Posted by Kim on November 12, 2015, 3:24pm
Characters can now be organized into categories! There are 9 site-wide categories that everyone shares:- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Historical
- Horror
- Looking For RP
- Modern
- Retired/Inactive
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
It's super easy to start adding characters to categories. Just visit your dashboard, and click the link View and sort all of your characters. It's located just beneath your list of characters, and just above the "Add a new character" button.
From there, you can simply drag your characters into any category listed in the sidebar. Characters can go into any number of categories.
From there, you can simply drag your characters into any category listed in the sidebar. Characters can go into any number of categories.
Once you've categorized your characters, you can pop a check mark next to any category (or multiple categories, to narrow your search down even further!) to see only characters in that category.
On mobile and can't drag and drop? We've got a solution to that, too! Go to your dashboard and click the pencil next to any of your characters' names. Select "Settings". You can put a check next to any relevant category for that character, or add your own. Your work will be auto-saved.
Which categories can other people see?
Any category in which you place at least one non-anonymous character will appear in the sidebar of your public character page (reached by visiting your public profile and clicking the link "see all characters")Empty categories, or categories only populated by anonymous characters, will never appear in your public character directory.
Controlling which characters are featured on your profile
To help you put the characters you most want to play with front and center, if you add characters to the category "Looking For RP", those are the characters that will be featured on your user profile first.Of course, visitors can always see your entire line up of characters too, by clicking on the link "See all characters" on your profile.
Will this reveal my anonymous characters?
No. If you place one public and one anonymous character into a category, visitors viewing that category will only be able to see the public character.Drilling down to only the characters of interest
Want to see only characters that are fantasy themed and could be used for romance RP? Throw a check next to "Fantasy" and "Romance" and you'll be shown only those characters that are in both categories.My profile looks different?
Profiles are being spruced up! Round one of those updates shipped in this patch. If you are one of those folks with a ton of characters, you might notice that the amount shown directly on your profile is now capped at 15 -- the rest are visible via the "see all characters" link.Accolades and displayed loot have been gently re-arranged, and your Kudos now follows your bio. Because the nice things people have said about you deserve to be front and center!
I found a problem!
As with any update, it's possible that new bugs or annoyances have been introduced. Please submit a bug report with as many details as possible, so it can be taken care of ASAP.
Remember that tomorrow and Saturday I will be holding office hours, where I'll be happy to answer questions about this feature (and anything else site-related!) in real time.
Comments
HibariHaru
November 14, 2015
3:29am
Awesome update! Thanks, Kim! 
Awesomesauce!!!! Love the update. 
Loren
November 13, 2015
8:00am
Oh my goodness.
This is so awesome!
Kim, you the real mvp.
MauveStar98
November 12, 2015
8:59pm
Thank you so muck Kim!
@Unicorn - the placement will make a little more sense in the next round of updates, I think. 
*happy snow leopard noises!!* YESSSSSSSSS
Kim thank you so much for this!! I may have a taaaaaad bit of a character making problem and this really will help with organizing them! As always you're amazing.
KIM, I love this
BUT please move the rave reviews back to their original spot LOL
BUT please move the rave reviews back to their original spot LOL
PRAISE KIM!!
seriously i've been wanting this so long you don't even KNOW
seriously i've been wanting this so long you don't even KNOW
This is amazing!!
@Kim I was literally just typing out a suggestion thread for that very thing, searching categories... Let me just go close that window now that I know you have it planned for distant future. x3
All the same... SWEET!!! THANKS KIM!!!
I'm certain that they will be able to in the relatively near future, Virus! However, site-wide search for character categories is not in this update. It's one of those things that needs to wait a bit, at least until a time when more characters have actually been categorized.
However, site-wide search for character categories is not in this update. It's one of those things that needs to wait a bit, at least until a time when more characters have actually been categorized.
I am having so much fun with this!!! I hope people will be able to find some of my hidden characters this way. (I like to keep things mysterious that way~!!!)
Thia
November 12, 2015
3:51pm
This THRILLS me!
HUZZAH! I'm going to have to focus on this later but yissssss.
Hot tip: if you have a big list and want to quickly scroll back to the top, just click, drag, hold your mouse button and then press the Home button on your keyboard. The page will jump back right to the top without endless scrolling!!
Hot tip: if you have a big list and want to quickly scroll back to the top, just click, drag, hold your mouse button and then press the Home button on your keyboard. The page will jump back right to the top without endless scrolling!!
Rett
November 15, 2015
12:06am