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Use Character Photo instead of Header Image

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by pixiechar
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

Currently, all article blocks just show the header/cover image no matter what type of article it is. However, character articles have a dedicated place for a character portrait and don't often also use a cover image for the character. This makes scrolling through characters on a world rather boring as you can't see what they look like without clicking into the article itself.   I would request that if the article type is a character and has an image, that image should show for the article block.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

This would replace the generic cover image with the character portrait where one is assigned to the character, making it much more visually appealing when scrolling through lists of characters.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

This would also be useful in seeing PCs in a campaign as well as NPCs in a category. This could also potentially be used for other article types that have a dedicated image attached (like organization crests/flags/etc).

The Team's Response

Heya guys, this was the case way back when and we had to change it for reasons described by someone above as well.   Character portraits tend to be vertical images 9:16 in most cases, Setting an image like that as the header of the article considering that the width will always be 1170px means that the header will end up being close to 2200px long .... which is absolutely massive and it does look very bad.   In the case of the article block I see where you are coming from but again the article blocks are using (as currently are) a horizontal image which will also look bad.   What I would like to do to, and I hope you are ok with it is to create a new type of entity called [characterblock:;ID_HERE] which will be designed specifically to suit the needs of a character by setting its image to be a portrait but it is also supported by things like the full name/title of the character, link to the article,profile and/or character sheet associated   Please feel free to ping me in #development-discussion Discord channel if you'd like to discuss this.
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57/300 Votes · +9604 points

Votes Cast

  • +300

    by CM_Dunkin
    on 2022-09-26 18:39

  • +300

    by eharville24
    on 2022-09-26 17:22

  • +1

    by Skulkton
    on 2022-09-26 15:43

  • +300

    by The Bronze Manticore
    on 2022-09-26 08:19

  • +100

    by Ewicraft
    on 2022-09-26 06:52

  • +300

    by JaenJaenJaen
    on 2022-09-25 08:55

  • +300

    by Voltem
    on 2022-09-24 12:56

  • -1

    by A Rambunctious Hobbit
    on 2022-09-24 01:04

  • +300

    by Chrisbburn
    on 2022-09-23 21:19

  • +300

    by Furiousbunnies
    on 2022-09-23 00:01

  • +100

    by DemonDC
    on 2022-09-22 13:23

  • +100

    by Fneuch
    on 2022-09-22 00:36

  • +300

    by Gritchu
    on 2022-09-21 21:24

  • +300

    by GaleForceW1nds
    on 2022-09-21 04:32
    This is something that has bothered me as well, it'd be a very helpful update

  • +100

    by Weed
    on 2022-09-20 09:03

  • -300

    by A Enfeebled Velociraptor
    on 2022-09-20 03:33
    Character images / portraits tend to be square or vertical images.   The header is a horizontal image.   This will look absolutely horrible. It will either pixelate the image or even worse make it a MASSIVE scroll to go to the actual article.   Absolutely not, I honestly do not think that the people that voted for this understood the repercussions of this.

  • +100

    by Ventrue
    on 2022-09-19 03:36

  • +300

    by fwalton
    on 2022-09-18 01:42

  • +300

    by ZenithTheReborn
    on 2022-09-17 01:34

  • +300

    by Roger Allen
    on 2022-09-16 00:32

  • +100

    by Thinkingtoast
    on 2022-09-15 21:00

  • +300

    by Jontaro
    on 2022-09-15 15:54

  • +1

    by AvalonArcana
    on 2022-09-15 14:53

  • +300

    by MaximusErebus
    on 2022-09-15 01:29

  • +100

    by Satrium
    on 2022-09-14 19:09

  • +300

    by Cooly991
    on 2022-09-14 06:18

  • +100

    by Adcheryl
    on 2022-09-14 04:33

  • +1

    by BrandonBrokeIt
    on 2022-09-14 03:38
    I fully support this.

  • +100

    by HisMessengerDAB
    on 2022-09-13 14:39
    This seems like something that would *definitely* be helpful for things that are not just characters.

  • +300

    by A Fierce Dwarf
    on 2022-09-13 14:12

  • +300

    by Ask_fulgrim
    on 2022-09-13 08:45

  • +300

    by DOOMSAYERS
    on 2022-09-13 08:09

  • +100

    by A Sneaky T-Rex
    on 2022-09-13 07:20

  • +1

    by Vistyle
    on 2022-09-13 03:14

  • +100

    by AllieFoster
    on 2022-09-12 19:49

  • +100

    by SugarSheikh
    on 2022-09-12 18:44

  • +300

    by Notivy04
    on 2022-09-12 18:26

  • +100

    by Careen Ligh
    on 2022-09-12 17:23

  • +100

    by LeviCore
    on 2022-09-12 07:42

  • +100

    by R4veN
    on 2022-09-12 03:09

  • +300

    by themrbeasley
    on 2022-09-12 01:30

  • -1

    by A Uncontrollable Cthulhu
    on 2022-09-11 22:48

  • +300

    by Bonus Action
    on 2022-09-11 12:19
    Love the idea, but I agree with SoulLink's suggestion.This option would not only benefit characters, but could also be used for items and even countries and cities with flags or crests.

  • +100

    by Tijmuhn
    on 2022-09-11 08:49

  • +100

    by NESz
    on 2022-09-10 13:50

  • +300

    by Pantalaimon
    on 2022-09-10 11:13

  • +1

    by JoellaKay
    on 2022-09-10 04:19

  • +100

    by Arlatius
    on 2022-09-10 03:51

  • +100

    by AuraGuard
    on 2022-09-10 03:24

  • +1

    by UnknownWriter88
    on 2022-09-10 00:10

  • +100

    by Ratha
    on 2022-09-09 09:55

  • +300

    by zalzabar
    on 2022-09-09 07:48

  • +300

    by A Beloved Bananafolk
    on 2022-09-09 01:34

  • +300

    by peschke
    on 2022-09-08 23:44
    Yes: I have no idea why this isn't already a feature

  • +1

    by ddaniel
    on 2022-09-08 21:25
    it can look nice if you have a category only containing characters and then css it, but the alternative book display suggested a long time ago is better and i believe is already accepted

  • -1

    by SoulLink
    on 2022-09-08 17:54
    This is likely not going to end up look good in many cases and force us to make portraits in a certain way to make this work. An alternative would be to allow people to set a article block thumbnail that is used in place of the article header when set.

  • +100

    by illumiinae
    on 2022-09-08 17:12
    I've also really wished this were a thing but my worry is that the dimensions of most character portraits/crests is much different than that of your typical header, and I'm not sure if it will throw the sizing off or cut half the heads off some of the portraits.

  • +300

    by pixiechar
    on 2022-09-08 13:21

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