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Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:22 pm**

Aquitayne wrote:
Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:I'm talking about in factbooks, not forum posts.

The code works the same way I outlined in my last post in a factbook as it does in a forum post. Just add an additional set for however many more columns you want and it will come up perfectly fine on the Factbook pages.

Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:
Aquitayne wrote:
Making tables is relatively easy once you figure out the proper sequencing.

1)

2) (Table Row)
3)[td] (Table Down)

So, to get a Table with 3 columns, just do this:
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

The [td]'s go inside the [tr]'s, add a new [tr] for when you want a second or additional row.
I'm talking about in factbooks, not forum posts.
If you do that in a factbook, you get a single column.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:26 pm**

Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:
Aquitayne wrote:
The code works the same way I outlined in my last post in a factbook as it does in a forum post. Just add an additional [td]set for however many more columns you want and it will come up perfectly fine on the Factbook pages.
Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:I'm talking about in factbooks, not forum posts.
If you do that in a factbook, you get a single column.

If you're getting a single column you're inputting the code incorrectly. I copy/pasted the reference table in my first response and it came up with three columns in one row across.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:37 pm**

Aquitayne wrote:
Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:

If you're getting a single column you're inputting the code incorrectly. I copy/pasted the reference table in my first response and it came up with three columns in one row across.

No, I'm copy pasting fine, when I put a table from forum to factbook, it loses its columns.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=688848

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:38 pm**

Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:
Aquitayne wrote:
If you're getting a single column you're inputting the code incorrectly. I copy/pasted the reference table in my first response and it came up with three columns in one row across.

No, I'm copy pasting fine, when I put a table from forum to factbook, it loses its columns.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=688848

This is a single column.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:42 pm**

Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:
Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:No, I'm copy pasting fine, when I put a table from forum to factbook, it loses its columns.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=688848

This is a single column.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=aqu ... /id=688852

Don't forget to add a new bracket of [tr] to add a new row. Just add as many [td]'s in a set of [tr]'s for however many columns you want.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:43 pm**

Aquitayne wrote:
Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:This is a single column.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=aqu ... /id=688852

Don't forget to add a new bracket of to add a new row. Just add as many [td]'s in a set of [tr]'s for however many columns you want.

That is a single column, with two rows, and each row has 4 lines.
1 column.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:45 pm**

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=688848

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:46 pm**

I think there's some confusion here. That is a table with four columns, which go down, and two rows, which go across.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:48 pm**

Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=688848

You need to add as many sets of [td]'s in each row to ensure you get as many columns as you did in the first row. For example:

Row 1: [tr] 3 sets of [td] will get you 3 columns
Row 2: [tr] 3 sets of [td] will line up with the top 3 sections and provide a downward chart in the next row
Row 3: 3 sets of [td]
Row 4 et al: the same.

Just make sure for every 1 set of [tr], you have an equal set of [td]'s as you do in the first row.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:50 pm**

Maltropia wrote:I think there's some confusion here. That is a table with four columns, which go down, and two rows, which go across.

Could I see a screen cap, it might be different on mobile, but I'm only seeing a single column, the blocks that go downwards.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:52 pm**

Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:
Maltropia wrote:I think there's some confusion here. That is a table with four columns, which go down, and two rows, which go across.

Could I see a screen cap, it might be different on mobile, but I'm only seeing a single column, the blocks that go downwards.

https://i.imgur.com/AT9HzeU.png

Definitely viewing it on mobile will distort the way it appears on your screen and make it a lot harder to make the table the way you want it.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:00 pm**

Aquitayne wrote:
Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:Could I see a screen cap, it might be different on mobile, but I'm only seeing a single column, the blocks that go downwards.

https://i.imgur.com/AT9HzeU.png

Definitely viewing it on mobile will distort the way it appears on your screen and make it a lot harder to make the table the way you want it.

This is what I was getting..
http://m.imgur.com/ohOoU5g
.____.

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:02 pm**

Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:
Aquitayne wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/AT9HzeU.png

Definitely viewing it on mobile will distort the way it appears on your screen and make it a lot harder to make the table the way you want it.

This is what I was getting..
http://m.imgur.com/ohOoU5g
.____.

It's because you're viewing the thread on a mobile device and its not wide enough to view the rows completely across. If you view it on a desktop you'll be able to see what it's actually doing

Posted: **Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:02 pm**

Cyborgs And Sentient Machines wrote:
Aquitayne wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/AT9HzeU.png

Definitely viewing it on mobile will distort the way it appears on your screen and make it a lot harder to make the table the way you want it.

This is what I was getting..
http://m.imgur.com/ohOoU5g
.____.

Welp, at least I'm able to make tables that work on mobile...

Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:26 pm**

How exactly does the data limit on factbooks work? I think I just hit the limit (which would be a huge disappointment) and cutting out images does not seem to remove their size equivalent in information space.

Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:28 pm**

It's character count, has nothing to do with image size. I've hit it on a couple of my factbooks. No way around it other that to split them up.

Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:31 pm**

Sunset wrote:It's character count, has nothing to do with image size. I've hit it on a couple of my factbooks. No way around it other that to split them up.

Ok, thank you for the information.

Time for me to curl into a ball and weep in a corner.

Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:38 pm**

Neonymphonia wrote:
Sunset wrote:It's character count, has nothing to do with image size. I've hit it on a couple of my factbooks. No way around it other that to split them up.

Ok, thank you for the information.

Time for me to curl into a ball and weep in a corner.

You could also be proud that you hit the character limit...

Posted: **Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:43 pm**

Maljaratas wrote:
Neonymphonia wrote:
Ok, thank you for the information.

Time for me to curl into a ball and weep in a corner.

You could also be proud that you hit the character limit...

Thing is, I was mainly inspired to create an all-in-one factbook by Vistora's valiant-yet-failed attempt. The entire idea was that I would succeed. :meh:

However, success is still a possibility. To those who know, what is the character limit exactly and does it include spaces?

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:16 pm**

Okay, I did some investigating, and found out that the character limit on factbooks is 90,809 characters including spaces. Seems a bit arbitrary, but I can imagine there is some reason behind this.

In any case, I did actually just manage to squeeze everything in after a bit of surgical editing, which is awesome because I am now officially finished with my factbook!

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:24 pm**

Neonymphonia wrote:Okay, I did some investigating, and found out that the character limit on factbooks is 90,809 characters including spaces.

Incorrect. I just tested the limit and it's certainly at least 95,044 characters. I also don't know whether BBcode has any impact (it doesn't seem to in forum-side posts), but that's outside the scope of this test.

Edit: Well this is odd.

Re-edit: It allows me to preview at up to 99,904 characters but it fails to post.

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:40 pm**

Maltropia wrote:
Neonymphonia wrote:Okay, I did some investigating, and found out that the character limit on factbooks is 90,809 characters including spaces.

Incorrect. I just tested the limit and it's certainly at least 95,044 characters. I also don't know whether BBcode has any impact (it doesn't seem to in forum-side posts), but that's outside the scope of this test.

Edit: Well this is odd.

Re-edit: It allows me to preview at up to 99,904 characters but it fails to post.

I tested with posting, not previews, and came up with 90,809 characters within the raw BBcode including spaces.

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:43 pm**

I get you, but this is definitely a 95,000-character factbook that successfully posted. I haven't checked between that and 99,800 to see where it stops me but it posted with, as I said, 95,044.

Posted: **Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:51 pm**

Maltropia wrote:I get you, but this is definitely a 95,000-character factbook that successfully posted. I haven't checked between that and 99,800 to see where it stops me but it posted with, as I said, 95,044.

Hmm. It could be that my factbook contains a lot of line-skips and formatting stuff, which could affect how it is counted.

Posted: **Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:41 pm**

It is allowed to put NS Weapons in the Factbook?
I want to do a mix of RL Guns and NS guns.

example: Handguns: Beretta 92, Beretta 93R, EAP-45B.

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