Entries

On this site you pick where you want your post to go before you write it. We've tried to make this as easy as possible. Click on 'create content' and you'll see a list of options:-

Journal entry - creates an entry in your character journal
Eidolon City Scene - creates an entry in the in-character community for Eidolon City
World Scene - creates an entry in the in-character community for the real world (applicable to Wakings only)
OOC Journal - creates an entry in the out of character community.

Simple, right?

Scenes and journal entries in RPGDreams are set up to cut automatically, so you don't have to worry about it! The automatic cut off point is 600 words.

There may, however, be times when you wish to cut your post off before this, or when you may wish to have control over where the post cuts (for example, when using a special font, or where you have a table). Therefore, if you are writing a post which requires special formatting throughout (such as a hand written journal entry), please ensure you use the <!--break--> tag either at the beginning of the post so that all of the post is beneath a cut, or alternatively after the first paragraph (so long as the first paragraph is less than 600 words!)

Acceptable HTML are the following:

<a> <b> <big> <br> <center> <cite> <code> <dd> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <form> <h1> <h2> <h3> <hr> <i> <img> <input> <li> <nobr> <ol> <option> <p> <pre> <s> <select> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul> <xmp>

Please remember that ALL of these codes need to be properly closed using the </command>. Forgetting to close the codes can cause problems displaying your entries and comments.

NOTE:

Please be careful of using HTML, especially with fonts and tables. RPGDreams posts cut automatically after 600 words and if tags are not closed at the time of the cut, it will mess up the formatting of the page you are viewing! Therefore, if you are writing a post which requires special formatting throughout (such as a hand written journal entry), please ensure you use the <!--break--> tag either at the beginning of the post so that all of the post is beneath a cut, or alternatively after the first paragraph (so long as the first paragraph is less than 600 words!)

A website such as http://www.w3schools.com/html/ may be of assistance in explaining the codes and how to use them. PLEASE NOTE that this website is NOT affiliated with RPGDreams in any way and the link is provided only as a resource.

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Yes you can! But the one thing we'd ask for this is that you're careful doing it. If special fonts are used, they have to be ended specifically or they'll just carry right on down the page! Finish your posts with </font>.

Also, could you remember to use a specific <!--break--> tag within the post - either at the start of the post or after a paragraph so that the post does not 'cut' automatically (which also screws up the formatting for the entire page).

FOR EXAMPLE (your post should look something like this:-

<font face="festus!" size="5">Oh god. I feel sick. And not just sick-sick (which I do, but that’s neither here nor there. But…</font><!--break-->

<font face="festus!" size="5">I got a message from Leija’s dad. she’s in the hospital. Oh god, she’s in the hospital. I left her there, I didn’t even try and help. And she’s in the hospital.

It’s always going to be this way, isn’t it? because I know that I would do exactly the same thing if it happened again. Which just makes it worse. I feel guilty, but I couldn’t say that next time it’d be different. But I never wanted it to be like this.</font>

To look something like this:-

Oh god. I feel sick. And not just sick-sick (which I do, but that’s neither here nor there. But…

I got a message from Leija’s dad. she’s in the hospital. Oh god, she’s in the hospital. I left her there, I didn’t even try and help. And she’s in the hospital.

It’s always going to be this way, isn’t it? because I know that I would do exactly the same thing if it happened again. Which just makes it worse. I feel guilty, but I couldn’t say that next time it’d be different. But I never wanted it to be like this.

Posts automatically break (ie the whole post will not appear in the main comm, but be hidden with a 'read more' tag), so if you don't want to be fussed to break it yourself, you don't have to.

You can override the automatic break by using a <!--break--> tag. If you place a <!--break--> tag anywhere in the scene, the scene will show up down to that point, rather than automatically cutting off - this is useful if you wish to put a short 'teaser' on your scene of a couple of paragraphs.

Please note: ALWAYS us the <!--break--> tag for handwritten scenes! If handwritten scenes are allowed to automatically break, they will screw up your entire page and nobody likes that!