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Tutorials to Roll20's [[Character Sheet Development]]-framework, & tips to get started.
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=Tutorials=
 
=Tutorials=
==A Sheet Author's Journey==
 
A series of forum posts by [[Scott C.]], going through the steps from start to finish with creating a new character sheet, as he creates a sheet for [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/295279/The-Heros-Journey-Second-Edition The Hero’s Journey, 2nd edition]. The [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/10646215/ K-scaffold] framework will be used.
 
  
* {{fpl|10665000/ A Sheet Author's Journey - The Beginning (Part 1)}}
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==[[GiGs]]==
* {{fpl|10680723/ A Sheet Author's Journey - Do the PUG! (Part 2)}}
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In 2022, [[GiGs]] started writing a Roll20 Sheet Author Guide at '''[https://cybersphere.me/ cybersphere.me]''', breaking it down by topic. Articles are simple & approachable. As of May 2024, there are lots of articles, and in many cases their take on a topic is more useful than the community wiki page/section on the same thing. [[User:1223200|1223200]] ([[User talk:1223200|talk]]) 12:02, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
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* Forum discussion of the guide: [https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/10824110/ Sheet Author Guide: Using HTML] April 22, 2022
  
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Below are listed a few highlights:
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* [https://cybersphere.me/roll20-sheet-author-master-list/ Roll20 Sheet Master List] Guide for Roll20 Sheet Authors - Groups articles by topic
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* [https://cybersphere.me/guide-to-the-guide/ Guide to the Guide] shorter rundown of some general sheet author stuff.
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** [https://cybersphere.me/publishing-sheets-to-github/ Publishing Sheets to GitHub]
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** [https://cybersphere.me/html-building-blocks/ HTML – The Building Blocks] - further split into smaller pages
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*** [https://cybersphere.me/inputs-and-attributes/ Inputs and Attributes]
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** [https://cybersphere.me/guide-to-rolltemplates-and-translations/ RollTemplates and Translation] Aug. & Dec. 2023
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** CSS
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*** [https://cybersphere.me/hiding-and-revealing-things-with-css/ How To Hide and Reveal Things With CSS]
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*** [https://cybersphere.me/avoid-using-inline-styles/ Avoid Using Inline Styles]
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*** [https://cybersphere.me/dont-use-table-use-grid/ Don’t Use TABLE – use GRID]
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==[[A Sheet Author's Journey]]==
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==Other==
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* {{yt.be|v-sJ_Qr-0CM Roll20 custom sheet step by step}} 5min (Sept. 2021) by GM Mike
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* [https://www.debigare.com/creating-a-paranoia-25th-anniversary-edition-character-sheet-for-roll20/ Creating a Paranoia 25th Anniversary Edition character sheet for Roll20] Blog post
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* {{yt.be|k6wDQJnGJCk PT1 coding a Roll20 Character Sheet}} 40min (April 2021)
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* {{yt.be|1=NXE1EQ4eJ48?t=1205 Working on a Roll20 Sheet for Romance of the Perilous Land}} 120min stream, by "Live from Pellam's Wasteland" - show basics on how HTML work in Roll20, create from scratch.
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* {{yt.be|UxDQ5oa-Ocs Roll20 tutorial custom character sheet I made my own Roll20 custom character sheet}} 8 min (Sept 2021) -- explains the sheet editor, and how they made their sheet
 
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* [[Sheet Sandbox]]
 
* [[Sheet Sandbox]]
 
* [[Sheet Editor]]
 
* [[Sheet Editor]]
 
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* [[VS Code]] Great cross-platform code editor, which even have a few Extensions specifically for Roll20 sheet development.
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
* [[Character Sheet Development/Bugs & Quirks]]
 
* [[Character Sheet Development/Bugs & Quirks]]
 
* [[Character Sheet Development/Common Mistakes]]
 
* [[Character Sheet Development/Common Mistakes]]
* [[Building_Character_Sheets#Complete_Example|Sheet Examples]]
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* [[Character Sheet Development/CSS]]
 
* [[Character Sheet Development/CSS]]
 
** [[Designing Character Sheet Layout]]
 
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* [[Sheet Author Tips]]
 
* [[Sheet Author Tips]]
 
* [https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets Character Sheet Repository]
 
* [https://github.com/Roll20/roll20-character-sheets Character Sheet Repository]
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Latest revision as of 12:09, 16 July 2024

Main Page: Building Character Sheets

Tutorials to Roll20's Character Sheet Development-framework, & tips to get started. See also the Sheet Examples & Sheet Templates.

Contents

[edit] Tutorials

[edit] GiGs

In 2022, GiGs started writing a Roll20 Sheet Author Guide at cybersphere.me, breaking it down by topic. Articles are simple & approachable. As of May 2024, there are lots of articles, and in many cases their take on a topic is more useful than the community wiki page/section on the same thing. Andreas J. (talk) 12:02, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Below are listed a few highlights:

[edit] A Sheet Author's Journey

A series of forum posts by Scott C., going through the steps from start to finish with creating a new character sheet template, as he creates a sheet for The Hero’s Journey, 2nd edition. The guide is fairly advanced.

K-Scaffold, a PUG framework created by him, is used though the guide to create the sheet. K-scaffold Intro


[edit] Other


[edit] Resources

[edit] Translation

See Character Sheet Translation for how internationalization of sheets work.

[edit] Tools

To truly test sheets, one needs to do so inside Roll20 using either available tool, and any try at offline/local testing will lack connection to Roll20's backend & the default CSS libraries/styling Roll20 has for character sheet elements.

[edit] See Also