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Photobooks, Inc. is working with NERO Atlanta is to bring you the option to expand your Character Biography. This feature offers you more options such as allowing you to upload pictures, change the background color and text color, add a contact email address or even a link to your personal web site. You can still edit your Character Biography through normal means (by pressing the Edit button at the top of your screen). But, if you want to access the expanded features you will have to access it through the gray box at the bottom of the screen. Even if you don’t want to add additional information, please give it a try and let us know what you think.

To activate your Expanded Character Biography you will be asked to enter credit card information to obtain a password. The credit card information is for verification purposes only – you will NOT be charged for this service. If you do not have a credit card or you do not want to enter your credit card information you can obtain a password by writing to directorysupport@photobooks.com. Also, feel free to write if you have any questions about this service. You can expect prompt answers Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

This feature is the prototype of an Expanded Biography feature that we will be making available as part of Photobooks’ standard Internet Directories. In exchange for providing this service we are asking only that you take a few minutes to fill out the following survey that will help us to improve this feature.

General Advice and Warnings

All information is in-play: Keep this in mind! If you are secretly a Necromancer, then don't put that in unless you want the entire town to know!
Searching on multiple criteria: You may fill in as many of the search criteria as you please. If you wish, you may look for elven characters with "re" in their name that live in Marentha and are members of Stormguard Mercenary Company.

How to search

A list of all characters: Press "Search the Directory" without entering in any search criteria.
Character Name: Enter part or all of a character's name. Capital letters do not matter, but some punctuation (such as a hyphen in someone's name) may matter. If you type in part of a name, you will get a list of all characters with that in their name (i.e. if you type in Bane, you may get back Arturus Bane and Trevor Lionsbane). If you type in a single letter you will get a list of all characters that contain that letter, not just those that begin with the letter.
Race: Choose the race you wish. All races based on animals that are not either Wolven or Sarr will be listed as Scavenger. Anyone not of a normal PC race or anyone with mixed heritage may be listed as Other. A search on Elf will result in listing all elves (including Dark Elves, Sea Elves, etc..), although it will not list Mystic Wood Elves.
Residence: This is the primary residence during non-event times.
Team/Affiliation: Many people belong to multiple teams or groups. For example, you may search for all of the Scouts of Marentha or for all the members of the Tyrangel Times.
Player Name: The best way to search on Player Name is to enter part of the name. For example, when looking for John David Smith, try typing in "Smith" or "John". The reason for this is that all names are entered in the database last name first and first name last, so that typing "John Smith" will not work (although "Smith, John" might). Also, some players may have their names listed with middle initials, some may have nicknames, and some may have their full name. This makes it very tricky to guess exactly how a name will appear. Finally, please note that this search is designed to return characters. If you search on Player's Name, you will receive a list of all the characters played by someone of that name, not a list of players.
Keyword: Enter any word that you wish here in order to search all the fields in the database. Be warned that you might end up with more people than you wish. For example, if you enter "Marentha", then you will get a list of characters that includes everyone with "Marentha" in their titles, in their affiliations, in their residence, in their biography, in their email, and in their web address. In general, try searching off one of the other specifications first.

Tips on Editing Your Character for Tyrangel

Password and User Name: You will have a specific password that will only work on your own characters. This is to insure that nobody else can change your record without your permission. There is an administrator of the network that has all of the passwords.
Inappropriate Content: Please do not enter anything inappropriate in any fields. Please do not use vulgar language. Please do not use any HTML codes save those designated here. Please do not add links unless you are asked for one. You may email us if you have any questions about what is acceptable. Any entries containing inappropriate content may be edited or removed.; You can now upload photos, change background and text colors, etc. buy using the Expanded Character Biography supplied by PhotoBooks, Inc.
Acceptable HTML tags: The following tags are acceptable HTML tags: (line break), (paragraph break), (italics), (bold), and <UL/OL> (unordered and ordered lists). Please do not add horizontal rules, tables, change colors, change the font size or type, add images of any sort, make the text blink, change alignment, add any type of anchor links, or use any form/select elements. While many of these may be fine, some may cause problems if they are incorrectly done. In addition, many of the formatting tags are not allowed as we want the character profiles to be consistent in appearance.

Specific info on each edit field

User Name: Please enter the User Name given to you. Capitalization is important. You cannot submit your changes without this.
User Password: Please enter the User Password given to you. Capitalization is important. You cannot submit your changes without this.
Character Name: Please enter your character name as you would like it to appear. Keep in mind that your character will be alphabetized starting with the first letter listed, so if you add a title to your name, it will alphabetize by that title. (i.e. If you type "Lord Adam North" then your character will be alphabetized under the letter "L").
Border Image: You may choose which image you wish to appear on the border of the page from the list of available team logos. If you wish to submit your team logo, please send it to us. Logos should be consistant with already submitted logos - use a similar shield design and remember that the final image will be fairly small and detail may be lost. If you do not choose a logo, then there will be no border.
Player's Name: Please enter your real name with LAST NAME FIRST, then FIRST NAME LAST.
Titles: This is a place to put any titles you may have. Don't feel obligated to make up any titles, as it makes the database larger and slower. In order to put multiple titles on different lines, put the command at the end of each line. This acts as a line break. If you don't do this, all titles will run together into one paragraph. For additional HTML tags that may be used, please see above.
Race: Please enter your race. If you are a scavenger, please designate what type in the available box. If you have a racially-mixed background and cannot decide which is predominant, than choose Other. If you are playing a non-PC race, you may also choose Other.
Residence: Please choose your primary residence when not attending events. If your character lives somewhere that is not listed, please let us know and we will consider adding it to the list. Please keep in mind that we will most likely not add residences of characters that are not primarily played in the Tyrangel chapter.
Teams/Affiliations: Please choose your affiliations in the order that you would like them to appear. If you have multiple affiliations, please pick them sequentially (i.e. please don't fill in Primary Affiliation and then skip to Affiliation #3). If you do not pick them sequentially, you may get odd results, such as extra commas and spaces. If you have a team or affiliation that you would like to include that is not currently in the list, please let us know and we will consider adding it to the list. Please keep in mind that we will most likely not add Teams and Affiliations for characters that are not primarily played in the Tyrangel campaign.
Biography: This is the space to add a personal biography about your character. Please limit this, at most, to a few paragraphs. If you have multiple paragraphs, add at the end of each paragraph. This acts as a paragraph break. If you do not add this, all of your paragraphs will run together into one paragraph. For additional HTML tags that may be used, please see above.
Adding your entry to the Player's Guide: Please check the appropriate box to include your entry to the 1999 Player's Guide.
Phone Number: This is optional. It is added as a convenience to allow other players to get in contact with you. This information is not for NERO Atlanta's records. If you do not wish people to have access to your phone number, please do not include it.
Email: This is optional. It is added as a convenience to allow other players to get in contact with you. This information is not for NERO Atlanta's records. If you do not wish people to have access to your email, please do not include it.
URL of Web Site: This is the address of another web site that you would like to make available as a link from your character profile page. You can add either a personal web page or a link to the Tyrangel in-play page of your choice. This text box is the actual address of the web site, such as http://www.larp.com/neroatl/marentha/. Please be sure to include the entire path, especially the "http://" part.
Name (as you wish it to appear) of Personal/Team Web Site: This is the name of another web site that you would like to make available as a link from your character profile page. You can add either a personal web page or a link to the Tyrangel in-play page of your choice. This text box is the name of the web site as you would like it to appear, such as The Barony of Marentha. This is not the space for the actual address of the web site.
Deleting a Record: Please think twice before doing this. Deleting a record means that it is gone permanently. In order to do this, simply fill in your User Name and User Password in the appropriate blanks and press "Delete Record".

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