Create Article from Anywhere!

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by Nihilus - DnDLivingWorld

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Please return the button that used to let us go to editing a new article from anywhere.

The green button at the bottom of every page was removed in the last update. The button would pop-up a visual list of all article types and with another click would create a new article and take you to editing it.
Now, I have to go to the world dashboard, wait for it to load, click the green "+Article" button, scroll down, and choose from a list that doesn't match the types of articles. (For example, there is no such thing as a "geography" article.) Then I have to name the article, choose a location for it, hit Shift + Enter, hit Shift + Enter 2 more times to get past the writing and storyteller seeds, and then Shift + Enter again to create the article, and now it just exists out there and I have to click "Full Edit" before I can finally just see the article I'm creating.

All of this used to be 2 clicks and then I was in the article.

Follow up

The reason I want to see the quick creation button on presentation mode return is that it made creating articles so much faster. I am part of a living world with multiple DMs, so that was extremely useful since I am constantly creating new articles for titles, characters, and locations the players discover. Now, to create a new article, I have to go through several steps. 1) Leave my current page and go to the world dashboard, which takes about 5 seconds to load. 2) Click the green "+Article" button 3) Scroll down and choose from a list that doesn't match the types of articles. (For example, there isn't "geography" or "person" article.) 4) Name the article. 5) Hit Shift + Enter 6) Hit Shift + Enter to get past the article description 7) Hit Shift + Enter to get past the storyteller seeds 8) Hit Shift + Enter to create the article 9) Click "Full Edit" to finally see the article I'm creating. All of this used to be 2 clicks and then I was in the article: Click green button > click article type > editable article To me, this new update severely hampers my ability to create articles quickly. I recently discovered that choosing an option from the dashboard homepage will take me to an editable article, but even that requires that I go to the dashboard instead of just leaving directly from wherever I was. If I need to create a new continent full of cities and regions using all of the descriptions the DM team gives me, I have to go back to the dashboard every single time I want to go to editing the details of the article, instead of just jumping to the next article.

Current score

4/300 Votes · +298 points

Votes Cast

+100

by Amancham
on 2024-05-02 15:02
I do understand the issue with the many steps to create an article. I kinda miss the old system, too. Especially the ability to directly copy the link to the newly created article. Either I am blind or that is really not an option anymore. I also feel that having all the steps for input in one widget would save clicks and time, instead of having to enter Title and category in one widget and then proceed to the next one to enter the content.

To make this short: Yes, the +Article button has similar functionality, but the old system was a bit better imho
(I also don't know anything about presentation mode, but I feel like it should be there for the DM if it currently is not)
-100

by A Lusty Mimic
on 2024-04-23 09:10
-1

by DMFW
on 2024-04-21 16:45
Just really to back up WeStanNikolai with regard to the 1st part. I always seem to have the +Article button visible and from the "hammer" button which is also always visible, I can access other creation types with two clicks.
-1

by WeStanNikolai
on 2024-04-20 17:56
At least on my end, the green article button is visible anywhere - even right now while I'm not on the dashboard. And in the Templates I can find all of them - Geography too. Maybe you're experiencing a bug? The Shift+Enter-part of your suggestion I can understand - although I actually prefer this way since it lets me stay wherever I am, copy the article link and insert it wherever I am currently writing without needing to reload the page.
+300

by Nihilus - DnDLivingWorld
on 2024-04-19 23:06