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Started December 23, 2017 by @Werevampiwolf

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@andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer) Thank you!

Hey! @andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer)

I had a thought whilst aimlessly working on some stuff today.
For those of us that have collab universes with other users, I thought it would be super helpful if we got a notification when the other person made edits anywhere in the universe. That way both users can know who's working on what, etc.
I also thought it would be pretty helpful if maybe each user in the collab had a different font color, so it's easy to see who has done what and the like.

Just a little wish list for organization!

Thanks :D

A roadmap type thing would be nice, So we know what new features are being planned and worked on

@FaeEris maybe not a different font color, but maybe an underline color or something (since page links are already colored).

I think it should be possible to create one of all pages that require a premium subscription. Only one, of course. I personally cannot subscribe at the moment, but some of those pages would be very useful.

New idea!!
Premium user only forums
Writing forums that contain a surplus of writing advice, high quality RPs, a way to try out a notebook.ai update before it’s released, etc. Maybe even a forum where you can get solid writing advice (but in order to post your own forum, you first have to give advice/comments on other people’s writing?)
It might be a way to get more users to pay for premium, idk though

i don't like the idea of singling out the RPs, but otherwise the rest sounds awesome

I don’t mean that RPs would be a premium thing only
Idk it’s hard to explain what I meant lol

A roadmap type thing would be nice, So we know what new features are being planned and worked on

Fun fact: Notebook.ai is entirely open source so anyone can work on anything at any time. However, I do have a board of priorities here that I direct people towards when they want to help out. The columns left-to-right separate projects by size (small, medium, large, etc) but top-to-bottom in each column is the priority, so there's a good chance the top issues will get worked on first.

Hey! @andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer)

I had a thought whilst aimlessly working on some stuff today.
For those of us that have collab universes with other users, I thought it would be super helpful if we got a notification when the other person made edits anywhere in the universe. That way both users can know who's working on what, etc.
I also thought it would be pretty helpful if maybe each user in the collab had a different font color, so it's easy to see who has done what and the like.

Just a little wish list for organization!

Thanks :D

@FaeEris I totally agree. I've been thinking about a notification system for a while and what kinds of things would actually belong in one, and that's definitely up there. I'll see if I can get something penned out to work on soon. :)

One thing I’d really like would be having the ability to disable certain types of prompts like ‘notes’ and ‘private notes’.

One thing I’d really like would be having the ability to disable certain types of prompts like ‘notes’ and ‘private notes’.

This please.

I once wrote "it doesn't make a good back scratcher" in the private notes of a sword just to stop it from popping up in my prompts

@FaeEris I totally agree. I've been thinking about a notification system for a while and what kinds of things would actually belong in one, and that's definitely up there. I'll see if I can get something penned out to work on soon. :)

I figured you were already on it, I just thought I would second the motion. XD Thanks!

I once wrote "it doesn't make a good back scratcher" in the private notes of a sword just to stop it from popping up in my prompts

Yeah, now I mostly just put an x whenever it comes up.

• It'd be cool to be able to search for users
• I think having the option of placing bookmarks in discussions could be cool. Like, "oh, someone complimented me on page 64– Let me put a bookmark there so I can look back at it!!" It could just be a little square around the page number, and maybe you could even name it {i.e. under the marked '64' it could say 'Compliment from ___!' It could be useful in a lot of situations.
• We NEED the option to see a list of discussions we're following/have commented on, even when there are no new notifications.
• Maaaaybe having the ability to follow people and be notified when they create new public content {IDK about that one though} or being told when they're online

I like all those ideas, and I'd like to add one more little one: Maybe have the ability to create a plural name in addition to a regular name for linking purposes? For instance, in one place, you may want to use the singular "pegasus" as a page link, but in another place, you may want to use the plural "pegasi." The markdown could be something simple, like adding an "s" after the final bracket. Just an idea.

@halfging3r Ooh, I like it. Simple, but definitely useful.

A category for fashion would be neat! You could describe current fashion trends, historical fashion, the way it's affected by culture/religion/morals/etc, describe clothing/accessories by gender, all kinds of things like that!

I think it would be really cool if we could co write with the documents on this site. Like we can share them, and other people can see them, but only the person who created the document can edit it. If we could like send the document to someone so they can also edit it, it would be really helpful.

A category for fashion would be neat! You could describe current fashion trends, historical fashion, the way it's affected by culture/religion/morals/etc, describe clothing/accessories by gender, all kinds of things like that!

I’m pretty sure you can edit the categories by clicking the little toggle thing on the side of the page as you’re editing it.

A category for fashion would be neat! You could describe current fashion trends, historical fashion, the way it's affected by culture/religion/morals/etc, describe clothing/accessories by gender, all kinds of things like that!

I’m pretty sure you can edit the categories by clicking the little toggle thing on the side of the page as you’re editing it.

I think they meant a page for fashion, like how we have pages for characters, buildings, and creatures. If that is want they mean, I agree with them. It would be neat.

A category for fashion would be neat! You could describe current fashion trends, historical fashion, the way it's affected by culture/religion/morals/etc, describe clothing/accessories by gender, all kinds of things like that!

I’m pretty sure you can edit the categories by clicking the little toggle thing on the side of the page as you’re editing it.

I think they meant a page for fashion, like how we have pages for characters, buildings, and creatures. If that is want they mean, I agree with them. It would be neat.

Ah, ok. That would be pretty cool.

You could also possibly put "fashion" as a category in a "culture" page, which I think could be very useful. Have categories for traditional foods/mealtime, manners, fashion, art, architecture, customs, etc. Especially since, sometimes, cultures aren't necessarily connected to specific places or races.

Actually, I have a couple of other ideas. First off, let me say: I love the references functionality on the documents. I haven't played around too much with it yet, but I know it's awesome to be able to have a reference up without having an extra tab open. What I'd like to suggest is maybe adding this functionality to page editing? Oftentimes, I'll be editing one page, and will be heavily referencing another page that's connected to it, so I'll have that page open on a separate tab. Sometimes, I'll have multiple reference pages open at the same time (up to 3 or 4, or even 5 on occasion!) and it'd be nice to be able to have the reference open on the same tab, not only to keep my browser cleaner (I already have a bunch of tabs open, more often than not), but also so I don't have to keep clicking back and forth between tabs/pages.

Also, something I thought of recently, that I honestly probably should have come up with a long time ago: the ability to "pin" fields/pages that still need more editing. A lot of the time, I'll be editing a page that I don't quite have all the information for yet, but I know that information needs to be there (it often requires creating a new page or editing an existing one). Currently, when I run into this problem, I'll just write "MORE" somewhere in the field, maybe with some details on what, exactly. This works if/when I eventually go back to the page for some other reason, but more often than not, I forget it's there entirely. Being able to pin these spots, as well as possibly add descriptions as to why it was pinned in the first place, would be SUPER helpful. Then you could have a place somewhere on the site that shows all your pins, as well as descriptions if you have them, so you know what needs worked on. Maybe you could add a task list of some sort here, as well, for pages/elements you haven't created yet, but plan to in the future.

You could also integrate this into the "prompts" feature, which could also be very helpful. That way, instead of asking me what magic my Centaur Cabinets have (none, it's a cabinet), the prompts would suggest things I'd already been meaning to work on.

Oh, also, one more minor request: Could we have bullet points in documents in addition to numbered lists? Most of my documents are more idea-vomit pages (and a taxonomy list) rather than storyboarding or some such, so I don't really need numbered lists on those pages. This isn't an urgent request by any stretch of the imagination, just a little something that might be nice.

Well, this got a lot longer than I expected. Again. Oh well. Thanks again for all the work you do, andrew (Our Supreme Lord and Overseer)! I love this site!

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