Talk:The Interface

Ellias, the buttons are too dark, I can hardly see them in the white background. Maybe you should upload the blinking ones instead, or use another, brighter, template? --Ryan Roche 09:54, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Top Bar

This top-most series of links provides shortcuts to some of the main areas of the site.

News - this link takes you to news from the developers and administration
Members - this takes you to the start page
Rules - this takes you to the rules pages where you can get in-depth information on various aspects of SWC
Forum - this gives you access to the SWC forums
The Guide - takes you here
Community - opens a page where the sidebar provides links to various OOC community areas
Contact Us - Gives a list of the various people that are involved in SWC, and what aspects they look after
Live Chat - provides access to the IRC server where you can talk with other players

This bar that stretches across the entire page holds some crucial information.

Time - this is the current SWC time, which is based upon US PST (Pacific Time)
Member count - this is the total number of members that have been active in the last week
Online - this is the current number of players that are online at the moment
Icons - these are icons that link to various sections of the website
Logged in - this tells you who you are logged in as, as well as the logout button

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This allows you to access the majority of pages that have a direct influence on your character.

General

Here is a YouTube video tutorial, explaining these various features:

Name (Ellias Aubec) - this is the name of your character
Faction (ReRunRecycling) - this is the name of the faction you are currently in (Freelancer if you have no faction)
HP - your current/maximum hit points
XP - your current XP number and progress to next level
Level - your current level
CP - your current number of CPs (will be green with a + at the end if you have voting sites left to vote on)

Location

Gives your current location (if inside an entity will give the name and type, if outside in a city or on Terrain will give your co-ordinates)

Control

Position - access the Position page, allowing you to move your character around either in a city/Terrain or inside an entity
Equipment - access the Equipment page, allowing you to equip items at your location to you, and see items on the floor
Party - access the Party page, allowing you to add NPCs/Droids/PCs to your party or remove them
Enter Cockpit - access the Cockpit page, allowing you to access the movement and other abilities of the ship/vehicle/spacestation you are in
Building Management - access the Management page, allowing you to access the abilities of the facility

Manage

Account Settings - change various things about your account and OOC information
Character - view your skills, change your biography and history, edit your signature and others
Faction - allows you to view various abilities you may have to manage your faction

Inventory

Personal - shows how many of each asset you own personally
Faction - shows how many of each assets your faction owns
Transaction Sheets -
City Permissions - allows you to view requests for cities both by you and to you
Build Permissions - allows you to view requests for facilities both by you and to you
Station Permissions - allows you to view requests for stations both by you and to you

Production

Comlink

Search - search function to search the SWC website
Report Bug - link to the bug report page where you can inform the administration of bugs you have encountered
Contact Support - allows you to send a ticket to the administration if you have a problem with your account or another player

--Koevanuda 07:10, 13 June 2011 (UTC)