Hey guys
Bit new to this so wondering what the best way to generate cards from a database is.
Ideally I'd like to be able to use a background image, define a number of parameters for text on each card and then generate from a spreadsheet/db all the cards in my game.
Before I go and write this in html/css is there something already existing to do this?
If not would anyone else find it useful if I'm keen enough to make it as a customisable web page
its very very clunky but functional - pretty badly designed in terms of User Experience but pretty powerful.
And if you select "Config" -> "Auto-save" your script will be saved each time you build the deck.
Now this is where you tell me that that already exists and I've been too rubbish/lazy to find it :)
TEXT=1-100,[field],0,0,100%,100%
Or, adding a frame:
<frame_text>=0,0,100%,100%
text=1-100,[field],<frame_text>
Or, adding a function to calc the [field] length:
<frame_text>=0,0,100%,100%
text=1-{(field)},[field],<frame_text>
I had to pick it apart to really understand how it works - now I get it (more if not entirely) but it wasn't super obvious.
name,desc
first title,"this is the first description, note the quotes for the comma"
second title,"this is the second description, note the quotes for the comma"
thirs title,"this is the third description, note the quotes for the comma"
You can use this script for creating cards (save it in the same folder with data.txt):
link=data.txt
font=arial,16,,#000000
text=1-{(name)},[name],0,0,100%,20%,center,center
font=arial,10,,#000000
text=1-{(desc)},[desc],0,20%,100%,80%,left,wwtop
Instead of a text file, you can use a spreadsheet (.xls, .xlsx, or .ods), the command is always LINK=filename.
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ok tried nanDeck
its very very clunky but functional - pretty badly designed in terms of User Experience but pretty powerful.
Mildly annoyed that its just crashed and apparently didn't save my work (despite giving me no error on hitting save) so now have to start again.....