Campaign Wiki

Garboshnik · Sep 23, 2006

I'm actually using a Trak page that one of my players set up. Its more of a campaign journal than a wiki, but maybe some other information will go up later. My players don't contribute very much, unfortunately. I attribute it to them all being lazy =/

Laslo Tremaine · Sep 26, 2006

I set up PmWiki on my site to use for my new C&C based Age of Worms campaign.

You can find PmWiki here...
http://pmwiki.org/

I like that it is completely script based, so it is relatively easy to set up and maintain. It also does pretty much everything I need it to. It also has some pretty nice skins, and an active development community.

You can see my wiki here...
http://www.criminy.net/aowwiki/pmwiki.php

Elodan · Sep 27, 2006

Thanatos said:
I hadn't posted them because the domain I am on will be undergoing a name switch. It's a holdover and no-longer appropriate for what we are doing. So the links will break...I'll update when they do though, should be sometime this month.

That said, along with the Wiki, here's some tidbits:

Eberron Campaign Wiki

A lot of great sites. I'm thinking about setting up a campaign Wiki myself using TiddlyWiki. On your page, I love the lists on the left, such as on the Races tiddler. Are they possible to do with TiddlyWiki and if so, were they difficult to set up?

Thanks.

Thanatos · Sep 27, 2006

PM Wiki looks cool..I may switch my player-based one over to that since you can lock pages and the one I am using doesn't seem to be in development anymore...

Elodan -

Thank you very much, I spent alot of time figuring out how to get it up there and working.

Tiddlywiki is pretty nice to work with as its all in 1 file. It can be a bit tough to figure out, but since you can look at other peoples works, you can often figure it out for yourself without excessive trouble.

The list on the left is just the master menu and you can set it up however you like. When you click on races and you see the list on the right, thats filled out by pointing the (for instance) Elves page back to the Races page in the "tag" text box and it automatically fills that part out. Then of course, on that page is an "Elven Traits" which is another page that points to "Elves" instead of "Races" -- if you click the View button you can see how each tiddler is set up and kinda back engineer it.

If you need help, just post here or IM me and I'll be happy to help.
The system tiddlers hold all the config...so you could copy someone elses and remove it piece by piece to figure out exactly what affects what. Since its all in one file, its easy to keep track of as well.

Elodan · Sep 28, 2006

Thanks for the info. I've started hacking away at my Wiki (I may password protect it at some point as I do believe I'm using some Product Identity). The formatting is challenging but TiddyWiki is very easy to pick up.

http://home.comcast.net/~twhogan/TC/AOW.html

Anyone know how to center a table? Didn't see anything about it in the tutorial.

Thanks.

Sir Brennen · Sep 28, 2006

Elodan said:
Anyone know how to center a table? Didn't see anything about it in the tutorial.

You can't do it with the existing TW syntax.

You can, however use regular HTML inline for a tiddler and build an HTML table and center it. It'll even pick up the TW CSS (such as the table header rows).

Here's sample code for a centered table. Just copy and paste into a tiddler to test:

Code:

<html>
<table style="margin:auto;">
<th colspan=2>This is a test centered table</th>
<tr>
<td>Testing</td><td>Testing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Testing</td><td>Testing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Testing</td><td>Testing</td>
</tr>
</table>
</html>

Laslo Tremaine · Sep 29, 2006

I think tiddlywiki is cool in that it is easy to set up and is just one file.

Unfortunately I find it to be a user interface nightmare. Stuff is always moving around. Nothing is ever in one place, and where things are changes each time you use it... Blech.

This is all in my humble opinion, and I'm not saying that people who like it are having Bad Wrong Fun, but man-o-man, it is not for me...

Thanatos · Sep 29, 2006

So far, my two computer illiterate players have said it was really easy for them to figure out and navigate.

Only one of them has problems with the tables opening and such, but he is on dial up that won't connect faster then 26.6k and so its laggy for him or his browser stalls (but everything stalls it). He lives out in the boonies and has no other options.

XCorvis · Sep 29, 2006

Laslo Tremaine said:
I think tiddlywiki is cool in that it is easy to set up and is just one file.

Unfortunately I find it to be a user interface nightmare. Stuff is always moving around. Nothing is ever in one place, and where things are changes each time you use it... Blech.

This is all in my humble opinion, and I'm not saying that people who like it are having Bad Wrong Fun, but man-o-man, it is not for me...

You might like Wiki-on-a-stick. A single-file wiki, but this one has static boxes instead of "non-linear" ones.

Sir Brennen · Sep 29, 2006

Laslo Tremaine said:
Unfortunately I find it to be a user interface nightmare. Stuff is always moving around. Nothing is ever in one place, and where things are changes each time you use it... Blech.

Well, if a well-tagged, well-linked Tiddlywiki with a good top-level static menu and thorough search function bothers you, its use in non-linear fiction will bug you to no end.

To me, web-content is not meant to be static. Even a regular Wiki like the one you're using, or even plain old HTML pages, should have plenty of internal links so I can investigate things about a campaign as they strike my fancy, not as the author has rigidly laid them out. That's what books are for

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