The PbP HOUSE Wiki is provided to members of pbphouse.com for the purpose of creating, collaborating, and storing materials, primarily to support play-by-post roleplaying games on the pbphouse.com forum.

You can create any content you like with the PbP HOUSE Wiki. The most common sorts of content, however, will revolve around roleplaying games. Here are a few suggestions:

• Create and share a homebrew setting
• Publish your house rules
• Store character sheets for your characters or your games
• Create and share character sheet templates
• Supplement your game with images, video, or other media
• Create and share a personal blog about roleplaying or whatever you want

Allows you to create persistent content for your games, settings, or house rules. Your meta-game information is independent, rather than being tied to a specific forum or game. You can keep your setting, rules, and character information indefinitely, even if your game dies or is put on hold. You can link your content more easily from other pages on the Internet.

The Dokuwiki page format provides standards-compliant XHTML you can save and export to any other location. That means once you create your content, you can easily move it somewhere else whenever you want. If you want to export content from your game to another format or location, you won’t be required to convert from the less universally compatible bulletin board code, as you would on the forum.

Your content is protected from tampering in two ways on the PbP HOUSE Wiki: Members-only login and revision history. In other words, only members can change your content, and if they do, you can always revert to a previous version with no loss of data. The revision history can help players and GMs share the work in maintaining character sheets because the changes will always be traceable and verifiable.

• You can use the same login on the Wiki you use on the PbP HOUSE forum. There is no need to set up an additional account. (You will still be required to log in to the wiki to edit it.)
• Anyone can view the Wiki, but no one who is not a member of the forum can edit it.
• A consistent look and feel makes transitioning from the PbP HOUSE forum to the wiki as seamless as possible for sharing game-related content.
• See who’s reading the Wiki in the Who's Online list on the forum.

You don’t need to wait for a PbP HOUSE staff member to set up an area for a game where you can create content. You can create the areas and pages you want on your own, right away.

Content is segregated by namespaces, which improves navigation, searching, and grouping of like pages.

Let’s face it, wikis are hot, and not too many other play-by-post sites have one. So, you can be the geek-envy of all your friends and be the first to use a play-by-post wiki.

Below are the answers to some quick questions to help you get started using the PbP HOUSE Wiki.

To create content on the PbP HOUSE Wiki you must be logged in on the pbphouse.com forum. Once you are logged in there, you should be able to create and edit content on the wiki without logging in again.

Occasionally when changing pages, you may be asked to log in again. Your user name and password are the same on the wiki as they are on the forum.

There are several main ways to find information on the PbP HOUSE Wiki:

• The Search field on the main toolbar of each page allows you to search the entire wiki at once.
• The Index button at the bottom of each page displays an index of all pages within a particular namespace.
• The Backlinks link on the main menu bar of each page displays a list of all page that link to the page you’re on.
• The Table of Contents boxes on each page can help you to navigate sections of a page.

Creating a new page is easy:

1. Select the namespace for your page in the drop-down list on the menu bar. Usually, you will create a namespace within the user namespace. If you want a new namespace, you can create one.
2. Enter the name you want for your page in the Create Page text box.
3. Click Create Page.

There are additional ways you can create a page. For more information, see Common Tasks.

A namespace is an organizational unit that acts somewhat like a folder on your computer. Each namespace is like its own smaller web site within the total PbP HOUSE Wiki.

You can create namespaces with any name you like within the user or common areas. For example, you might want to create a namespace with your user name or a game name. You can also create multiple levels of namespaces. For more information, or to create a namespace, see Namespaces.

The Playground is a built-in area of the wiki especially desinged to allow users to try out the wiki, formatting, syntax, and features without interfering with the experience of any other users. If you want to experiment with features and formatting, please do so in the playground area.

• Common Tasks (like creating and editing pages.)
• Namespaces
• Users Area (the place where you will put most of your content)
• Common Area (the place to find and store shared resources, such as character sheets)
• Complete Guide to Formatting and Syntax
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)