Rules
Pages
Create the rules website, write pages with blocks, organize the menu into groups and publish the changes when everything looks right.
Create the rules website, write pages with blocks, organize the menu into groups and publish the changes when everything looks right.
Rules → Pages is where the city’s rules editor lives. Each page is a topic (welcome, general rules, penalties, police, factions), and groups organize the pages in the website’s menu. Everything you write is a draft and only reaches the website when you click Publish. This page is for whoever writes and organizes the rules.
| What to do | Level needed |
|---|---|
| Read the pages and drafts | Pages at View |
| Create the website, write, organize, delete and publish | Pages at Configure |
The first time someone opens Rules → Pages, Create the rules website shows up, with three steps.
In Free address, choose the website’s address (it lives at https://<address>.fivedash.site). In Website name, write what the website is called (default: “Rules”). Click Continue.
Pick Ready-made template (recommended), Blank or, if the website already has drafts, Keep the current pages. Click Continue.
Pick Same as the store (the server’s store colors, fonts and brand) or Website only (its own colors). With Website only, pick the Accent color. Click Create rules website.
At the end, click Open the editor. The website is created but Offline: only the team sees it.
| Field | What it does | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Free address | The website’s address on fivedash.site. You can change it later in Rules → Website. | 3 to 32 characters, lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. Can’t belong to another city or be reserved (like admin, api, www). |
| Website name | Shows next to the city’s brand, at the top and in the browser tab. | Up to 60 characters. |
| Option | What it creates |
|---|---|
| Ready-made template | Three pages with the most common RP rules, to adapt: Welcome (group “Getting started”), General rules and Punishments (group “Rules”). The template is written in the city’s language. |
| Blank | An empty page to write your way. |
| Keep the current pages | The drafts the website already has, as they are. |
| Part | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Navigation | On the left | The list of pages by group. The + (Add) creates a New page or a New group. |
| Open page | In the middle | Icon, cover, title, summary, address and the content. |
| Publish | At the top | Shows the changes and publishes the website. |
| Website settings | Below the navigation | Takes you to Rules → Website. The green dot means Live. |
| Assistant | At the top of the editor | The Rules assistant. |
In Navigation, click + and then New page. To create it inside a group, open the group’s menu (…) and click New page here.
Write the Page title and, below it, the one-line summary (“A one-line summary, shown under the title”).
Type the text. Type / to pick a block (headings, callouts, tables, steps, videos).
The page saves itself as you type: you see Saving… and then Saved.
| Field | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Icon | An emoji next to the title and in the menu (Add icon). Show only in the menu removes the icon from the top of the page. | No icon |
| Cover | An image at the top of the page (Add cover), with cropping. The cover also becomes the image for that page’s link. | No cover |
| Page title | The title at the top and in the menu. Up to 80 characters. | New page |
| Summary | One line under the title. Up to 200 characters. | Empty |
| Page address | The end of the page’s link: https://<address>.fivedash.site/<page-address>. Up to 60 characters, lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, unique on the website. | Automatic: follows the title while the page isn’t on the website |
Page address also has Generate from title, Copy link and Open the preview.
Type / on an empty line to open the blocks.
| Section | Block | What it’s for |
|---|---|---|
| Text | Text | A plain paragraph. |
| Text | Heading | Opens a topic on the page (shows in “On this page” on the website). |
| Text | Subheading | Splits a topic. |
| Text | Quote | A highlighted excerpt. |
| Text | Code | Commands and config snippets. |
| Lists | List | Bulleted items. |
| Lists | Numbered list | Items in order: 1, 2, 3. |
| Lists | Steps | A numbered step-by-step, with titles. |
| Callouts | Note, Info, Tip, Warning, Forbidden, Allowed | A colored box. Forbidden is for what isn’t allowed, and the penalty. |
| Structure | Divider | A line between sections. |
| Structure | Accordion | A title that opens and closes the text. |
| Structure | Cards | Shortcuts to other pages (/another-page) or links. |
| Structure | Table | Rows and columns, like fines and penalties. |
| Structure | Update | A date (or version) and what changed in the rules. |
| Media | Image | PNG, JPG or WebP up to 1 MB. |
| Media | Video | YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Streamable or an .mp4 / .webm file. Only plays on the website when someone clicks it. |
| Media | Audio | Spotify, SoundCloud or an .mp3 / .ogg / .wav file. |
| Format | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Bold | Ctrl+B |
| Italic | Ctrl+I |
| Strikethrough | Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Code | Ctrl+E |
| Link | Ctrl+K (paste the link or /page) |
In Navigation, hover the page and click … (Options for …).
Click Delete page and confirm with Delete page.
The draft goes away right away. On the website, the page stays until the next publish. The website needs at least one page.
Pages with changes get a yellow dot in Navigation: New, Edited, Moved or Removed, “not published”.
At the top, click Publish. The menu shows how many changes are waiting and the version the website shows now (“The website shows the version from …, published by …”).
Click Publish changes (or Publish the website, the first time). Rules published shows up.
If you see “The website is still offline.”, turn on Live in Rules → Website and save.
| Item | Limit |
|---|---|
| Pages per website | 60 |
| Page title | 80 characters |
| Page summary | 200 characters |
| Group name | 40 characters |
| Page address | 60 characters |
| Image in a block | 1 MB (PNG, JPG or WebP) |
At the top of the editor, Assistant opens the Rules assistant (“How can I help with the rules?”). With Pages at Configure, it writes, reviews, creates, moves and deletes pages, and everything stays a draft until you publish. With View, it only reads, explains and suggests. Deleting a page and publishing the website ask for your confirmation. Ready-made ideas include Create the penalties page, Organize the menu, What’s missing from the rules? and Suggest a penalties table. It needs FiveDash AI in the plan.
I saved and the website didn’t change. Why? Saving only keeps the draft. Click Publish at the top to send it to the website.
I got “Fix the page with an error before publishing.” A page has a problem, like an empty title or a repeated address. Open the flagged page and fix it.
Can I see how it looks before publishing? Yes. In Page address, click Open the preview: the team sees the drafts on the website, with the “Team preview” notice.