''(YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title)'' in the box below, and then click the Create Page button. [[DCAM]] logs are logs which take place in the self-contained DC inspired world and are kept separate to preserve that world as it's own individual game. If a scene takes place in one of it's locations, please use the blue input box below. Remember: <font color="#900">Red</font> is for Twisted logs. <font color="#339">Blue</font> is for DCAM logs. Please try not to confuse the two.
 {| border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" frames="border" rules="all" bgcolor="#900" align="center"

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 ==Method One (Auto Generated) ==
-Type the name of your log following the titling guidelines ''(YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title)'' in the box below, and then click the Create Page button.
+Type the name of your log following the titling guidelines ''(YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title)'' in the box below, and then click the Create Page button. <font color="#900">Red</font> is for Twisted logs. <font color="#339">Blue</font> is for DCAM logs. Please try not to confuse the two.
-{| border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" frames="border" rules="all" bgcolor="#900;" align="center"
+{| border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" frames="border" rules="all" bgcolor="#900" align="center"
 |-
 |<inputbox>
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 placeholder=YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title
 preload=(PreU)_Log_Template
 bgcolor=#000
 buttonlabel=Create Page

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 Sometimes you need to edit a log with an additional step to remove formatting mistakes. Here are some of the most common problems and the solutions.
-===Rouge Bulletpoints===
+===Rogue Bulletpoints===
 ''Example:''

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 ==Method One==
-Type the name of your Log following the [[Logging_Rules#Titling|titling]] guidelines (YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title) in the box below, and then click the Create Page button.
+Type the name of your log following the titling guidelines ''(YYYY-MM-DD - Log Title)'' in the box below, and then click the Create Page button.
 {| border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" frames="border" rules="all" bgcolor="#900;" align="center"
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 After you have filled out the Summary information, paste the log into the file and click the SHOW PREVIEW button.  If everything is groovy, click the SAVE PAGE button.  See the [[Logging_Rules#Example|example]] below if you're not sure what your log page should look like.
 ==Method Two==
 This method is a bit more involved than the first method.
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 Paste the Logsummary info into the edit box, then your log.  Click on the SHOW PREVIEW button and make sure that everything looks nice before hitting the SAVE PAGE button.  This will cut down on unnecessary edits.
 ==Posting==

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 | '''Who:''' [[Crono]], [[Johnny_C]], [[Lucca]] <br />'''When:''' Right now <br />'''Where:''' Right here
 |- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;background: #000;padding: 0 5px 0 5px;border:0;vertical-align:top;"
-| {{#dpl: |category = Characters |mode = userformat |ordermethod = title |linksfrom = {{FULLPAGENAME}} |suppresserrors = yes |format = ,[[File:%TITLE%-icon.png|80x80px|link=%TITLE%]],, }}
+| {{#dpl: |category = Characters |mode = userformat |ordermethod = title |linksfrom = {{FULLPAGENAME}} |suppresserrors = yes |format = ,[[File:%TITLE%-icon.gif|link=%TITLE%]],, }}
 |}