Need Help with Authoring Problem

Hey Guys,
I know this may seem overly simple for most of you, but I am new
to this stuff.
Anyway I need to know how to ad additional sorting options to an
existing file. How is this achieved (if there is a tutorial like
that would be appreciated, otherwise just post a respoinse and it
would be helpful).

Matt "Bofdar" McDonough




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lordbofdar wrote:

>Hey Guys,
> I know this may seem overly simple for most of you, but I am new
>to this stuff.
> Anyway I need to know how to ad additional sorting options to an
>existing file. How is this achieved (if there is a tutorial like
>that would be appreciated, otherwise just post a respoinse and it
>would be helpful).
>
>
>
Filters are done through tag groups. e.g:

<group id="color" name="Card Color"/>
<value id="Blue"/>
<value id="Green"/>
</group>

the above example (very basic) would allow you to add either (or both)
of the following tags to a card:

<tag group="color" tag="Blue"/>
<tag group="color" tag="Green"/>

this would then allow the user to filter cards with (or without) the
color blue or green.

More info on what exactly you would like to do would help me create a
better example.
You should download the authoring kit and read the docs.
For which game are you updating files?

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Jim Williamson <jim@timewarpcomics.com <mailto:jim@timewarpcomics.com>>
TimeWarp Comics & Games
(973) 857-9788
www.timewarpcomics.com <http://www.timewarpcomics.com>



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Thanx for the response to my question. I have downloaded the authoring kit and have been studying it (somewhat). But as I said I am new to this and it is a little overwhelming at first glance.
To answer your questions I am modifying the Star Trek entries (which are not updated as often as I would prefer). I am trying to add the ability to sort out White Border editions. They are distinctified in the card entries but the sorting option does not appear.

Matt "Bofdar" McDonough

Jim Williamson <jim@timewarpcomics.com> wrote:
lordbofdar wrote:

>Hey Guys,
> I know this may seem overly simple for most of you, but I am new
>to this stuff.
> Anyway I need to know how to ad additional sorting options to an
>existing file. How is this achieved (if there is a tutorial like
>that would be appreciated, otherwise just post a respoinse and it
>would be helpful).
>
>
>
Filters are done through tag groups. e.g:






the above example (very basic) would allow you to add either (or both)
of the following tags to a card:




this would then allow the user to filter cards with (or without) the
color blue or green.

More info on what exactly you would like to do would help me create a
better example.
You should download the authoring kit and read the docs.
For which game are you updating files?

--
Jim Williamson >
TimeWarp Comics & Games
(973) 857-9788
www.timewarpcomics.com





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[rob]

It could be just a matter of making the tag group visible so that it can be
filtered on by the user. This would be controlled in the definition file
with the specification of the tag group. But since I don't know the Star
Trek files, I can't be sure.

How is the white border indicated for each card within the data files? I
assume by a tag of some sort. What is the tag group and what other tags are
defined in that group?

Thanks, Rob

At 12:37 AM 8/25/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Thanx for the response to my question. I have downloaded the authoring kit
>and have been studying it (somewhat). But as I said I am new to this and
>it is a little overwhelming at first glance.
>To answer your questions I am modifying the Star Trek entries (which are
>not updated as often as I would prefer). I am trying to add the ability to
>sort out White Border editions. They are distinctified in the card entries
>but the sorting option does not appear.
>
>Matt "Bofdar" McDonough
>
>Jim Williamson <jim@timewarpcomics.com> wrote:
>lordbofdar wrote:
>
> >Hey Guys,
> > I know this may seem overly simple for most of you, but I am new
> >to this stuff.
> > Anyway I need to know how to ad additional sorting options to an
> >existing file. How is this achieved (if there is a tutorial like
> >that would be appreciated, otherwise just post a respoinse and it
> >would be helpful).
> >
> >
> >
>Filters are done through tag groups. e.g:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>the above example (very basic) would allow you to add either (or both)
>of the following tags to a card:
>
>
>
>
>this would then allow the user to filter cards with (or without) the
>color blue or green.
>
>More info on what exactly you would like to do would help me create a
>better example.
>You should download the authoring kit and read the docs.
>For which game are you updating files?


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Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com




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