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Is it possible to link to a category and how do I create sub categories?

1. Is there a way to create a link to a Mechanics Reference Category? I want to create a link directly to the Skill/Ability category for a bunch of snippets I created on character creation but it will not allow me to create a link to that category.

2. I would like to start adding the spells of the system I use to the Spell/Power sub-category under the Abilities category. It seems easy enough to just click the add button. But, first there are 3 different articles spells fall under, they are: Low Magic (cantrips), Middle Magic (regular spells), and High magic (arcane stuff, not for the masses). Secondly under Middle magic there needs to be a section for each profession (class) and each spell would fall under a single profession or more.

I would like to have the first sub category under Spell/Power be something other than the base Spell/Power article like maybe a General Gameplay article.

RW does not allow one to create an article like that under Spell/Power category. What work-arounds has anyone here come up with?

Well if you go to manage categories and scroll down to spell, you can duplicate it or create sub-categories with the tools icon beside spell

What would a link to a category point to?

Maybe you want a link to container level list instead?

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Originally Posted by ErinRigh (Post 253525)

Well if you go to manage categories and scroll down to spell, you can duplicate it or create sub-categories with the tools icon beside spell

I can do that but it does not seem to fit having the parent article (low, middle, or high magic) identified as a Spell/Power and then a container under that having the professions and then sub containers with the actual spells for each profession. Whereas those same spells are aptly identified as a Spell/Power.

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Originally Posted by kbs666 (Post 253538)

What would a link to a category point to?

Maybe you want a link to container level list instead?

The issue is I already have all the skills input and if I can move them to a "Skill/Ability" Container then I would be adding an unnecessary level to the tree as it is. Attached is a screen shot. BTW, attaching screenshots is a real pain on these forums, it can only be so big, then it has to be certain dimensions..... :(

If you want to link to the tree you need a target. That is the nature of these things.

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Originally Posted by kbs666 (Post 253543)

If you want to link to the tree you need a target. That is the nature of these things.

Yeah I see that.
Now only if clinking the link would actually take you to the area in the link on the side bar also. Basically if someone wanted to peruse the skill categories they would still have to navigate to that spot in the Mechanics Reference area. If they click the link in the character creation summary it will only show the page the link is on and not the entire area in the sidebar....

Perhaps the way to do this is to not actually use the parent article but instead modify the spell category to include a selection tag that can then be used to filter on Low, Medium and High magic.

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Originally Posted by Madmaxneo (Post 253542)

The issue is I already have all the skills input and if I can move them to a "Skill/Ability" Container then I would be adding an unnecessary level to the tree as it is.

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Originally Posted by Madmaxneo (Post 253544)

Now only if clinking the link would actually take you to the area in the link on the side bar also.

The problem is that the target isn't in the current navigation, whether because it's in a different View or because you've filtered what you're seeing. The command to reveal it won't do anything for the same reason.

There are a lot of edge cases, but (as someone who is almost always in the World Almanac or Mechanics Reference) I'd prefer it worked something like this:

If the Navigation is showing one of the global "views" (World Almanac/Mechanics Reference/Storyboard/User Notes), there's no filter, and the link target is in a different global "view", switch to reveal the new item without asking.

Otherwise, ask (with a "don't show again" checkbox) to do the minimum necessary to reveal the new item, in roughly this order:

- Turn off the filter that hides the item.
- Switch to the related global "view" for the current View.
- Switch to any other global "view".

Even if they don't want to implement this when following a link, the explicit show command (Ctrl-=) should tell you why the item can't be revealed and/or do the above.

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Originally Posted by Madmaxneo (Post 253542)

BTW, attaching screenshots is a real pain on these forums, it can only be so big, then it has to be certain dimensions..... :(

While they are arbitrary, I like the limitations in a way; they hopefully make you think about what you're trying to show people and resize your windows or crop/resize your screenshots. You can always put your image elsewhere and link to it if you need full resolution for something.

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Originally Posted by daplunk (Post 253559)

Perhaps the way to do this is to not actually use the parent article but instead modify the spell category to include a selection tag that can then be used to filter on Low, Medium and High magic.

What do you mean by "modify the spell category to include a selection tag that can then be used to filter on Low, Medium and High magic"?

How do you mention people other than using a quote like below?
In this case I wanted to simply respond without showing the quote,

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Originally Posted by Parody (Post 253568)

Personally I would consider the Category groupings the unnecessary level. (You can turn them off by setting the Navigation View/Similar Topic Grouping preference to "By Simple Grouping".)

Here's the Skills section of my Paranoia realm, showing a stub of the Energy Weapons skill (since I apparently never went back and updated the earliest skills I entered after changing their Category definition. Oops!)

Here I've put all of the Skills and Specialties (Stats and Skills, respectively, in most other RPGs) into a hierarchy. The top-level Article is a Generic Ability Article, while I created custom Categories for the Skills and Specialties. In addition to giving you a link destination, it gives you a place to put general information for the contained items.

The problem is that the target isn't in the current navigation, whether because it's in a different View or because you've filtered what you're seeing. The command to reveal it won't do anything for the same reason.

There are a lot of edge cases, but (as someone who is almost always in the World Almanac or Mechanics Reference) I'd prefer it worked something like this:

If the Navigation is showing one of the global "views" (World Almanac/Mechanics Reference/Storyboard/User Notes), there's no filter, and the link target is in a different global "view", switch to reveal the new item without asking.

Otherwise, ask (with a "don't show again" checkbox) to do the minimum necessary to reveal the new item, in roughly this order:

- Turn off the filter that hides the item.
- Switch to the related global "view" for the current View.
- Switch to any other global "view".

Even if they don't want to implement this when following a link, the explicit show command (Ctrl-=) should tell you why the item can't be revealed and/or do the above.

While they are arbitrary, I like the limitations in a way; they hopefully make you think about what you're trying to show people and resize your windows or crop/resize your screenshots. You can always put your image elsewhere and link to it if you need full resolution for something.

Doing some of the things you mentioned might make it it a little more chaotic than it already is. Those are good ideas though for future consideration. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Madmaxneo (Post 253571)

What do you mean by "modify the spell category to include a selection tag that can then be used to filter on Low, Medium and High magic"?

You can go into the Manage tab and change the templates for the spells to include a drop down selection box. As options of that box you can set what ever you like. You will then be able to filter on the tags that get applied to each spell when the selection is made.

For example you could filter on Low Magic and only the spells with the Low Magic tag will show on the active screen.

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Originally Posted by Madmaxneo (Post 253572)

How do you mention people other than using a quote like below?
In this case I wanted to simply respond without showing the quote,

Just hit the reply button. You can also modify the Quote text before submitting to reduce the spam where it ads no value to the conversation.

You can reply to a specific post without quoting by using the "paper with a quill" icon in the lower right of the post. However, as the default view on this forum is not threaded, you don't gain much over using the Quick Reply box at the bottom of or the Post Reply button at the lower left of any page of the thread.

If you want to use someone's handle, Madmaxneo, just type it. :)

You can see an example of the type of tag daplunk's talking about in my screen shot from earlier; the "Primary Skill" snippet is a single-item Tag snippet in my custom Category for a skill Specialty. It uses a custom Tag Domain which lists the various primary skills.

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Originally Posted by daplunk (Post 253573)

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Originally Posted by Parody (Post 253577)

You can see an example of the type of tag daplunk's talking about in my screen shot from earlier; the "Primary Skill" snippet is a single-item Tag snippet in my custom Category for a skill Specialty. It uses a custom Tag Domain which lists the various primary skills.

I had no idea that is what that dropdown box was for. Thanks for the help so far! I just hope I don't forget about this when I have a chance to get back into that part this weekend. Right now I am adding PC type stuff like the PC Pearls book (great info for the players in creating great characters) and stuff from Masks (for me).