[Discuss] region pages on the Wiki and why I hate them

[Rob Croson]

On 4 Feb 2008 at 9:42, David Zoltan wrote:

> On Feb 4, 2008 8:34 AM, Tom Vogt <tom at lemuria.org> wrote:
> > Robert Croson, Jr schrieb:
> > > Besides, let's face it: Linking to a region's IG page is a PITA. Linking to the wiki
> > > page is a snap. (Especially using my Reglink template. :p)
> > >
> >
> > You said it. Linking to the IG page could be easy with a template. For
> > example:
> > http://battlemaster.org/testing/RegionDetails?World=4&Name=Apokh
> > Works just fine.
> 
> If you simplify that, I bet more people would use it.  That's a lot of
> technomumbojumbo to a non-tech guy like me.  Is there a shortcut link
> that you could come up with that we could use?

Except that it doesn't work that way. BattleMaster will only show you 
an IG region page if you are currently logged in to *that island* 
with a character. You can test it yourself by logging out from all 
your characters and then hitting that link. You'll get an error. Then 
log into whatever island is "World=4" and try it again.

Using these links will only work either when Tom changes the way that 
BattleMaster allows access to IG region pages, or if the person is 
logged in to that island. Widespread use of a linking system that is, 
for all intents and pruposes, broken is not a good idea.

--
Rob
There are people who make things happen,
those who watch what happens,
and those who wonder what happened.




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