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Wooo! First Post!

Simon CSimon C
edited August 2007 in Site Matters
The power is already going to my head. Anyhow. This is a forum for Play-by-Post roleplaying games, or story-games, or what-have-you. Maybe we can talk in this thread about some ideas for things that can be done with this forum, add-ons, and so on. I would LOVE someone with a bit more understanding of all this internet nonsense to give me some advice on how to clean up some of the artifacts of using a free hosting service, and having no notable php or ftp skills. I have a lot of free time in which to learn, though.

Yay!
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  • Simon CSimon C
    edited 6:04AM
    Ok, added a bunch of extensions, including "who's online", "members list", the sidebar thing you see there, allowed html formatting, and a dice roller even.

    I'm going to play around with the dice roller to see how it works.
  • Simon CSimon C
    edited August 2007
    Ok, I've figured out how to do the dice thing now. You need to type a hash mark - #, followed by the word "dice", an open bracket, and then the number and kind of dice you want to roll, 3d6, 2d8 etc, followed by a close bracket. You can add a flat numeric value, but not multiple different kinds of dice, it seems. Here are some examples:

    #DiceRoller(3d8)
    #DiceRoller(1d20)
    #DiceRoller(12d6)
    #DiceRoller(2d6+4)

    Mouse over the figures to show the results. Click on them and you can sort them and sum them and stuff.
  • amnesiack
    edited 6:04AM
    Neat!

    #DiceRoller( 3d6 )
  • amnesiack
    edited August 2007
    Can I request the "quote an earlier post" function as well?

    EDIT: The "whisper to this person link" might be useful for some games as well.
  • Simon CSimon C
    edited 6:04AM
    Oh yeah, "quote" is essential. I'll get that online this evening. I'm having a bit of trouble implimenting "whisper" though. It's not an extension, it's a core feature, and it says it's activated, but it doesn't seem to work. If anyone has some advice, I'd love to hear it. I'll have a tinker around and see what I can do though.
  • Simon CSimon C
    edited 6:04AM
    Added Whisper link, and Quick Quote. Whispers are firing on all cylinders too.
  • Rich Stokes
    edited 6:04AM
    Can you do weird dice?

    #DiceRoller( 13d5 )
  • Rich Stokes
    edited 6:04AM
    Yes, yes you can.

    #DiceRoller( 3d16 )
  • Simon CSimon C
    edited 6:04AM
    Hi! Sorry about the temporary loss of service, everyone. I'm still not quite sure what the deal was. Something to do with passwords changing and stuff. I'm not sure if it's fixed itself of if it was fixed on purpose, but it's all working now.

    Thanks for your patience.
  • Dave Cleaver
    edited 6:04AM
    These things happen.

    Speaking of weird dice, let's try Fudge dice.....

    Nope have to use d3's

    #DiceRoller(3d3)
  • AgentFreshAgentFresh
    edited 6:04AM
    It lives!
  • Simon CSimon C
    edited 6:04AM
    There's some talk about fudge dice support in a later update, so it might be coming soon. Here's hoping.
  • Simon CSimon C
    edited 6:04AM
    Hey everyone. It seems to be ok right now, but the site's been going up and down all day. Shortly we should be moving to a new location, without so much disruption. Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the interruptions.
  • George Shannon
    The dice thingie is returning soon, I hope?

    Can we support SP in any way? I don't know a thing about Vanilla, but I feel like a jerk asking about this stuff, especially after you've already set everything up, then moved it to a better place. Thank you again!
  • Simon CSimon C
    Weird! Dice don't seem to be working. Hang on.

    #DiceRoller(3d6)
  • Simon CSimon C
    Ok, it's just when the posts are backed up, it doesn't save the database information from the dice roller. The roller is working fine. Hopefully we shouldn't have to move again any time soon, so any future dice rolls are safe.

    Don't worry about me. I started Snail's Pace in part because I have a job that leaves me with nothing to do for hours but mess around on the internet. Having stuff to do for Snail's Pace is an active pleasure. The hero of the hour at the moment is DevP, who did most of the work for the changeover. If anyone should be getting support, it should be him.
  • George Shannon
    #DiceRoller(3d6)
  • George Shannon
    Ohhh, I see! The dice roller doesn't function unless it's actual post, not a preview. I did try it out in preview mode, saw it didn't work, and assumed something must be wrong. Sorry!
  • Simon CSimon C
    Oh right. Yeah, I guess it's to stop people previewing their rolls until they get something they like.
  • Chris PetersonChris Peterson
    this is a test. <:)
    #DiceRoller(3d3-1)
    #DiceRoller(3d3-3)
  • RusRus
    #DiceRoller( 10d10 )
  • Valvorik
    Is the preferred use of the Board for games to keep IG threads to minimum or to create different threads for different scenes etc. (e.g., as the IAWA game is doing)?
  • Simon CSimon C
    Hmm, prior to the implimentation of tags, I would have said to keep them to a minimum. Now, I think, it's not such a problem.
  • RichD
    So this little forum is a year old now, huh? Mayhaps we should dust it off and try to play some games again. Anybody still out there?
  • george
    hey RIch, I just stopped in again today. I'd like to play, do you or does someone else have something in mind?
  • Michael LoyMichael Loy
    I'm still stopping by every so often, as well.
  • Michael Pfaff
    edited June 2011
    #DiceRoller(2d6+1)
  • shadowminister
    #DiceRoller( 1d6 )
  • nemomeme
    edited June 2011
    #DiceRoller( 1d5 )
  • Benhimself
    #DiceRoller(1d6)
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