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@skew is correct: I have very tetchy opinions on the best way to store data, but they are experienced best practices and “whatever works for you” is always the best way to get something done, if not always done best.

You will also need a second delimiter to go between records, for which I suggest ^.

This means you will also have to scrub user input to either edit out pipe and carrot, or do the aJobs thing of replacing those characters with ::pipe:: or ::carrot:: on input and display properly on output. (Putting user text last makes pipe less critical, but your record delimiter must be accounted for.)

If you’re going for a rolling attribute list (a decent idea), I would check strlen() of the attribute before appending to it to determine if you need to make a new attribute, not do a record count. You don’t know how long the user entered text will be, or if you alter the system later on.

If you’re using Rhost, you should even be able to get a check on the actual size instead of number of characters. Ansi and extended characters take up more space than the traditional English ascii set.

Otherwise, I’ll support Skew’s advice 100%.

WISE FWOM YOUW GWAVE!

I finally got this, so I figured I'd share it here.

First I went through httpd.conf and changed every instance of AllowOverride to All

Then I did this...

getenforce
setenforce 0
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

I added the below under DocumentRoot in my virtual host config in sites-available:

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/YOURDOMAIN.COM/public_html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

I rebooted the httpd.service again using the systemctl above.

Then I did my .htaccess in my public_html folder, and used this.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^wiki/(.)$ mw/index.php?title=$1 [PT,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^wiki/$ mw/index.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^wiki$ mw/index.php [L,QSA]

In LocalSettings.php, I added these under wgscriptpath:

$wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1";
$wgUsePathInfo= true;

It worked perfectly to redirect /mw/ to /wiki/.

I also used another setting to make the core .com redirect in the .htaccess as well, just putting this under the info above..

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} domain\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /mw/$1 [L]

It's working perfectly now.

@bobotron said in Wikidot formatting?:

Otherwise, it seems to be funcitoning alright (I wouldn't mind having the edit buttons on the top, but I can live with them at the bottom.)

You can hide the default page options with css, I believe, then: http://www.wikidot.com/doc-wiki-syntax:buttons

@thenomain I mean I dont really hear dnd 5e called just 5e unless the people in the conversation only play dnd... which is rare.

@sparks said in Android Apps: Your top picks? And perhaps some help?:

If you like customizing your phone's behavior, Tasker is a must have.

If iOS allowed this, I would be a raving Apple fanboy.

Sigh.

@misadventure said in Flat/starting competency on MU*:

If someone wants the fun of growing from nothing, they can not spend their starting budget.

My concern with that is that there would be no 'competition' between those that choose to spend slowly and those that choose to min-max. Especially in nWoD, your stats and skills can (but don't always) directly impact your likelihood to hold certain jobs, and so forth.

@auspice
And your response was a quick reminder that changes don't take effect if you forget to click the save changes button. today is all about the learning. 🙂

http://musoapbox.net/topic/146/basic-anomaly-jobs-functions Has some of it?

@bobotron said in Tablet Suggestions:

Hey guys. I'm in the market for a new tablet. I'm looking for something with a minimum of 4GB RAM and Win10, would prefer a 2-in-1 style with detachable keyboard. I've been digging around online and the options are huge and various. Anyone got any that they use/like that they'd suggest? Budget is up to about $300 or so. Need it for light gaming via steam, word processing, web browsing. PDF usage and markup.

The best I can think of is finding a used Surface Pro 3, which will be about $390. (They're $700-ish new.)

Take a deep breath, take a break, ride a bike, go play some video games.. Refresh yourself.

Thread necro but for good cause.

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/214278/Vampire-the-Masquerade-V5-prealpha-playtest

It is a free product, looks like the scenario included builds on the events of the Berlin LARP.

I read over the Dark Pack a few times and it really reads to me like they're aware of just how much of their material is being reproduced without authorization by the gaming community.

I've been seeing some websites (that I once used as a resource site) shut off their content stating they'd been contacted by WW/Onyx. It does definitely seem that they are moving on this, at least to some degree. There's evidence of it, at least.

Fact of the matter is almost any of the WoD MU*s out there don't require a constant book/PDF open to play due to a shitload of content having been ported into the code. This Dark Pack reads a lot like: if you're not with the Dark Pack, we will shut you down for using our IP without authorization, and in joining the Dark Pack, you will have to identify yourself to us. In identifying yourself to us, we will get a better idea of how much of our stuff you're reproducing without approval, and potentially cease/desist you.

If I were a betting man, I'd put some money on that a lot of these MUs are gonna be getting visitors soon.

@Bobotron said in Game Concept: Paying for rare things:

This isn't about ridiculing a concept for 'speshul snowflakeness'. It's about finding another way to allow something that is problematic, or should be rare, in a different way than an application, a cap, or staff fiat. It gives player agency to the choices they make. Sure, everyone on the game might go OKAY I WILL BE JEDI AT 6 POINTS or somesuch, but the THEORY behind it is sound, as many of us have witnessed first-hand. It could be applied to the Jedi issue in SW to help alleviate some of the above insanity.

This argument presumes any insanity on an SW game if people are given the freedom to choose.

This argument also presumes that a larger occurrence of purportedly rare concepts is problematic.

I understand the system and how it is calculated to work. I'm arguing that there was never a problem to begin with that needed to be addressed with system modification.