Chapter Summaries Process

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 10:18 AM

I have added the prologue and chapter one of Midnight Tides... and learned HTML

Please could you take a look and let me have comments on layout, format etc.. thanks

#42 Anomander Rake

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 10:38 AM

Looks good. Just a few comments, I think Jen'isand Rul's idea of having a standard layout is a good idea. Maybe you guys could agree on the layout and what font to use, and then post the info here?

The second is: the quotes at the beginning of the chapters, should they be included or should they be left out? The reason for this is, possible copyright issues by copying it straight out.

#43 Hume

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 10:48 AM

The whole format and Layout was my Idea and I never thought of copywright with the Intro comments :confused:

I hope its not a problem.
Though I did remember seeing those things on the old MalazanEmpire page.
And also over at Wotmania.com they have hundreds of straight quotes from books appearing as random quotes as well.. from dozens of different authors. http://wotmania.com/...ntasyquotes.asp if your curious

*is currently crash coursing html as well*

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 11:29 AM

No Prob Hume. I guess we can continue to use it until someone sends me a complaint. hehe. I doubt Erikson or Bantam Press will go against it. So its all good

Thanks for the link to the wotmania example, as I guess it should be okay.

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 11:57 AM

I like the font that Jen has used.... guess I'll copy it using my newly discovered HTML skills

Book Antiqua it is

#46 Folken

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Posted 03 January 2006 - 04:05 PM

okay so do you want me to go ahead and create the CSS based on my format?

<div align='center'>You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are - Juan Manuel Fangio</div>

#47 Folken

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 12:21 AM

K Rake I've created a CSS. I need a way to send it to ya lol so we can use it:p

Edit:
Alrite I've uploaded files and since i can't upload HTML I changed the file type to .txt

Rename to:
chapter.txt --> chapter.html
index.txt --> index.html
style1.txt --> style1.css

chapter.html is an outline that can be used to write all of the chapter summaries. I've included comments to explain what each tag is used for.

index.html is an example of what it'll look like

style1.css is the style sheet. make sure its in the same folder as the html files

<div align='center'>You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are - Juan Manuel Fangio</div>

#48 Anomander Rake

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 10:32 AM

Thanks Jen'isand Rul.

I've added the styles after a bit of tweaking, as the page was using an overall malazan css style.

I've attached the html code that should be used for the template. (Just removed the html, body tags).

Basically the code in the txt file (chapter.txt) is what should be copied and pasted into the Chapter Summaries control panel page when adding a chapter, and then add the data in appropriate places.

I've added a sample_chapter.txt too. You can view that sample here: http://www.malazanem...ies.php?q_id=20

Jen'isand Rul, can you have a look at that and let me know if it looks correct.

Thanks

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 10:46 AM

in chapter .txt... at the end of the lines of the poems..

Year of the Late Frost

One year before the Letherii Seventh Closure

The Ascension of the Empty Hold

the code should be
and not
.. otherwise all the lines flow together

#50 Anomander Rake

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 11:03 AM

Thanks Hetan, missed that bit out.

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 12:17 PM

So that looks fine

Can I go ahead and try it out for myself? pretty please?

oh yeah.. great work Jen'isand and AR...

#52 Anomander Rake

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 01:03 PM

yep, no prob.

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Posted 04 January 2006 - 02:53 PM

Thanks.. it works! lol
amended the MT prologue to the new CSS..
*rolls up sleeves* now I'll sort the other chapters out.

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 12:47 AM

Looks good to me, though I think the text of the pre-chapter verse shold be changed to stand out more... italics perhaps?

The ability to click through the chapter summaries would be a good feature as well.

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 03:14 AM

Would be good to have a navigation systm. But from what I see in the way Rake has written the php (notice I make this assumption from the URL, so could be totally wrong) it'd mean some re posting of the chapter summaries or extra work for Rake.

<div align='center'>You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are - Juan Manuel Fangio</div>

#56 Anomander Rake

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 01:43 PM

Imperial Historian, I presume you mean being able to click back - next from chapter to chapter. It probably could be done, but it'll be too much hassle to do it

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Posted 06 January 2006 - 03:22 PM

Ok, no problem would be a nice feature but if it's too much hassle don't bother.

#58 Guest_BAD_*

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Posted 09 January 2006 - 05:17 PM

OK who do I send summaries to? Just done the prologue for GotM and wanted to see if the style and content is ok. I pretty much kept to HUME's format. Should be doing one every two days or so from now on, now that New Year and Xmas is over and work should be a bit less insane.