Definitions
The following is a rundown of the various elements that constitute GMTales.
Campaigns
The focal object that contains everything else in a campaign. A campaign basically constitutes a group of players and a list of articles.
Campaign visibility
A campaign is either public or hidden. If it is hidden, only the invited players will be able to access its content.
Players
Players are the active users of the website. They have connections to campaigns based on certain roles. When a player writes a campaign article, we say that he is the author.
Roles
A player which is connected to a campaign has a designated role. The possible roles are:
Creator: The creator of the campaign. They have the following permissions:
Management of roles of other players.
Management of settings of the campaign (e.g. visibility).
Management of campaign status (i.e. whether it should be archived).
DM: The main content writers of the campaign. Although everyone can contribute with articles, DMs are meant to symbolize the canonical world content. This is expressed in the following manner:
Their articles are considered for auto-linking.
Their articles are included under the DM author pane.
Articles
Articles are the content of the campaign. Their raison d'être is as a wall of text detailing the world, but they are complex objects containing an array of properties controlled through said text.
Article visibility
Articles have three modes of visibility:
All - Everyone (with access to the campaign) can see it.
DM - The author and the DMs can see it.
Secret - Only the author can see it.
Labels
An article can have an indefinite collection of labels. Each label is a simple text snippet, and you can use them to categorize the article in various ways. Ultimately, the labels are meant to help with navigation.
Types
An article can have one type. The type is meant to be a sort of "super-label", which precisely nails the article's nature. Ultimately, the type is meant to help with navigation.
Relations
Articles have relations between them which are created dynamically, meaning any changes to the articles will be reflected in the relations if the heuristics conclude that a relation should be made.
Currently, there is a very simple heuristic: matching on the article's single-word title. The only additional rule is that non-alphanumeric symbols are pruned (e.g. plural apostrophe).
Block visibility
Any subpart (block) of the article can have a fine-grained level of visibility decided by the author.
Again, there are two categories of block visibility: secret and DM blocks. Their behavior are identical to those of the visibility of the article.
Notes
Articles can be appended with notes, which are a discussion board for the players around the article's content.
Images
Images are another primitive in a campaign, next to articles. They are not uploaded with article writing, but they can be linked in articles. Any link to an image from an article will append a title and/or description to the image.