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Realm Works Output Formatter

The information from map pins is gone, right? Because it's kind of sad, if you export a topic with a map that has dozens of pins with useful information that just gets lost.

I just checked the source code, and using the "Create HTML file(s)" button already places hotspots onto the smart images. The only problem is that no pin is visibly displayed on the web page (a future enhancement).

If your map image already has identification markers (e.g. room numbers), then maybe you don't "need" pins in order to find the clickable hotspots.

There is one small update I've put in today (not released yet), which will provide the description as a basic tooltip when you hover the hotspot - the formatting in the description won't work without further improvements to the tool.
 
V2.3 has been released

To help Merion

The map pins in smart images are now displayed as hollow map pins when generating HTML pages (only via "Create HTML file(s)", not any of the other output options).

The pin's name is also displayed when you hover over a pin, but this is currently restricted to displaying plain text. A future enhancement will allow bigger tooltips with all your HTML/other formatting displayed.
 
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Wow, this is great!

I expected a simple list with all the text of the descriptions and maybe links. Actual image hotspots are way above expectation! Great job!

The only little complaint I could muster ist that
The description text of a pin is also displayed when you hover over a pin,...
doesn't seem to work for me. I only get the name as mouseover, not the description or GM directions. Tested with internet explorer, firefox and chrome.
All the pins I tested with were unrevealed, if that makes any difference, but I did not check the "revealed only" option during export.
 
I only get the name as mouseover, not the description or GM directions. Tested with internet explorer, firefox and chrome.
All the pins I tested with were unrevealed, if that makes any difference, but I did not check the "revealed only" option during export.

Thanks for that. I double-checked, and yes I'm only displaying the pin's name - not its full description.
 
So ... would it be possible to display the full description?

Yes, I will be looking at it this week.

The basic tooltip was simple to implement, but it only supports basic text. It doesn't support any formatting.

This means I have to find a different way of displaying a more complex tooltip that allows all the formatting that you would expect :-)
 
Version 2.4 is available

The tooltip on smart images now contains the pin name, description and GM directions.

Fortunately, RW doesn't allow formatting in these sections either so the tooltip can remain quite simple.

The general format is (using ___ and --- as shown):

___ pin name text ___

description text

--- GM DIRECTIONS ---

gm directions text
 
Version 2.5 is available

If you don't like the default map pin format, you can now change the format using the new "map pin" dialog window.

If you mess things up, you can restore the default formats for each part of the pin in the same dialog.
 
Thanks Farling! I was trying to use the old version that was in the forums and was having issues. this new version solved all my issues!!!!!!
 
Thanks Farling! I was trying to use the old version that was in the forums and was having issues. this new version solved all my issues!!!!!!

Good to hear :-)

I'm still waiting for suggestions from anybody for any improvements to the formatting.
 
Well, I tried playing with the css but my experience with css equals zero, so all I managed to change was the fonts and their formatting. Tried to add columns and padding and failed at both. Didn't spend fore than 2h max on it though.

My idea was to make it look more like the page of an official rulebook or supplement.
 
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Well, I tried playing with the css but my experience with css equals zero, so all I managed to change was the fonts and their formatting. Tried to add columns and padding and failed at both. Didn't spend fore than 2h max on it though.

My idea was to make it look more like the page of an official rulebook or supplement.

To get the body of each topic into two columns, you can add the following to theme.css

Code:
.topicBody {
    column-count: 2;
}
.contents {
   break-inside: avoid;
}

If you want each section within a topic to start in its own multi-column layout, then you could also add the following:

Code:
.section1 {
   column-span: all;
}

If you want the text to reduce to a single column if the window is narrow (e.g. being viewed on a phone), then you can use the following extra text (for a minimum column width of 300 pixels):

Code:
.topicBody {
    column-count: 2;
    column-width: 300px;
}
 
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V2.6 is available

This release updates the functionality of map pins.

Different map pin shapes are used for pins that link to other topics, and pins that are not linked. (In the future, this will be expanded further to have different pins based on the category of the linked topic - e.g. all links to cities will use one shape; links to dungeons will use a different shape.)

If a map pin is defined without any additional text, and the map pin is linked to another topic, then the text from the first section of the topic is used to populate the pin.

The only text that is used is multi-line text snippets, and both normal contents and GM directions will be used if not present on the pin.

(The summary of linked topics is what I've wanted in RW for a while.)
 
Version 2.7 is available

This minor update expands on the popup tooltips that were added as part of 2.6.

The expanded tooltip is automatically created for all links within articles, not just map pins.

This allows the first section of each topic to be viewed without having to click on a link.
 
can i share the Output format tool on Facebook RW Group ?

hey Farling, is it ok with you if i put the Output Format tool into the RW Facebook Group files section ? That way peeps in there who aren't fans of forums can find it easier...

Regards, Paul
 
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