Re: World book software?

I'm using Drupal for something similar, and though I haven't seen
anything RPG-specific done with this, it might just have most of what
you're looking for. Also it's written in PHP, free, open-source,
themeable, with a whole bunch of add-in modules, one of which is a
Glossary module that sounds like it might be of use for a world almanac
kind of thing...

http://drupal.org

I haven't used it for anything RPG-related (yet). Right now I'm mainly
using the Glossary links for technical articles. I'm definitely planning
a collaborative adventure and world design at some point in the near-
future. Most likely some kind of low-magic fantasy setting based on
Fudge. I'm at...

http://www.gunthersoft.com

Hope this helps,
GH


In article <gjk5u1dtjo4gq4sub9np9gh5cvo58plslo@xxxxxxx>,
jrustyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
I've tried databases, spreadsheets, text documents and offline wiki's
with varying degrees of success. The wikis I have tried come the
closest to what I'm looking for but are kind of a pain to really keep
up and offer little in the way of reporting and such. It's no good to
have a complex wiki database and be unable to render it to a readily
printable and usable form.

I want to build what is essentially an encyclopedia for my campaign
that I can use to keep track of all the various bits and pieces. I
want it to automatically recognize terms that have entries and hot
link back to the main entry. For bonus points the main entry should
have a list of links that go to other entries that reference the
current entry. Super bonus points if I can flag entries
public/private and so produce a fact book that the players can have. I
should be able to easily print the whole thing out as a book in
alphabetical order with full indexing that will reference the
appropriate page number in the document. Ideally I should be able to
embed my timeline into this encyclopedia so that once I've entered
notes for a session it will fit in just like any other entry. I
should be able to grab a term that doesn't currently have an entry and
with a couple of clicks create a new entry. I don't insist on all the
indexing and cross referencing being maintained in real time. I'm
happy to periodically issue a command to rebuild those items.

There must be tools out there for doing this sort of thing. It's
basically technical documentation for a roleplaying game with
convenient hotlinks to ease the writing/editing process.

Anyone know of a software package that does a sizable subset of the
above and doesn't cost a fortune?

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