Site Frequently Asked Questions

The limitations for the icons is 100x100 pixels in size and 60k in file size, and in gif, jpg, or png format.

We do ask that your icon be non-explicit (no sexually graphic images, no icons featuring inflammatory messages).

Yes - at the moment the site is in beta-testing and as guinea pigs, you get it for free, you lucky people! Eventually it is intended to be opened up to the general public at which stage it will be funded through a mixture of advertising and optional advert-free paid accounts. The exact mix has not yet been decided yet.

By default, the management system we use only allows one account per email address. We've had to get round this, however the way round it means that if you lose your password the password recovery system will only email you the password for the first account you created. Therefore we advise you that, if you are going to have multiple accounts registered to one email address, you keep the password the same for all of them.

If you set a second or third account to have a different password there will be no way on earth of recovering that password if you forget it. We cannot help you with that and you will be unable to access that account.

If you wish to have a different password for each of your accounts, we recommend you have multiple email addresses.

With most browsers, when you upload a user pic to the site, you simply give your pic a title, then browse your computer and upload your file - uploading your file will give you a preview image of the picture which is slightly bigger than normal - and then you press 'submit' to save your picture and the title of it.

With Chrome, it doesn't work like this. With Chrome, when you browse to find your file and upload it, the browser will give you a pop up window with an error message. There is no reason for this message! Ignore it - close down the pop up window and carry on regardless. The site will not give you a preview image, but if you title your pic and save it, it will appear in your gallery.

At the moment, this is set to 50 icons per user. Each icon can be no bigger than 100 x 100 px.

You will find on your user profile page two links 'Add a new character image' and 'View my character gallery'. To view the icons in your gallery, click on the second link.

Simply go to their user info page and click the 'view my character gallery' link.

Not at the current time, no. We’re working on this and if this changes in the future, we’ll let you know!

The icon that will show in your comments is the one which you upload in the ‘edit profile’ page.

Log into your account, and go to the 'my account' section. Under 'edit', right under your username, there should be two fields for your password. To change it, simply type in your new password in both fields, and hit 'save'. Your password will be changed.

Guidelines for a good password include:

1. It should be 6-10 characters,
2. contains mixed case characters such as WmPoV,
3. contains symbols such as ! @ # $,
4. is a word that does NOT appear in the dictionary, and
5. Is something that is not associated with you, such as your pet's name, names of family members, your favorite band's name or anything else personal

For example:
little or brother are not good passwords.

RxTmWm12!! is a good password.

RPGDreams is not responsible for lost passwords. Remember your passwords, and it is likely a good idea to keep the email that is sent to you when you first create an account. That will have your username on it. If you have already changed your password from the default one assigned, then it is lost. The link in the emails really is a one time use, and cannot be used again to log into your account to change the password. Please keep your passwords somewhere you can access them should you lose them! We currently have no way to retrieve them for you!

No - if you leave the game, your account will be changed to 'view only' status - which will allow you view access (but not posting rights) to the community. The amdinistrators do, however, reserve the right to delete your account in cases of abuse.

To get create an account, you first choose which game you are going to be playing in. Then, once you go into that game's system, you go to 'create an account'. You enter in whatever you want for your character's journal, and your email address, and there you go. You will get an email shortly after with your temporary password, and a link you can click that will bring you into the system for a one time use log in where you can change all of your information, put in the password you want, change your layout theme, upload an icon, and enter in your character information.

To change the look of your account, you need to hit the link for 'my account'. From there, you hit the 'edit' tab, and it will bring you to a the page where you can edit your settings. If you scroll down, there will be a list and preview of all the themes available for you. Simply tick one of them, and then save, and your account will load that theme whenever you're logged in.

There are two lists available, both of which look exactly the same. We suggest that you set both lists to the same theme.

Go to the link 'My account' and click on the 'edit' tab. Then click on the 'Profile' tab. The rest we trust you can work out yourself!

Yes, yes you can - the profile page supports the same html as any other page type. Also some themes support further CSS-based customisation. If your theme gives you a 'profile customisation' tab in the edit profile section you can further customise your profile: guidance for doing so is contained on that page. Unfortunately, not all themes support profile customisation.

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!

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.

You can set your options to notify you of comments. To do this, go to 'edit' on 'my account' and scroll down. Under 'subscriptions' tick the box 'autosubscribe'.

Comments are automatically enabled and you cannot change this. Sorry.

At the present time, only administrators can delete comments. We hope to change this in the future, but currently, if you want a comment deleted, please PM the mod account (mods)

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.

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!)

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?

To send a PM to a player in the game, go to their user info page. There is a tag which reads 'send private message to [username]' - click on that link and it will take you to the PM page. Enter in a subject and message and simply press 'send'

There are various ways to tell if you have a private message.
1. You can switch on email notifications for private messages in your user info
2. You will be notified of a new private message when you log into your account
3. If you have aggressive notifications of PMs set up, you will get an alter on every page of the site you view in that game until you read the message

HTML and special/fancy characters are not allowed in the tag field. If you are seeing this message please check and remove all formatting codes, then post your entry again.

To add a tag (or tags) to a journal entry, enter keywords in the field marked "Tags:". Separate keywords with a comma. You may not use HTML in this field.

There are two tags that will need to be put onto posts. First of all, there's the characters. What this is, is a listing of the characters in the scene. The character names should be put in only in lower case, and only using their commonly used first name. For example, if a character's name is David, but they go by Dave, you would put 'dave' in the character tag list. For characters scenes with more than one character, it will be listed in two ways. Both characters names will be listed separately, as well as listed as a pairing. This pairing needs to be listed alphabetically. For example, a scene between Dick and Jane would be tagged as such: dick, jane, dick and jane

The second tag that is required is game day. This is whatever game day the scene or journal entry is taking place in. Because the game runs on a time-system, this field is required.

Please tag both in-character community scenes and journal entries. Out of character posts do not need to be tagged.