Adoption System

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Making a Character Adoptable

1. Navigate to the character page that needs to become adoptable.
2. Click “Edit Character” in the top black bar.
3. Set the “Adoptable” field to “Yes”.
4. IF the character is being confiscated, set player to “Adoptable Characters” and add the previous player to previously played by list.
5. Click the blue “update” button to save the changes.

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How to Accept an Offer

1. Navigate to the offer you wish to accept.
2. Click “Edit Adoption Offer” in the top black bar.
3. Compare the Author line to the player line, if they do not match, Decline instead of accept.
4. Set “Offer Accepted” to “Yes”
5. Click the blue “update” button to save the changes.

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How to Decline an Offer

1. Navigate to the offer you wish to decline.
2. Click “Edit Adoption Offer” in the top black bar.
3. Set “Offer Declined” to “Yes”.
4. Click the blue “update” button to save the changes.

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How to Grant Character to an Adopter

1. Navigate to the character that has been adopted.
2. Click “Edit Character” in the top black bar.
3. Set the “Adoptable” field to “No”
4. Set the “Player” field to the player who made the accepted offer.
5. Click the blue “update” button to save the changes.
6. Send the player a private message with the onsite messages system to inform them of the accepted offer.

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How to cleanup the system

1. Navigate to the adoption department page.
2. Click on the offer you wish to delete
3. Click “Edit Adoption Offer” in the black top bar.
4. Click “Move to Trash” in the “Publish” box on the right hand sidebar
5. Repeat steps 1-4 until all offers that require cleanup are handled.

Notes about Cleanup

• Do not delete an accepted application unless adoption is being re-opened on a character.
• Delete all declined applications to for a newly adopted character to keep things organized.

Tags Administration Team, Documentation