Articleblocks
Restructuring the Codex
We are currently moving articles around and changing the general structure of the Codex. Please come back later if you get lost!An article block is a visual container that links to an article. It uses the article's cover images, excerpt, article templates, and creation date to create this widget.
If there is no image visible after adding a cover image, it is most likely disabled in the world configuration. To further customize the layout of the article blocks, use CSS.
The BBCode can be copied from the metadata section of the article editor or from the presentation view of the article at the bottom.
It is not possible to get an article block directly with the mention system. However, with the regular article mention, it is not difficult to create the article block BBCode:
Hello, none of my article blocks have the cover art. They just look look like plain quote boxes with the name/link inside of it. Also, when I hover my mouse over the article boxes or my text links, no windows pop up. I have to press the link. I would like my players to be able to read the linked article without leaving the page. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Ryan
Cover Art
Go to the article editor, then to its display tab. You can set the article's cover from there, which should fix that issue for you! If there's no cover set for that article, it wont use one.Tooltipster
Go to your world config. Then to the display tab. Further down under Global World Display Options you should find DISPLAY ARTICLE TOOLTIPS, make sure that's checked. Test that to see what pops up on the blocks. You can customize what appears in that box by filling out each article's "mouseover snippet box on the design tab.Check out my summercamp by going here and checking out any of my gold-star articles!
Thank you for your quick reply, you got me half way there. I checked the DISPLAY BLOCK HEADERS and that solved my first problem. I should have been clearer, I am trying to get the article preview to pop up when I mouse over a link. I did check the DISPLAY ARTICLE TOOLTIPS and tried using a test phrase in the MOUSEOVER SNIPPETS box, a block link, a text link, nothing has worked. Is there some other box I haven't checked? I'm basically trying to do the mention links that Janet showed in the Youtube tutorial for forest goblins where the article pops up when she hovers over it.
Oh I see the issue. Had to go check your Guild Level. So, the full fancy preview thing is, I believe, a Master+ feature. I meant to report to Dimitris before that it's not entirely clear how to enable it or what feature level it is. Sorry for the confusion! What you can do as a Journeyman is populate the Excerpt text box below the Mouseover one. It only supports text, not a full bbcode display, but is handy for players who want to hover a link and get some quick info without opening up the article.
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Thanks for sorting that out. And yes, I agree, some transparency would have saved some headache.
I think to help new users, a screenshot of where to find the link for the article block to accompany the guiding sentence ("on the right-hand side under the Links collapse") would help a lot.