Add-ons

Kotoll has some extra features.

Extra Profile Options

The profile options are accessible from the User CP, on the Account Settings page.

For heights, there is a built in system to convert between metric and imperial. Please choose your preferred and each character’s height will auto adjust for you! Imperial is the default.

The time zones section in profiles works off of the time you choose when you make your profile. If it reflects the wrong time, please double check you've set the time zone to the correct standard time and that it auto detects DST.

We have two different styles of profile views. One is a tabular system much like our guidebook uses, while our second option lists everything out in one long spread. You can choose which you prefer to view profiles as with this option. If a profile was created in the view that you're not using, you will be notified about it on their profile and offered to view it in its original state. Tabular view is the default. While the alternate view can be chosen, it does not currently display anything on the profile pages.

Posting Tables

Posting Tables is a plug in used to keep all of your character’s posting tables handy and easy to use. To get to the space to input tables, go to User CP, then check under the Kotoll option, then click “Posting Tables”. Next, click “Create New Table”.

To create a new posting table, the plug in will automatically add text into the table for you. All you have to enter is the table header, the table footer, speech color, and a name. The plug in will do the rest for you! Then hit “save” to make sure you don’t lose it.

When it comes to using tables, to activate the speech color in your posts, place the following around your quote: [say]”Hi, this is speech![/say]” and it will automatically apply the color for you.

If there's a table you're not actively using and don't want it to show up in your list, you can check the option to "Hide" it. Hidden tables can be reactivated at any time.

If you prefer not having tables at all, go to Account Settings. Under Thread View Options there will be a checkbox you can mark which will disable tables on the forums for you.

Tagging & Shortcodes

Tagging

Tagging someone in a thread will cause them to receive an alert, stating that they have been tagged in the thread. In order to tag someone, simply write @username - if it's a complicated username with spaces or apostrophes, enclose the username in double quotation marks; @"username"

Shortcodes

Shortcodes work on both profiles and posts.

[username] This creates a link to a user's profile.

[thread=###] This creates a link to a specific thread. The ### (thread ID) can be found at the end of the url of a thread, showthread.php?tid=###

Account Switcher

With your character accounts connected to your OOC account, you can easily switch between them without having to log out and log back in. As long as your characters are connected to your OOC account you should be able to see their names underneath the account you’re currently on. All you have to do is click on it and it will swap you over to that character.

Likewise, if you accidentally post a reply with the wrong character account, there is a Switch Author button above the post. Click this and then choose the account you had meant to post with and it will switch.

Kotoll Pulse

The Kotoll Pulse is Kotoll's largest news outlet. If you have any IC developments you want to share, you do it through the Pulse. Just type in a quick summary of what you're sharing, put in the thread ID (those numbers at the end of the thread url), and hit send! Within a few minutes the update will get pop up in the discord server too. There's no limit on what can be shared or not - anything goes, from your character petting a lovely stray cat to assassinating the head of a house and causing massive nation-wide upheaval. If anything - the more you use it, the happier we'll be! The Kotoll Pulse page also features some game stats, such as the most popular places to thread in, and total IC posts, threads, etc.

Rumors on the Pulse aren't really things you have free rein to know about IC - it's mostly just an IC-flavored way to keep other players in the loop of what's going on around the site. You might hear the gist of it "from a friend of a friend who knew a guy", but generally, it's anonymous. Breaking News, however, are considered known and public IC events. If a rumor you submit is about something that was very public and features well known individuals it may be bumped up to Breaking News.

Thread Features

Bookmarks

All threads offer you the option to bookmark them. With this, you can create a unique collection of threads you like to have handy. Your bookmark collection is linked from the sidebar, and can also be found in the User CP. Bookmarks are acccount specific.

Love Threads

IC threads can be loved - it's essentially just a like system. You can view the most loved threads here, and manage/browse the threads you have loved from your User CP. While which threads you have loved aren't publicly visible anywhere, the players in the thread receive a notification that their thread has been loved. Normally this alert states who loved it, but if you want your love to be anonymous there's an anonymity setting in the User CP under Account Settings. This setting is only visible on your OOC account, but it toggles the anonymity on/off for your entire account cluster.

Archiving

When you and your writing partners have finished a thread, please hit the archive button at the bottom of the thread. This will archive your thread. It also prevents any further posting within the thread. If a thread has accidentally been archived, please let one of the admins know and we can put it back for you!

Coding Resources

We have a small collection of pre-made resources, such as a guide to style your profile with a custom banner and colors, a guide to making tables, support for collapsible/expandable content, splitting text in columns, and much more. Head on over to the Resources forum and take a gander!