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The Laurelin Archives Tutorial

This tutorial is meant to explain the main functions of the site: How to register, how to make a profile and kinship profile, how to submit adventures, images and events, and whatever else we come up with.

Registering

Registering is easy, simply state your username and email adress and await an email from us, once we've approved your account, stating it is active. The username must be the exact in-game name of the character you're registering. If you misspelled the name simply send a mail to contact@laurelinarchives.org informing us of the problem and giving us the name you registered and what name is the correct one. This way is much easier and hassle-free than registering again, leaving a duplicate user in the system.

Once the email arrives, click the link to use the one-time login, after which you can change your password and begin submitting content to the Archives right away!

Creating a Character Profile

To create your character profile, go to "My profile" in the left sidebar menu, or click the "Create your profile" link in "My account". This will bring you to the creation form for the profile.

There are two input formats, Filtered HTML and BBCode, more information about them can be found by pressing the "More formatting tips" at the bottom of the "Input Format" dropdown list. The link below the textarea will enable the text editor, allowing you to see the final product as you write, without the visible code.

If you're copying text from Word, make sure to first copy it to a plain text editor (Notepad, Stickies, etc.) to get rid of any formatting that might conflict with the Archives' text editor before copying it into the textarea.

Fill in the required fields and whatever other fields you wish and press submit at the end of the form.

The profile will be automatically titled the same as your username, this is among other things why it is important that you register with the character's exact in-game name. It will also be given an automatic address (/profile/[your user id]), making it easy to find and link to.

For the purpose of recording the legacy of the server, you cannot delete character profiles. If you've quit the game, deleted the character etc. simply state OOC in the background that the character is no longer active, this is the only time OOC information should be in the profile.

Freelinking

Wherever an input format is used, you can use the freelinking double-bracket tags to link to anything on the site. For example, [[Calenon]], will link to Calenon's profile if it exists. If it doesn't, it will search for the word on the site. To add a custom label to the link, separate the link from the label using a | symbol. For example, [[Calenon|That darn elf]], will link to Calenon's profile but will be printed as "That darn elf".

You can also link to web addresses the same way. For example, [[http://laurelinarchives.org/|The Laurelin Archives]], will link to the Archives frontpage but be printed as "The Laurelin Archives". This can also be used to link to external addresses, such as kinship websites, community sites etc. Anything related to the server's RP plain and simply.

Submitting Adventures

Go to "Create content" in the left sidebar menu and select "Adventure" to begin submitting your stories. Write the name of the story in the title field, remember to not use any kind of punctuation at the end of the title to avoid messing with the referencing. Mark which kind of story it is and then jump right into writing!

Submitting Images

Go to "Create content" in the left sidebar menu and select "Image" to begin submitting your images. Write the name of the image in the title field, remember to not use any kind of punctuation at the end of the title to avoid messing with the referencing. Mark which kind of image it is and then use the upload field to upload your chosen image. Add a description as well if you want.

Once submitted, the image node will contain the image, description and an image link that can be used to insert the image in your profiles, stories etc.

If you want to delete the image, edit the node which acts as container of the image and press delete at the end of the form. If you only remove the uploaded picture, the node with description will remain.

Submitting Events

Go to "Create content" in the left sidebar menu and select "Event" to begin submitting your events. Write the name of the event in the title field, remember to not use any kind of punctuation at the end of the title to avoid messing with the referencing.

Fill in the required fields and whatever other fields you wish and press submit at the end of the form. The event will now be listed with date in the right sidebar.

Creating a Kinship or Band Profile

If you are the kinleader of a kinship, or bandleader of a band, and you would like to add a profile for it on the site, use the "Contact" form at the top right of the site and choose "Kinship request" or "Band request" in the dropdown list.

Specify the name of your kinship/band in the message as well as some information about it. Once approved, you will receive the Kinleader/Bandleader role, allowing you to create Kinship/Band profiles by going to "Create content" in the left sidebar menu. Same instructions apply here as for the Character profiles. Do not use any kind of punctuation at the end of the title field, since this will upset the referencing.

If you're no longer the leader of a kinship/band that you made a profile for, send a message through the contact form again, stating the name of the kinship/band and the name of the new leader. Tell the new leader to send one as well. We'll then edit the roles accordingly, allowing the new leader control over the kinship/band profile.

If you wish to submit a profile for a kinship/band you ran in the past that is no longer around, contact us with information about it and we'll help you add it to the legacy of the server.

For the purpose of recording the legacy of the server, you cannot delete kinship/band profiles. If your kinship/band has been disbanded, simply leave the profile as it is or contact us and we'll take it off your hands. Remember to mark the kinship/band as disbanded in the status dropdown list of the profile. You're then free to create a new profile if you've made a new kinship/band.

Advertisements

A system for advertising characters, kinships, events etc. is in place but is not active at launch. Once the site has settled in, we'll work out the requirements to add them, how it will be done and who will be able to do it.