Replying to Your First Post
You will be replying to your first post every time that you want to make a new Observation in your Journal. This is to keep all of your Observations of your group in one thread, and separate from other Groups and/or Observers. Other readers (and players) do have the ability to read and reply to your journal entries, just as you can read other Observers and reply to their posts. But it’s important to keep your journal separate from theirs.
When creating a second (or third, fifth, twentieth) journal entry, you can follow these easy steps:
- Use the small paragraph at the end of the Observer Template as a guide to formatting.
a. Create a title for the entry. For example: ## Fighting the New Insects
b. Write your entry in your style, to convey your thoughts on the subject at hand. - You are allowed to integrate images or link to instructional videos if it helps your entry.
a. (Moderators are also allowed to remove unhelpful images or videos.) - Once you have finished writing the new entry, click “Reply” to add it to your Journal.
Editing the Table of Contents
To make posts easier to find, we’ve added a Table of Contents section in your first post. This is very easy to edit and/or add to, by following these steps:
- At the bottom of the new entry, look for the
icon, and copy the permalink it provides. - Open your first (top) post by editing it.
- Go to the Table of Contents and edit the example entries, or add to your existing ones.
a. The format for each entry should be: Date - Link
b. For example: 02/04/22 - (Apply to the Observer Team)[ copied link pasted here ]
c. The forum software uses the ( )[ ] symbols, as shown, to create links: (Name of Link)[Link Itself]
Once you save the edited post, your Table of Contents will update and allow your readers to easily find your posts amongst any replies others have added.
Don’t clear your clipboard yet, because we will need that copied link for one last step: recording it in the In-Game Wages Airtable.