Option to make article panels linking to private articles visible
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Option to make article panels linking to private articles visible
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
Currently, if I'm designing an article and insert an article panel link to a private article, it can look great for me but mess up the experience when that panel doesn't appear for other people, especially if I've specifically alluded to the existence of that panel with subheaders or 'click here for more info' thingies.
How does this feature request address the current situation?
When making a normal link to a private article, the link is active for everyone, but redirects those without access to an 'access denied' page when clicked.
I'd like the option to have article panels behave in the same way - visible and clickable for everyone, but redirecting to the 'access denied' page for those without access.
This would bring more uniformity to how article links behave, make the designing of responsive article pages easier, and give authors more control over exactly how the navigation of their worlds is approached.
What are other uses for this feature request?
In addition to linking to making article design more cohesive, this could be used to:
Easily advertise premium or subscriber-only content in a nicer way than a simple hyperlink
Tease for 'coming soon' articles
Mark out space for future article links so they just work when the article is eventually made public, without the author going through every page they want to link to it afterwards to add the article panels in
Hint to further worldbuilding with nice article panels instead of just hyperlinks with tooltips
Add toggles to only show the panels for certain subscriber groups
Make different panels and layouts visible in the same place based on the viewer's subscriber group / login status
The Team's Response
This suggestion did not reach its support threshold during its voting time. This is available for Grandmaster+ who have activated "Secure links" on their world. This option allows you to display links to articles that are private. The reasoning behind this is that there are people that do not wish to reveal a link to another article unless the user browing it has access to it. What for you is an looks pretty issue for others is a "my campaign is destroyed because they know know who Luke's father is."26/300 Votes · +2670 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by Stormloasd
on 2021-06-22 06:54 -
+100
by Lilithdoesdnd
on 2021-06-18 17:09 -
+10
by darksylph
on 2021-06-12 01:46 -
+20
by BetweenTime
on 2021-06-11 22:57 -
+10
by Snake__Venom
on 2021-06-11 06:20 -
+100
by Plant_Nerd_176
on 2021-06-10 15:17 -
+300
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+50
by RatTaster
on 2021-06-10 04:54 -
+20
by brass_phoenix
on 2021-06-09 07:14 -
+100
by Jarhed
on 2021-06-09 00:09 -
+20
by Salgecko
on 2021-06-08 13:22 -
+100
by TheDoctor292
on 2021-06-08 04:27 -
+300
by Ademal
on 2021-06-08 01:05This would necessitate excerpts and tooltipster being treated as always public, which I agree with, but that field then deserves a note that it's public.
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+50
by Careen Ligh
on 2021-06-05 17:50 -
+50
by OldGuy33
on 2021-06-05 14:28 -
+50
by Nightfoot
on 2021-06-04 16:49 -
+10
by KajetanWrites
on 2021-06-04 14:11 -
+50
by markelcortazar
on 2021-06-04 10:10 -
+10
by Adcheryl
on 2021-06-04 08:51 -
+50
by Jacob-W
on 2021-06-04 02:21 -
+20
by Lyraine Alei
on 2021-06-04 00:42 -
+50
by AvalonFaery
on 2021-06-04 00:18 -
+100
by A Filthy Mlem
on 2021-06-03 14:46 -
+100
by eccbooks
on 2021-06-03 13:22 -
+100
by Michael Chandra
on 2021-06-03 13:18 -
+300
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+300
by PanAndPaper
on 2021-06-03 12:04
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