PBwiki to be precise, but programming is not the issue.

I'm planning a Traveller game, and have started to set up a wiki for it here:  http://travellers.pbwiki.com/

Some queries:

1.  Is there any way to make travellers read as Travellers?  Ie to make it upper case?  I'm sure there must be, but I'm damned if I can find it.

2.  This will be a fairly hard sfy game, though in the 60s and 70s vein rather than ultra hard British sf.  Can anyone suggest some good images I could take to put up on the front page.

3.  Each of the sidebars will have links on it leading to relevant stuff, though I've no intention of killing myself.  What would you want to see there at minimum?

4.  I want to post up some nice looking subsector maps, I know some folk make them in photoshop and so on, is that a tricky process?

Thanks all.

Quote1. Is there any way to make travellers read as Travellers? Ie to make it upper case? I'm sure there must be, but I'm damned if I can find it.

Go to Settings and you can change the wiki title that appears at the top of each page. You can't change your web address.

Quote3. Each of the sidebars will have links on it leading to relevant stuff, though I've no intention of killing myself. What would you want to see there at minimum?

I put all the main pages in the sidebar, as well as links I want the players to look at and any downloads (eg chr sheets).

Quote from: droogGo to Settings and you can change the wiki title that appears at the top of each page. You can't change your web address.


I put all the main pages in the sidebar, as well as links I want the players to look at and any downloads (eg chr sheets).

Truly, you are a god among men, thanks.

I've started putting stuff up, the trouble with Wikis I'm finding is they tempt you to write stuff, I'm not sure that's always a good thing as it implies somebody should read it...

Here's a nice image, but if I post it it'll blow the formatting (and how):

http://www.sparth.com/gallery/albums/userpics/heinlein-final-a.small.jpg

I resized it down to 500 pixels wide if you want to fit it to the left of your menu box on the right.  

http://www.conventionofassassins.org/blog/heinlen.jpg

Quote from: Balbinus3.  Each of the sidebars will have links on it leading to relevant stuff, though I've no intention of killing myself.  What would you want to see there at minimum?

I find it's helpful to have a link for each PC, with at the very least their stats available.  It's a good reference for post-game character development conversations that may take place over email.

I also find "chapters" helpful, breaking the progress of the campaign down into rough sections, just so you at least have a timeline there for you or your players' reference.

An NPC section is helpful too.

For me, the main use of the wiki is as a reference tool for my poor memory or for my less engaged players, so any links that can remind me or them of something are helpful.

Quote from: walkerpI find it's helpful to have a link for each PC, with at the very least their stats available.  It's a good reference for post-game character development conversations that may take place over email.

I also find "chapters" helpful, breaking the progress of the campaign down into rough sections, just so you at least have a timeline there for you or your players' reference.

An NPC section is helpful too.

For me, the main use of the wiki is as a reference tool for my poor memory or for my less engaged players, so any links that can remind me or them of something are helpful.

Thanks

PCs will go under the player character section once generated, NPCs will go under Ships and Crews and under Worlds and Stations.

Alternative approach for front cover illo:

http://zho.berka.com/goodies/lbb_gd.cgi

(Sub)sector maps program:

http://www.downport.com/wbd/HEAVEN_&_EARTH.htm

Random (sub)sector generation (less involved, stats and maps, somewhat customizable):

http://zho.berka.com/data/random/

More berka awesomeness:

http://zho.berka.com/goodies/

I KNOW I'm missing something. There's a dead easy, nonrandom mapping program out there that produces very attractive subsector maps...