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Oct 17, 2025 at 4:21am
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Settings Lists stored in WDC
Did you know...
...that if you have a premium account at WDC (if you don't, keep reading...), you can use the "Signature Manager" in your account settings (My Account -> Account Settings -> Additional Account Settings -> Manage Signature(s)) to create a book-specific template for your book entries? For example, in my book item, "Poor Witch: SettingsOpen in new Window., my template looks like this: See Template

So whenever I navigate to "Add an Entry" for that particular book, the template automatically appears in the entry, and I just have to follow the prompts to complete the entry. I can edit it at any time. There are entries with no information - only the template - because I haven't gotten around to filling in the details yet, but the setting appears in my story(ies), so it's on the list.

If you're not a premium member
You can still do the same thing using your Notepad (left navigation menu, between "Messenger" and "Blog"). Create the template, store it as a page in your Notepad, and then copy/paste the template into your book entry or static item. In a static item, you can just add settings like so:

See Code

Or if you prefer a cleaner finished look, you could add dropnotes like this:

See Code

Which looks like this:

Setting #1
Setting #2

Note that these work for any kind of list, and for the example book item above, I also have templates in books containing my character, definitions, and background stories lists.

Have you found another convenient way to add, store, and edit your settings in WDC? What about outside WDC?
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Settings Lists stored in WDC
· 10-17-25 4:21am
by BattywynšŸŽ¶Prep! Author IconMail Icon
Re: Settings Lists stored in WDC · 10-17-25 11:22am
by Dawn Embers Author IconMail Icon

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