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PDF Uploads

Content Addition · Images & image management · Created by CJohnston93
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

  Currently there is no way to upload pre-written text that doesn't fit in to an existing WA format   For example, I use WA for creative writing projects and it would be helpful for me to put my scripts in my world to go along with the lore I've created. If I could put all my scripts in to a category and display it on my homepage it would help me keep everything in one place and organized and easy to share with friends

How does this feature request address the current situation?

  A pdf uploader either as an image or article or whatever way is decided will allow people to load already produced work/images/whatever they want. Even if the formatting they want does exist in WA then it could eliminate a lot of copy and pasting

What are other uses for this feature request?

  Anything people may want to upload to their page that they currently can't

The Team's Response

Uploads, certainly not. Extremely dangerous for both World Anvil and users of World Anvil BUT ....     [pdf:https://media.wizards.com/2019/dnd/downloads/UA-ClassFeatures.pdf|750]     Fresh off the oven. Enjoy! The first parameter is the URL (you can upload anywhere else), the second is the height of the embed.
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Current score

28/300 Votes · +2610 points

Votes Cast

  • +300

    by PrimalGryphon1
    on 2022-02-10 04:29

  • +300

    by Timekeepers
    on 2022-02-09 19:42

  • +300

    by The Techno God
    on 2022-02-02 20:35

  • +300

    by LaneysCastle
    on 2022-02-02 09:34

  • +100

    by Pookypie2000
    on 2022-02-02 06:04

  • +300

    by BSigurd
    on 2022-01-30 20:45

  • +10

    by Pete Nelson
    on 2022-01-28 07:01
    It's a good idea, but there are technical and legal issues that do need to be thought through carefully. I implemented a similar feature for a complex web application that I architected for a large company. The technology was the easy part. The more difficult legal part was handled through strict contracts that most likely aren't realistic for an application like WA.

  • +300

    by God's Swordbearer
    on 2022-01-27 05:44

  • -10

    by DarthMediocritus
    on 2022-01-26 06:03
    If this is implemented it would allow any WorldAnvil page to potentially host malicious content in ways it currently cannot. Likewise it ALSO opens up potential legal liability in terms of being responsible for whether uploaded content is pirated. Convenient? Sure. Dangerous/bad idea? Absolutely.

  • +20

    by FictionFan1995
    on 2022-01-25 22:15

  • +20

    by Ivomil
    on 2022-01-23 15:16

  • +100

    by [email protected]
    on 2022-01-22 15:10

  • +300

    by A Lusty Bananafolk
    on 2022-01-22 13:30
    This would be excellent, as I could upload my custom Homebrew Rules I created on the Homebrewery to my world.

  • +50

    by Kleinoede
    on 2022-01-22 13:07

  • +50

    by Fiddler1624
    on 2022-01-22 08:35

  • -10

    by Amancham
    on 2022-01-22 07:10
    I'm not holding my breath for this, due to the security issues as we have learned (thanks for the explanation, I was unaware of this, myself)   Though, truth be told, I was thinking I would love such a feature myself. Guess I'll have to hope for the manuscript feature update and hope that it will be a lot more supportive of what I need. As for putting data through existing tools ... I have several scripts that are playing in my world, but adding those as a manuscript is an absolute nightmare because of all the script-specific formatting. I get that the manuscript software is made for writing books or a story, not a script, but yeah, I haven't found a good way to add those contents yet.

  • -20

    by UnknownWriter88
    on 2022-01-21 10:26

  • +300

    by Evil God Acedia
    on 2022-01-21 09:50
    I requested the same feature for my one wish in Forge the Future of World Anvil! - World Anvil Blog google forms. Thanks for bringing it up. I don't know why people are against this.

  • -100

    by A Wild Elf
    on 2022-01-21 08:54

  • -300

    by A Adorable Ooze
    on 2022-01-20 19:12
    Yeah .... this is really dangerous

  • +100

    by Aeldrik
    on 2022-01-20 18:59

  • -100

    by DMFW
    on 2022-01-20 15:44
    I can understand why this sounds like a good idea at first thought, but allowing external formats to be uploaded and presented does open up the site to the risk of malicious content, either unintentionally or intentionally posted. I'm not sure WA should have to take responsibility for the gatekeeping of all that, so I'd rather users accepted resposibility for putting data through the existing tools, even if it means some copying and pasting.

  • -300

    by A Beloved Mlem
    on 2022-01-20 10:59

  • +300

    by MarkusD
    on 2022-01-20 09:03

  • +300

    by charley2020
    on 2022-01-20 08:52
    This will happen when hell freezes. But anyway. Exactly this is the reason i have ... i must... use Scrivener. So this suite will also never work full on its own. :) Simple as that.

  • +300

    by Temorse
    on 2022-01-20 02:47

  • -300

    by Toblin
    on 2022-01-20 00:22
    Yeah that's not ever going to happen. The only thing less secure and prone to exploits than a word document is a PDF

  • -300

    by Exiledprince113
    on 2022-01-19 23:34

  • +300

    by CJohnston93
    on 2022-01-19 18:10

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