Profile Design
- CompletedFamily Introduction New FeatureThere's now a paragraph section for Family as well as Friends, Lovers and Enemies. Some of you have already found it and out newest members will have already been utilising it but for those who have been here a while, it's worth going into your profile and making sure it's been filled out! ^_^
Previous Partners Section Completed RequestAs requested, there is now a Previous Partners Section in the Love and Romance plotting category. You can tag all your past loves and conquests here.
Wanted Characters New FeatureTo go with the new Compendium layout of handling wanted characters, the Wanted Character section of the profile is now like the other character lists - just tag the wanted account you're interested in someone tacking and it will appear as a link on your profile.
Seeking Plot/Plot Requests New FeatureSeparate from wanted characters (which are very specific
characters that someone wants filled; with a face, name and general personality already worked out), the new Seeking/Requested Plot feature on the profile pages is more a case of - I want to do *this* kind of plot with this character, and its up to others what kind of character they want to make to fulfil it. These plots can be taken by characters already in existence (ergo a way of making more plot connections with others) or someone might choose to make a whole new character in order to act out the plot. But that is up to them. From your perspective, this is just about having a plot you want to carry out with your character.
Alternate Reality Stuff New FeatureJust for fun, while I was fiddling with the layout, I added sections in which you can choose your character's Myers Briggs Personality, their Hogwarts House and their Divergent Faction. These are totally optional but if activated show up under the Alternate Reality section of the profile and they give a little more insight into the character for others considering roleplaying with them. I also threw in the same for you the Writer >_^ !
New Layout to the History Section New FeatureThe history/personality/biography/freeform
bit of the profile has been upgraded and is going to be used a little differently from now on. From a newcomers perspective, nothing has changed - this section is for them to detail the history of their character and to write about how they have grown into the person they are today. For all members who have been with us long enough to have a few threads under their belt, this section changes slightly and operates as home to all of your past threads. Here's the idea - this is not the history of your character. It's their story. Including the story you are currently writing. Ergo, the Active Threads section is staying as is (because we never know that a thread is 100% concrete until it's locked and finished) but the
Completed threads section is being removed. Instead, the completed threads are being integrated into your character's history. As you write what has been happening to them and keep your profile up to date, you simply copy and paste the link to each thread into the history appropriately. I haven't completed it yet (Vangelis is in
a lot of threads) but I have made a good start on Vang's in order for everyone to see what I mean. Just
click here to go to his account and then select "Vangelis's Story". You'll see his history, his story and his completed threads laid out in chronological order where anyone can follow along and read back should they wish to. This might sound (initially) like a bit of a ball ache but honestly I'm really looking forward to how this is all going to look laid out - atm we have lovely long lists of threads in our trackers, but some people have theirs in chronological order, some have them in order of start, some have them in order of locking. And unless you click on each one individually, it's hard to know which goes where. This way, your character's story and history is laid out beautifully for all to see and for you to keep track of.
Hope you guys like the update!! Please note that, as with all things, I can't test every single account on the site so there
will be bits of code going a bit off - if you can please post them in the new channel #new-layout-bugs - I'll be able to crack on with fixing them. If you need any confirmation on what the layout is supposed to look like, simply check out
Vangelis' profile which is the one I've been using as a tester and is all working and in place. I will aim to get my others up to scratch asap so people have more examples to work from.