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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The crossfire document website is now working well
enough to send out notice of it here. It can be found at <A
href="http://crossfire.freezope.org">http://crossfire.freezope.org</A>.
This site is primarily for developers and people wishing to contribute or
collaborate on written content for the game (play guides, programmin
guides, item and monster descriptions, historical information, code
explanations).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Right now there is a Wiki to serve as a shared
encyclopedia and document colloboration area, a document area where more
polished documents can be posted, easily found and commented upon.
There will be no mailing lists or playing aids, or player interaction
areas since there are already other good platforms for these activities.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The common document format for this site is
structured text (plain text used in a structured way - read about it on the
wiki) and it should be possible to either use these documents directly
in the crossfire CVS package or easily convert them to a suitable format that
can be included into the packages. Hopefully this will make it easier to
keep these things updated and relevant. There are programs out there that
convert structured text to XML, HTML, PDF and many more so I think it is a
good carrying format for these purposes (not to mention it is wiki's native
format and I wanted to use a wiki).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So go check it out, use it. It's not fun but
maybe it is better way to manage the papertrail. If you have any
suggestions or features you'd like to see, you can use the SuggestionBox on the
wiki (if no one has made it yet you can create it by typing 'SuggestionBox' in
the wiki...)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>