Mechanics Source Article Container

[Farling]

If you create a Mechanics Source article as the top-level container for the book that you're importing, why isn't this sufficient for your needs?

[ruhar]

Originally Posted by Farling

If you create a Mechanics Source article as the top-level container for the book that you're importing, why isn't this sufficient for your needs?

According to the Realm Works® Content Sharing Guidelines the Mechanics Source needs everything that the story side has if there is no story side. This includes all the filler art work. The book I'm working on has a Foreword, lots of filler art work and a history. That should all be at the top as part of the sources and not in one article. That's why the Mechanics Source needs to have similar categories as the story side.

[Parody]

Ahh, I see; you just want Global Categories on the Mechanics side that match the Story side. (Obviously for now you can just make them yourself.)

I'm glad I don't have to deal with those Guidelines. :)

[ruhar]

Originally Posted by Parody

Ahh, I see; you just want Global Categories on the Mechanics side that match the Story side. (Obviously for now you can just make them yourself.)

That is what I ended up doing.

Originally Posted by Parody

I'm glad I don't have to deal with those Guidelines.

You are lucky. It's close to reading a legal document that makes your eyes cross. lol

[Mystic Lemur]

Originally Posted by Parody

Aside: "Various Images", as used in the sample content from LWD's website, is horrible organization in my opinion. Covers and other identifying marks should be in a Topic/Article with the other product information (likely the Story/Mechanics Source), handouts should be in a specific "(Product Name) Handouts" Topic/Article and (case depending) placed closer to where you're going to want to show them/hand them out than the information for the entire product, incidental images would hopefully have a home closer to the content they're supposed to be depicting, and advertisements for other products should be deleted. :P

You may be stuck using it for whatever products you're recreating in RW, but if you have the choice you may find better homes for your products' images.

I'm guessing you missed the part where "Various Images" is for Images that you can't easily associate with any other content. It's like having a Miscellaneous topic. Sure, you might need to put stuff there, but it should be the exception rather than the rule.

[Parody]

Originally Posted by Mystic Lemur

I'm guessing you missed the part where "Various Images" is for Images that you can't easily associate with any other content. It's like having a Miscellaneous topic. Sure, you might need to put stuff there, but it should be the exception rather than the rule.

My opinion comes from how it has been used in the free content available from LWD's website. The types of images I listed all appear in the "Various Images" Topic for those imports; I feel they could have been placed elsewhere (or been dropped, case depending).