Many people including myself would like to delete aliases. Well I actually only want to get rid of PbP aliases, but right now they are weighted(lack of a better word) just like any other alias.
My first idea was to have the option to mark an alias as a pbp alias so it could be deleted later, but I thought of a lot of issues with that.
Before I go into my final idea I will say that when I go into my account I see all those aliases I have. Yeah I know that compared to others I don't have a lot. Anyway the idea is to be able to hide certain alias, and if I need access to them maybe having a way to be able to see them again could be made available. The ones from failed PbP's are the ones I want to hide or if I ever get into PFS, and the character reaches level 12 I would like to be able to hide those also.
Bumping, because, like no doubt thousands of other users, my alias list is starting to get seriously unwieldy. Between aliases created for games that never got off the ground (but I foolishly made more than 10 posts in recruitment), or games that died in the first combat, or whatever, I have a lengthy list cluttering up my drop-down box now, and I know that I'm relatively light on the aliases compared to some players.
I understand the reasons Paizo doesn't want to/can't just go wholesale on 'deletion', but you mentioned organization: I'd love that. Like, maybe a way to mark aliases as 'inactive' so they no longer appear in your drop-down list? That'd be amazing.
I'd love to hear if any progress has been made on this front since Gary posted in 2011. Thanks for all the hard work you guys do!
Bumping, because, like no doubt thousands of other users, my alias list is starting to get seriously unwieldy
I'd love to hear if any progress has been made on this front since Gary posted in 2011. Thanks for all the hard work you guys do!
WHO DARES TO DISTURB MY TWO AND A HALF YEAR SLUMBER!?
Aliases v1
Install:
1. Mozilla Firefox
2. Greasemonkey
3. paizo_aliases.user.js
I created a Greasemonkey script to help manage your Aliases on the messageboards.
Notes:
- Use your Aliases tab in your account to manage your aliases.
- The drop-down list ("Post As") underneath the textarea where you write your post will have all hidden aliases removed.
- Important: Select your preferred alias before you click Preview.
If you click the Preview button, you go from "paizo.com" to "secure.paizo.com". Browser security will not allow "secure.paizo.com" to access the list of hidden aliases from "paizo.com". After you click the Preview button, your drop-down WILL NOT have hidden aliases removed. So... Select your preferred posting alias BEFORE you Preview!
- You can also "manage" other people's Aliases. There isn't really any point to doing so (the changes never leave your browser, so nobody will ever see it but you), but go ahead if it floats your boat.
Wow! Works Great! Bloody Awesome !!!!!!!!!!
-- david
Aliases v1
Install:
1. Mozilla Firefox
2. Greasemonkey
3. paizo_aliases.user.jsI created a Greasemonkey script to help manage your Aliases on the messageboards.
Notes:
- Use your Aliases tab in your account to manage your aliases.- The drop-down list ("Post As") underneath the textarea where you write your post will have all hidden aliases removed.
- Important: Select your preferred alias before you click Preview.
If you click the Preview button, you go from "paizo.com" to "secure.paizo.com". Browser security will not allow "secure.paizo.com" to access the list of hidden aliases from "paizo.com". After you click the Preview button, your drop-down WILL NOT have hidden aliases removed. So... Select your preferred posting alias BEFORE you Preview!
- You can also "manage" other people's Aliases. There isn't really any point to doing so (the changes never leave your browser, so nobody will ever see it but you), but go ahead if it floats your boat.