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18 Nov, 2011 03:26 AM

The text in the email notifications of wiki pages is ugly. There's no formatting or markup of any kind. I would vastly prefer that the text of the wiki page not be included at all, and merely a link to the page included. I'm afraid my players will just read the email and not click the link, and the unformatted text fails to convey some important information.

Forum posts and OP-mail should probably not be changed, though.

  1. Support Staff 2 Posted by Micah on 18 Nov, 2011 04:05 AM

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    Thanks for the tip. We've been meaning to add formatting to those emails, but just haven't gotten to it.

  2. 3 Posted by Calion on 18 Nov, 2011 04:12 AM

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    Like I said, just eliminating the text would be a vast improvement for now, and I imagine that's easier than figuring out how to send properly formatted html.

  3. 4 Posted by Calion on 27 Apr, 2012 08:23 PM

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    Please, please, please just eliminate the text from wiki update notifications, leaving only the link. My players are just reading the emails and not clicking the links, which means they're getting only about 50% of the relevant information, that I spend hours crafting.

  4. 5 Posted by Calion on 07 May, 2012 08:05 PM

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    Best yet: Just include whatever changes were made.

  5. 6 Posted by Calion on 19 Sep, 2012 09:19 PM

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    It's worse now; here's a portion of an email I got today:

    Calion updated the wiki page ‘House Rules’ http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/sydarksun/wikis/house-rules ---- Up to Main New or changed information is in underline. Recently redacted material is in strikethrough. Following is a list of all official house rules. Official house rules are also tagged Rule. Table Rules Character Creation New characters should be created using the Character creation guidelines. XP Characters receive XP for encounters which their player was present for any part of. Characters receive XP for quests if their player was present for any session since the quest was received. Bonus XP Session Log All characters who have players present will receive a bonus to XP for a properly formatted session log for that session equal to a minor quest award for the average party level, divided among those characters. Formatting guidelines are in the Adventure Log guide. Any player can edit the Adventure Log, so everyone can cooperate to gain the XP bonus. The DM will attempt to post the XP gained for that session in the adventure log, but players may do so if they have that information.

    Please, please, just include a link and don't attempt to put in the entire page.

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