ORGANIZATION
There are five tools to organization; Formatting, Lists, Columns, Tables and Tabsets. They can be used in mixtures or stand-alone for all your needs. Note that this is the basics of organization, true mastery takes a bit of fiddling and a little experimentation!
Formatting{b}Bold{/b} can be used above for headers when listing information or when talking in character to emphasize spoken word. {i}Italics{/i} are good for sub-headers or your character's thoughts. It beats using apostrophes in my opinion, and trumps using quotes for both thought and word.
Now {color=(color)} is another great tool allowing you to change the color of local text. I'll show you later how to make a whole post use a specified text color so DO NOT use this for an entire post, it gets clunky and difficult to use for multiple colors, which you might decide later on you want to use...
With the link to BBC codes Goss has put up, there is also a {font=(font)} option for localized fonts. As with Color, you can change a whole post's Font using a {style=(Style)} code, so it might be preferable not to use this to change the font of everything.
Lists and Columns:Lists are self explanitory... they make lists! {list}{*}(Item One){*}(Item Two){*}(Item Three){/list} enables you to make lists, or even lists WITHIN lists! {list=} allows you to set an organized listing! 1, i or I are great options here for ordered lists!
- You don't need to start another line
- for the next bullet,
- but it helps organization for later edits.
- Just a tip for now,
- you will be editing this a LOT later on
- when you start working with possessions.
- Might as well keep it organized on seperate lines.
- Also, for lists IN lists,
- Just nest another list code inside the first.
- It can be the same type of list or different.
- It doesn't really mater,
- but you MUST remember;
- There are two lists here,
- so there must be two closures.
- Even when they close at the same time,
- otherwise you get junk...
- Luckily all list types end with {/list}!
Now, here's the quick and dirty on Columns. You know with your item list? There's a LOT of blank space on the left that leaves something to be desired. {columns=#}when used in juncture with a list can allow a streamlined possessions list!
Example:- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
- Item 4
- Item 5
- Item 6
- Item 7
- Item 8
- Item 9
This site has an excellent table code allowing for the organization of information. {table} allows the user to create a table with columns separated by | marks (no spaces needed between word and mark) and rows by just starting a new line. Let's work with an example here, shall we?
Example A:Expense|Cost|Total
Starterpack|+100gm|100gm
Iron Staff|-12gm|88gm
Shortbow|-30gm|58gm
Shortbow Arrows(20)|-1gm|57gm
Leather Armor|-10gm|67gm
Quiver|-20gm|47gm
There's your table base. No code needed for each column or row. Now, slap on a {table} and {/table} tag to get;
Example B:| Expense | Cost | Total |
| Starterpack | +100gm | 100gm |
| Iron Staff | -12gm | 88gm |
| Shortbow | -30gm | 58gm |
| Shortbow Arrows(20) | -1gm | 57gm |
| Leather Armor | -10gm | 67gm |
| Quiver | -20gm | 47gm |
But there's more! See how the color is so drab sometimes? For color schemes, use {table2=(background color),(text color)} and {/table2} to change colors. Now, there's a problem if you use Styles... WHaaaaa? Your text doesn't change colors... Well this is easily remedied. Use the {color=(color)} code BEFORE the {table2} code to change all of the text within that table. Using it after the table and before a text will change ONLY that cell, just a heads up.
Examble C:| Expense | Cost | Total |
| Starterpack | +100gm | 100gm |
| Iron Staff | -12gm | 88gm |
| Shortbow | -30gm | 58gm |
| Shortbow Arrows(20) | -1gm | 57gm |
| Leather Armor | -10gm | 67gm |
| Quiver | -20gm | 47gm |
Much better, isn't it? As added tips, you can use {i} or {b} codes for the top row (each cell must be formatted individually) to annunciation them as Header Cells. You can also use the {center} code around the tables to center them but NOT the information inside.
Example D:| Expense | Cost | Total |
| Starterpack | +100gm | 100gm |
| Iron Staff | -12gm | 88gm |
| Shortbow | -30gm | 58gm |
| Shortbow Arrows(20) | -1gm | 57gm |
| Leather Armor | -10gm | 67gm |
| Quiver | -20gm | 47gm |
Vualla! A Table!
Tabset:A great tool for compressing information, Tabsets allow you to set tabs like a folder filing system with a height that cannot be exceeded. {tabset=200} with more than that height in information/tables/lists or whatever will have an automatic scroll bar... and it can center just like Tables! This code can be tricky to master... But luckily it's text color altering ability transcends the Style nesting protocol, so no {color} manipulation is needed.
{tabset=(height of tabs)}{tab=(Name of Tab),(background color),(text color),(Name of Tab, Can include spaces)} Add info here, then {/tab}{tab=(Name of Tab),(bg color),(text color),(Next tab)}More info before closing{/tab}{/tabset}
DO NOT FORGET TO CLOSE! I've done this a lot out of haste and never saw the flaw. If you forget to close two tabs will blend. If you do not close {tabset} the tabs will unstack into big blocks. As a side note, some of you may LIKE these blocks with the name tag. Go right ahead and use this if it suits your ends. For the following example I'm going to show a basic use with a WoTT in place of information.
Example A:
First Tab
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Second Tab
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Tables, lists, columns, images, whatever information you want in there can go in there! If you're looking for a compact CS, you could probably have one tabset code with enough tabs for every topic!
Tip: I find it useful to use these for similar yet distinct information. For those with a LOT of skill types, why not seperate them into Combat/Career/Physical/Mental/Magical or other various forms of tabs and assortments, or for your equipment On person/At Residence/Borrowed.
