Community Suggestion: "Global" Fields for all articles in a specific category
"Global" Fields for all articles in a specific category
Feature Upgrade · Articles & templates · Created by nnie
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I add a navigation table to all of my articles, as do many others. I'm also a frequent user of global fields, and I've been thinking that it would've been so handy if categories had a couple "global" fields of their own that automatically applied to every article in that category.
I think this is technically possible by putting all the content in the global fields and using category-specific classes or tags to hide them with css and only reveal the ones that are relevant. This seems inefficient, hard to update, and like it would make load times worse than they really have to be, especially in big worlds.
I think the most useful fields would be at the bottom of the article but above the navigation, for navigation tables (or navboxes) or the category table of contents. The top or bottom of the sidebar would also be a lovely place to put a category book cover, or (imagining that the category is about a country) an articleblock to the article about the country.
This would be a huge boon to people with multiverse or multipurpose worlds, but it would also let people set up a more specific footer or sidebar for specific content. For example, you could add an author profile and links to your manuscripts to your short story category, but focus on your game expertise and linking to your campaigns in the ttrpg category.
The Team's Response
Thanks for the suggestion! We've added this to our list.
Current score
34/300 Votes · +9201 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by ISpeakDragonese
on 2026-04-30 21:46 -
+300
by Patrick-M
on 2026-04-25 13:32This could avoid so many "copy/paste" of text scattered in many nested articles!
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+300
by WeStanNikolai
on 2026-04-24 14:27 -
+100
by A Filthy Velociraptor
on 2026-04-23 14:41 -
+100
by morganarcher
on 2026-04-23 02:21 -
+300
by Oneriwien
on 2026-04-21 09:27Variables let us do something kinda like this, but you still have to make so many of them then go to the page to update them, and it is a whole hassle. Would much prefer to have a Global Field. ESPECIALLY! IF you could have them layered. An article under the category Towns which was in the category Settlements, would have both the Global Field for Settlements and Towns shown.
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+100
by Jacob-W
on 2026-04-20 07:25 -
+300
by eberg
on 2026-04-17 19:50 -
+300
by A Frightened Mlem
on 2026-04-15 09:57This would be cool. I could make specific nav boxes for different planets
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+300
by nnce
on 2026-04-15 06:35 -
+300
by Autumn Fae
on 2026-04-12 13:15 -
+300
by loupon
on 2026-04-12 08:46This would be SO helpful. I love making links to each of my sections index's on my folders, and being able to do it all at once would save me SO much time!!
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+300
by kalilinai
on 2026-04-12 02:19 -
+300
by Michael Chandra
on 2026-04-11 18:56 -
+300
by Tillerz
on 2026-04-11 11:33 -
+300
by Kranjax
on 2026-04-11 08:22....something i didn't realize i needed until it was suggested. If i could vote for this more than once, i would lol
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+300
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+300
by JoellaKay
on 2026-04-10 16:40 -
+1
by Mahdi Avendesora
on 2026-04-10 16:34 -
+300
by bphilippe
on 2026-04-09 04:52 -
+100
by Lonnie makes mayhem
on 2026-04-07 20:44 -
+300
by kerahope
on 2026-04-07 20:15 -
+100
by ss2020
on 2026-04-07 04:27 -
+300
by Ononomad
on 2026-04-07 02:11 -
+300
by A Enfeebled Devil
on 2026-04-07 00:52 -
+300
by Scott Story
on 2026-04-07 00:06 -
+300
by Nulcheck
on 2026-04-06 13:13 -
+300
by Those2Nerds
on 2026-04-06 13:00The top of the article could also be useful for category-specific introductory information. I'm currently using the global article intro field for that.
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+300
by kaixabu
on 2026-04-06 12:12 -
+300
by eccbooks
on 2026-04-06 11:08 -
+300
by Mochimanoban
on 2026-04-06 10:35 -
+300
by Demongrey
on 2026-04-06 10:16 -
+300
by Piggie4299
on 2026-04-06 09:43I would love to be able to tailor messages to category. There are times I'd like to link to my GM stuff and times I'd rather link to a novel I'm writing. There isn't a clean and easy way to set this up.
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+300
by SoulLink
on 2026-04-06 08:36 -
+300
by nnie
on 2026-04-06 08:32
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