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I'm new to this website and I was wondering if there was a way to have a reader type in their character name and have the name be used for the entire "novel"? Is this possible with the already implemented link system or no?

There is, but it's a lot of work for very little payoff.

On-Page Variable Tricks
 

Really useful guide. Thank you :)

Yeah, this seems to be a better idea. Thanks for the suggestion.

Type in? As in, an input box? I am fairly certain you can't, but you can create a name system by following the article Berka linked.

I made it so the buttons are visually in a keyboard-like arrangement, but functionally, it's the same as having a link for each letter. If thatonestrangeoc is talking about having single textbox input where the player can directly type in a full name on one page, I can't help there.

So, you can't even make it so that pressing a letter key triggers the corresponding link?

Hm...If you could do that for every letter key, set the "go back" link to the back space key and the "continue" link to the enter key, place the usual on-page variable junk at the end of the text, and find a small "blinking cursor" gif to go at the end of the page (i.e. after all the crap the player types), you could probably get somewhere, right?

I mean, I imagine there would be some ugly side-effects, though.

Yep. I've been testing this out a little and it seems to be working, though it could be problematic for fast typers.

Or rather not to type anything else until the page loads again.