Tag: Documentation

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Create a New Moon

1. Go to the “Moons” part of the Admin area.
2. Click “Add New” at the top of the moons list.
3. Deal with the “More Fields” area
   1. Enter the needed Moon number as the next sequential number going up.
   2. Enter the Correct next moon name, including the year in parenthesis behind it.
   3. Enter the season of the moon.
4. Title the page “[MOONNUMBER] – [MOONNAME]
5. Ensure that “Enable Weather” is set to “No”.
6. Click the blue “Publish” button.

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Add Weather to a Moon

1. Go to the “Moons” part of the Admin area.
2. Click the moon you wish to add weather to
3. Write a short paragraph describing the seasonally typical weather.
4. Weather Brief should contain a bulleted list of all notable weather events from the moon.
5. Write the weather for the 27 days of the moon:
   1. Set the temperature range for that day. Definitions here.
   2. Write a quick few words about the day’s conditions. Avoid using temperature words, or the tooltips will automatically appear.
   3. Apply the human dates for the moon phase.
6. Set “Enable Weather” to “Yes” (Weather will not display on the page until this is set to yes. Which is useful if you wish to work on the weather over a few days)
7. Click the blue “Update” button.

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Advance the Moon

1. Go to the “Moons” part of the admin area.
2. Click on the moon currently set to “Current Moon”.
   1. Uncheck the “Current Moon” box in More Fields.
   2. Click the blue “Update” button.
3. Click on “All Moons” in the sidebar.
4. Click on the moon you want to set to “Current Moon”.
   1. Check the “Current Moon” box in More Fields.
   2. Click the blue “Update” button.
5. Click on the “Front Page Tools” in the admin sidebar.
   1. Update “Almanac”, “MC Meeting”, and “Gathering” with correct data.
   2. Click “Save Changes” at the bottom.

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Advertisment Conversion

1. Navigate to the Advertising and Intersite Affairs Forum.
2. Click into the topic that requires moderation (symbolized by the exclamation point in an orange circle)
3. Click the edit button at the bottom of the starter post.
4. Click the source code edit button that looks like {;}
5. Edit the advertisement to convert the shortcake provided into HTML. Try to stay as true as possible to the way the guest poster laid out the advertisement.
   Easy guide to HTML can be found here.
6. Remove any indications of linking back or forum type from the topic title.
7. Save the edits to the post.
8. Back on the topic display page, click the check mark to approve the topic.

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Getting Started

1. When a character has a check requested it will appear on the “Ready for Check” list in the “Character Approvals” area of the Applications Department.
2. The team member checking the character should go over the sheet with a fine tooth comb and identify any issues that do not meet game requirements (ADD LINKS WHEN THEY’RE DECIDED).
3. If there are issues with the character they should be recorded clearly and documented and then the “Decline Procedure” should be followed. If there are no issues, then the “Acceptance Procedure” should be followed.

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Processing Decision

Decline Procedure

1. To deliver the decline notice, at the top of the character sheet in the black admin back click “Edit Character”. This will take you to the admin area of the site instead of the normal front-facing editor.
2. In the “Comments” area of the character sheet editing screen, click the grey “Comment” button to open the comment box. Add your decline details into this box and click the blue “Add Comment” button.
3. In the “Administrative” area of the character sheet editing screen, change “Check” to “Editing”.
4. In the “Update” area of the character sheet editing screen, click “Update”.

Acceptance Procedure

1. To accept the character sheet
   1. At the top of the character sheet in the black admin bar click “Edit Character”
   2. In the “Discussion” area of the editing screen; un-click “Allow comments” and “Allow trackbacks and pingbacks”.
   3. In the “Administrative” area of the editing screen; change “Approved?” to “Approve”.
   4. In the “Administrative” are of the editing screen; create and enter a short description of the character. (this field will only appear once the character has been set to approved in step #3)
   5. In the “Update” area of the character sheet editing screen, click “Update”.
2. Contact the player through Site Private Message to notify them of the acceptance of the character.
3. Post the character approval to current thread in the Announcements Forum.
4. Post the newly approved character to the Announcements channel on the Discord.

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Using Special Slots

Coming Soon.

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Making a Character Adoptable

1. Navigate to the character page that needs to become adoptable.
2. Click “Edit Character” in the top black bar.
3. Set the “Adoptable” field to “Yes”.
4. IF the character is being confiscated, set player to “Adoptable Characters” and add the previous player to previously played by list.
5. Click the blue “update” button to save the changes.

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How to Accept an Offer

1. Navigate to the offer you wish to accept.
2. Click “Edit Adoption Offer” in the top black bar.
3. Compare the Author line to the player line, if they do not match, Decline instead of accept.
4. Set “Offer Accepted” to “Yes”
5. Click the blue “update” button to save the changes.

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How to Decline an Offer

1. Navigate to the offer you wish to decline.
2. Click “Edit Adoption Offer” in the top black bar.
3. Set “Offer Declined” to “Yes”.
4. Click the blue “update” button to save the changes.

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How to Grant Character to an Adopter

1. Navigate to the character that has been adopted.
2. Click “Edit Character” in the top black bar.
3. Set the “Adoptable” field to “No”
4. Set the “Player” field to the player who made the accepted offer.
5. Click the blue “update” button to save the changes.
6. Send the player a private message with the onsite messages system to inform them of the accepted offer.

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How to cleanup the system

1. Navigate to the adoption department page.
2. Click on the offer you wish to delete
3. Click “Edit Adoption Offer” in the black top bar.
4. Click “Move to Trash” in the “Publish” box on the right hand sidebar
5. Repeat steps 1-4 until all offers that require cleanup are handled.

Notes about Cleanup

• Do not delete an accepted application unless adoption is being re-opened on a character.
• Delete all declined applications to for a newly adopted character to keep things organized.

This page will include all documentation on the process for running an activity check.