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An Introduction to the Beta Editor

Hello all! I’ve gotten some feedback that the tutorials on using the new Beta editor and xKit Rewritten has been confusing a few people, so I wanted to make my own! I’ll try to cover everything below, but if something isn’t clear or you need extra help, let me know please! This post is gonna be pretty long, but I sectioned it up so hopefully you can find what you need with ease.

Step 1. Switching to Beta

You very well may be able to skip this part, because all new blogs are automatically switched to the newer editor. But if you’re still using an older blog, don’t worry, it’s easy! There should be a big purple button in the corner, pretty hard to miss. Should look like this!

Go ahead and hit “Let’s go!” and, well... let’s go!

Step 2. Getting to Know Beta

The Beta editor is very, very different from what we’re all used to. But really, it’s kind of intuitive in a lot of ways. You have to know a lot less shortcuts. Whenever you highlight your text, you’ll see this little guy pop up:

Now, from left to right, here’s what we’re looking at: strikethrough, bold, italics, small text, link in text, and colored text. Most of your keyboard shortcuts should still work (I can’t speak for all computers, but the shortcut for small text no longer works for me with the Beta editor), but we also have handy-dandy buttons now, too! We also have the 'Regular' drop down menu, which opens this:

This one is pretty self explanatory, and it shows what the text will look like if you select that option. 

Step 3. Finer Details

I’m still personally getting used to a lot of the smaller details that come with the Beta editor, but here are some that I’ve learned! Hopefully I’ll be adding to this list when more troubleshooting comes into my realm of knowledge.

Auto-Readmores: For whatever reason, Tumblr has taken to cropping any posts over a certain length by itself? Annoying, but this is something you can toggle on/off in your Dashboard Settings!

Editing Tags: This isn’t something that needs to be fixed, but it was big news to me! Instead of having to delete your tag completely when you’ve made a typo, you can just edit your post and edit the tag! Handy!

Links on Gifs: This isn’t a bad thing, it’s just new, different, and weird. But if you dislike it, there is a way to stop it from happening! It’s just a manual task. When you copy and paste a gif into your reply, you’ll see three little images on it. We’re going to click on the circled one below.

That’ll open up a link box, with a link to your gif. Just backspace that, hit the ‘Done’ button, and boom! No more link at the bottom of your gif!

Step 4. xKit Rewritten

I know what a lot of people’s main concern is: cropping replies. This is how we get to that point. The first step is going to be to download the newest iteration of xKit. You do not have to uninstall your old one to do this, they coexist on purpose! New xKit and xKit Rewritten have different features, so I’ve found it best to have both and utilize all the features! 

xKit rewritten is a Chrome extension, and it can be found at this link! Just follow the instructions on that page to install it. Once it’s all good and installed, it’ll be found next to your other extensions, or by the URL bar on your browser window. Looks like this!

Now you have xKit Rewritten!

Step 5. Cropping Replies

Alright, this is where the money is. Just like with regular xKit, you have to toggle on the setting that allows you to cut replies down. Once you click on that purple X icon, you’ll see a drop down with lots of options. I’ve underlined the one we’re looking for right now, "Trim Reblogs."

Once you toggle that little switch on, you can go ahead and start replying. If you’re replying to a starter, then there is no need to worry about this feature. You have nothing to crop, so don’t worry! But if you’re replying to an active thread, here’s what you’re gonna do. Type out your reply, format it however you want, and then draft it. Then we’re gonna go into our drafts.

Here’s my thread with three tiers to it! The standard is two replies per post, and that’s what a lot of people like to stick to. So let’s make that happen! If you’ll notice at the bottom of that draft, there’s a scissor icon. I drew an arrow to it in the photo above. We’re gonna click on that.

And that icon brings this up! You’ll see it says “Select trail items to remove,” and it shows the trails separately. “Trails” are each individual reblog, and of course, we only want two of those, not three. This is really easy to fix! We’re just gonna select that top “trail,” aka the first reply in the thread, and hit the “Trim!” button.

And once we’ve done that, the first “trail” is gone! You just have the two more recent replies on the post, and you’re good to reblog it!

The one caveat of this is that you can no longer edit parts of other people’s replies, so you can’t format the posts to your heart’s content like we’re used to. A downside for sure, but so far, this isn’t something there’s a fix for. Hopefully in the future, xKit will figure that out for us!

Step 6. That’s All!

Once you have all that down, you’re a master of the Beta editor and a master of xKit Rewritten! Tumblr staff has mentioned phasing out the Legacy editor all together in the future, so it appears this will be our new reality. It is worth it to mention that the Beta editor is still, well, in beta, so it is subject to change. If it does and we get even more features or work-arounds, I’ll be sure to come back and edit this post! Until then, if you have any questions, please let me know! I am here to help!

xoxo, Kirby

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Lucien Laviscount, Michael Cimino, Grant Gustin, Rafael Silva or Ronen Rubinstein?

So many great options! I would love to see Lucien or Michael around Seattle. Members, feel free to chime in below!

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Hello, members! With our group growing quickly and Cas and I getting into the swing of things on the main, we wanted to finally make an official post regarding plot drops.

As we mentioned in response to an anon recently, we won’t be doing many formal events in this group for one reason or another, but we will be doing plot drops! Mostly they’ll be more or less trivial things such as road closings downtown, people getting their mail stolen, or a warning that there’s been an increase in vehicle break-ins in a certain neighborhood so those residents should make sure they’re locking their car doors at night — stuff that can affect your muse if you want it to and give people fresh thread ideas, but is completely optional. These plot drops will rarely if ever have formal dates that they’re happening, as they’ll be taking place in the background and can be utilized by members in whichever way you please!

As always, feel free to come to us with any questions and keep an eye out for a plot drop happening soon!

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Hi everyone! This is not a drill - we open for interactions tomorrow! I really can’t believe all the attention this roleplay has gotten so quickly. I sort of feel like I’m being pranked, like people are gonna come out with cameras and reveal it was all one big joke. But so far it isn’t! So, being said, I’m gonna leave a few points under the cut that I want to tell everyone! If everyone could like this post once they read it, I’d appreciate it very much.

01. Beta Editor

So I’ve been thinking a lot about it, and I think it’d be in everyone’s best interest if we all used the new Beta editor Tumblr has rolled out. Meaning, if you have an old blog with the Legacy editor, please click that big purple popup in the corner to switch over to the new editor. Now, I know this is a big change if you aren’t used to it. I also kinda hate it. But it works best for everyone if we all use it. Tumblr has said they’re planning on getting rid of the Legacy editor altogether, so it’s easiest for everyone to just make the switch and adjust.

There’s a helpful tutorial here on how to use it and the new new version of xKit, and if you need additional help then let me know and I’ll walk you through it. It’s a necessary evil and I promise it’s easier to use than it seems.

02. Intros

I don’t think I said this in the rules, which is my bad, but intros are expected from everyone! They can be as short or as detailed as you want, I really don’t mind. I just want the most basic of information about your characters, and I would like it pinned to your profile so everyone can see it!

03. Locations Page

Due to some requests in the OOC Discord, I’ll be adding a locations page to the main! It’ll take me a few days to get it all set up, but if you have any requests or ideas for it, send them to the main or to the suggestions page on our Discord if you’re a part of it!

04. Co-Mod

I’m thinking, with how much attention the main has been getting, I might need to consider getting a bit of help running things. I think I’ll put together a little co-admin application for whoever is interested, so if you are interested, be on the lookout for that in the next few days. 

05. I LOVE YOU!!!

I know I’m a broken record but I am SHOCKED beyond shocked that people have joined this roleplay. I thought I’d be sitting here, making posts into the void, getting ignored in the tags until I just lost motivation and deleted the blog. But you guys have proven me wrong in the wildest, craziest way and it’s insane! I’m so happy and so grateful for you guys, and I hope with everything in me I give you a fun writing experience here. 

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Hey, there! do you have occupation recs? or are there any current members who are in need of colleagues/co-workers? :)

Hi there! We actually answered a similar question here, so all these occupations still apply! As far as colleagues/co-workers, Delilah Carreño (our Jessica Chastain) is looking for event planners for her event planning business, Henry Monroe (our Casey Deidrick) is looking for bartenders for The Penalty Box, and Thaddeus Tandy (our Mason Gooding) is looking for fellow bandmates. Members, feel free to drop any other wanted colleague/co-worker connections below!

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Hello members! We will shortly be updating the tour page with new businesses, public spaces, work spaces and emergency services. While we are doing this we thought it would be a good idea to round up everyone's information on where there muses work and their job title as a reference for all of our new and existing members!

Please reply to this post with your characters place of work and job title!

-Admin Cas.

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hi, would your players like to see robert pattinson, brenton thwaites, or logan lerman here ?

We would love to see all of these faceclaims around Seattle but if we had to choose just one? Robert Pattinson. Members feel free to sound off in the comments!

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Hi, members! After a lot of discussion about it we've decided we're going to put a temporary ban on new muses who are single parents with children under the age of 21. We have a pretty large percentage of this type of muse at the moment and while that is obviously a very common thing in real life and we of course have absolutely nothing against it, we'd like to encourage some diversity since we have so many! This announcement is just so all of you are aware, but we'll also be putting it in the rules (again, just temporarily) and have a reminder on the application page.

Thanks for making the rp so fun and inclusive, love you all!

- Admins Nev and Cas

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Would anyone like to see riley keough or paulina chavez?

We would love to see Paulina on the dashboard!

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Hi! Who would your members rather see: Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, or Troian Bellisario?

Let's ask them and find out! Member please sign off in the replies which one of these lovely ladies you would like to see on the dash!

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you and members MWF?

Hi, anon! I'm gonna encourage you to check out this post which has a bunch of general most wanted female fcs, this post which specifically has most wanted female fcs of color, and this post which has some general most wanted faceclaims over 45 years old. Whoever you decide to bring will be welcomed no matter who they are as long as they're not on our banned list! Members, feel free to reply with anybody you'd like to see!

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madelaine petsch, or grace van patten? 🫶🏻

Both would be so welcome here, but if I had to pick, I'd have to go with Grace!

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would you say it’s easy for a new member to jump into the action? since you guys have been open for a while.

Hey, anon! We've actually only been open for a little under a month and had a complete switch to new admins just about two weeks ago, so I would say we're still a relatively brand new rp. That being said, I do understand where you're coming from, and my answer is that I think it would be very easy for you to jump in! We have a dedicated core group of members so far that are not only really fun to plot and write with but that are fantastic about welcoming new people. Definitely come join us!

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i was eyeing this rp and i was interested in applying with a mariska hargitay fc and she's real underused so i was wondering ?? if anyone ?? was interested in having her here ??

I think Mariska would be more than welcome here! Members, if there's any connection of yours that you think Mariska can fit, feel free to drop them below.

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which woc faceclaims would you like to see the most???

Jessica Parker Kennedy, Candice Patton, Kiersey Clemmons, Teyonah Parris, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Chloe Bennet, Phillipa Soo, Paulina Chavez, Bryana Salaz, Yvette Monreal, Barrett Doss, Pallavi Sharda, Lindsey Morgan, May Calamaway, Tessa Thompson, Lucy Liu, Maggie Q, Angela Basset, Salma Hayek, Gina Torres, Lupita Nyong'o, Zoe Kravitz, Laura Harrier, Karen Fukuhara, Jessica Henwick, Sandra Oh, Naomi Scott, Lana Condor, Zoe Saldana, Adria Arjona, Courtney Eaton, Simone Ashley...just to name a few!

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Who would you rather see: Rachel Weisz, Rosamund Pike or Amy Adams?

What kind of choice is this! Maybe personally I would say Rosamund Pike but I keep changing my mind honestly, we would genuinely love to see any of these lovely ladies on our dash! Members, if you have a preference, feel free to chime in below!