Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-16461120-20170216031300

Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly give you... ''' Minor Appearances! '''


 * Yeah, that's great, Annabell, but what does it mean?

Okay, here's the details, as we began debating an overhaul to the comic template there arose a growing concern about what colloquially became known as "False Appearances."


 * Boo! Hiss!


 * Wait, what's a false appearance?

Basically a false appearance was any time a character didn't physically appear in an issue, but wasn't necessarily mentioned either, such as a photograph, drawing, statue, dream, or even as another characters toy. And once this definition was clearly established, I began structuring my first major coding project for the site, which as of now has introduced an entirely new tier of appearance type that fits snugly between full Appearances and Mentions.


 * Okay, so what's new?

Most of the changes have already been implemented and the majority of effected appearances are being autocategorized into this new tier as we speak, but in addition to creating the tier for undefined,, , , , , , and , I've also created a wave of new templates which can be used to maximize this change.

These include:


 * - This template is hopefully straight forward and will be used when a subject appears only as an artistic rendering in carved medium such as wood or hieroglyphics. You can use this as follows:


 * - This template is hopefully straight forward and will be used when a subject appears only as an artistic rendering in drawn medium such as a sketch or painting. You can use this as follows:


 * - This is the parent template for this change, it'll rarely be used, but in instances where the appearance fits the aforementioned definition of a minor appearance, but isn't really any of the stylized templates. You can use this as follows:


 * - This template is hopefully straight forward and will be used when a subject appears in flashback scenes that contain no new content and are merely a rehash of previously seen content. You can use this as follows:


 * - This is new, but not actually part of the minor appearances tier. It will be used when a subject is mentioned either during an internal monologue or in narration, but not actually mentioned aloud. You can use this as follows:


 * - This template is hopefully straight forward and will be used when a subject appears only as an artistic statue. You can use this as follows:


 * - This template is hopefully straight forward and will be used when a subject appears only as a toy or stuffie. You can use this as follows:

Anyway, that's all for now, please feel free to ask any questions or what not in the comments, and thanks for reading. ^_^ 