New site feature?

[Darkniciad]

The few of mine that share a title with something else ( and didn't win the lottery draw as the first encountered by the script ) have a hyphen and a number, so that's probably the way to go if you get hit with an unavailable url.

my-unlucky-title-1

For example.

Unfortunately it means that I have to change my copy-pasta "how do I edit something on Lit" instructions

Actually, for whoever mentioned this cutting down the amount of text for links on the forum: It's longer than the most efficient method.

[story=LitID#]Story Title[/story]

All you need to type is the Lit ID# when using that Lit-specific bbcode, which is way shorter than the new URLs.

 

[michchick98]

Actually, for whoever mentioned this cutting down the amount of text for links on the forum: It's longer than the most efficient method.

[story=LitID#]Story Title[/story]

All you need to type is the Lit ID# when using that Lit-specific bbcode, which is way shorter than the new URLs.

I mentioned it was shorter and I always forget about the way you suggest.

 

[HeyAll]

This whole making your own url thing is really confusing.

If the mods are reading this, I hope they come out with some sort of official guidline on how to do it.

thanks


EDIT: Looking at other stories, nevermind, doesn't seem that hard to make one. Just look at the url for other stories and replace that title with your new one or whatever you want, just use that format.

 

[thick1191]

confused

I think I'll refrain from posting stories until theres a clarification of this crazy, new requirement. It seems counterproductive to me.

 

[sr71plt]

Hmm, yes. From reading this thread, this doesn't seem all that nifty to me. It didn't bother me a bit before what URL was attached to my stories.

 

[Liar]

Huh, I tought it auto-generated an url based on the title.

So you actually choose your own url? Fascinutting.

 

[Darkniciad]

Huh, I tought it auto-generated an url based on the title.

So you actually choose your own url? Fascinutting.

That's obviously how the script worked for existing stories. Seeing the confusion present here, that's probably what should continue to happen. Auto-generate at the point of submission, and then let those who want to monkey around with it do so on the author page after the story posts.

 

[Weird Harold]

I think I'll refrain from posting stories until theres a clarification of this crazy, new requirement. It seems counterproductive to me.

I posted this on another thread:

Literotica has apparently converted from a single database of stories, indexed by sequential numbers, to separate folders for each story. This allows them to use the operating system's file management functions to manage stories. The URL you're asked for needs to be a unique folder name, just as if you were creating a folder for that story on your computer.

The submission script will not accept all the characters that operating systems do for file and folder names, so there are some differences in how you can name your stories folder; no spaces and no underscore characters are the two identified so far.

 

[alwayswantedto]

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[Darkniciad]

Wondering why Manu rolled this one out without warning or instructions? A new submission requirement is sort of a biggie.

I'm sure we'll puzzle it out well enough in time, but...

 

[thick1191]

unintended consequences again

Wondering why Manu rolled this one out without warning or instructions? A new submission requirement is sort of a biggie.

I'm sure we'll puzzle it out well enough in time, but...

Until it's clarified I'm betting that a lot of people will sit in the weeds and not post stories; that's my plan. This requirement reminds me of Govt. agencies that plunk down a "must comply" edict without a thought about the unintended consequences.

 

[Darkniciad]

It's not going to stop me from posting unless it's completely broken. I don't have anything new to post right now, so I can't say whether that's the case yet. If the pattern used by the auto-generator on legacy stories works:

• Use your title as the url
• All lower-case letters
• Use hyphens in place of spaces
• Add a hyphen and an incrementing number if your url comes up "unavailable" until you're past the last number used for that title and get an "available" message.

Then it shouldn't be much of an issue. I still think it should be auto-generated on submission, but *shrug*

 

[scouries]

Story url's have clear text aliases now... Is this new? Last time I looked, which was yesterday, it wasn't there.
Anyway, neat. All hail manu.

Well that’s one man’s response.

But another is WTF?.

MANU apparently made a major change without telling the interested parties WHY the change was made or HOW it worked. To me that doesn’t earn MANU a “hail”. Nor a ”manu rocks” which the English babe awarded him. Or Charlie’s “very neat”. Nor is it “cool” which a couple of others opined.

A little ass kissing is fine but do you have to do it every time one of the royals turns around and bends over? I hate to say it but thank god for darkboy and ace.

Nor does our “Answers! I got lots of answers” man’s explanation clear up much.

How tough would it have been for the PRINCE to advise us of how the thing is supposed to work? I assume he’s been working on this change for months. Tell us how it works big guy!

And what was wrong with the system of having a unique number for each story? Surely there are higher priorities than this.​

[size=+2]james r scouries esq.[/size]
Multiple A.I.R. AWARD winner, MILLION SELLER,
Author of the MOST COMMENTED on
and the MOST VOTED on story on LITEROTICA

 

[Liar]

I posted this on another thread:

Literotica has apparently converted from a single database of stories, indexed by sequential numbers, to separate folders for each story. This allows them to use the operating system's file management functions to manage stories. The URL you're asked for needs to be a unique folder name, just as if you were creating a folder for that story on your computer.

The submission script will not accept all the characters that operating systems do for file and folder names, so there are some differences in how you can name your stories folder; no spaces and no underscore characters are the two identified so far.

Literotica have NOT converted from a single database of stories to a folder system.

Like I said in my first post, those are so called alias URL's. Auto generated and directing to the database post where your story is stored, just like before. You just don't ssee the database ID in the URL anymore, but another more identifiable text string. Many large news sites do this. And believe me, if they had their whole content structure in a file tree, they'd need a few thosand more employees to manage it.

It's intended to make hotlinking easier, and I think also improve Google rankings.

I just did a "dry run" and sumbitted a dummy story, up until preview, but I didn't click the final "submit". Looked the same as always.

When does uit force you to type in your own URL? After that?

 

[Darkniciad]

Maybe the powers that be saw this thread and realized that the submission requirement portion needed to be rolled back until it could be fully explained.

I suspect that another major motivation for the change was Twitter. Most of the "*******" type sites that redirect long urls for the purpose of saving characters in twitter posts won't allow adult links.

If you plan to use Twitter as an advertising/information source about your stories, the ability to set your URL to something really short solves the character limit problem.

 

[Weird Harold]

Literotica have NOT converted from a single database of stories to a folder system.

I did say "apparently."

I would note that since the change I haven't noticed the ever increasing response time of all of literotica that normally occurs for the first few hours after new stories post -- like maybe the site isn't searching a humongous database everytime somebody views a story.

Whether aliased as a folder system or changed to a folder system, the change has improved site performance about the same amount I would expect from dumping ten-year-old database manipulation routines.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

One little problem...

I changed the name of a story of mine and now that option is gone, so I can't change it back or to something else.

 

[Darkniciad]

I did say "apparently."

I would note that since the change I haven't noticed the ever increasing response time of all of literotica that normally occurs for the first few hours after new stories post -- like maybe the site isn't searching a humongous database everytime somebody views a story.

Whether aliased as a folder system or changed to a folder system, the change has improved site performance about the same amount I would expect from dumping ten-year-old database manipulation routines.

Must just be you. I'm still experiencing the normal lag and occasional endless loading time on the forum. It took almost three seconds for this reply box to come up Story-side seems pretty much normal as well -- faster than the forum, but still subject to lag on occasion.

One little problem...

I changed the name of a story of mine and now that option is gone, so I can't change it back or to something else.

If the requirement is missing from the submission form as Liar reported, that hasn't changed your author submissions page. I still see the URL and "change" links there. If it's only missing from the story that you changed, it's probably in pending status -- which may be a problem. That sounds more like a bug in the code than anything. I can't imagine that the powers that be are going to review the changes to any URL, and code shouldn't take that long to process.

 

[Weird Harold]

Must just be you. I'm still experiencing the normal lag and occasional endless loading time on the forum. It took almost three seconds for this reply box to come up Story-side seems pretty much normal as well -- faster than the forum, but still subject to lag on occasion.



If the requirement is missing from the submission form as Liar reported, that hasn't changed your author submissions page. I still see the URL and "change" links there. If it's only missing from the story that you changed, it's probably in pending status -- which may be a problem. That sounds more like a bug in the code than anything. I can't imagine that the powers that be are going to review the changes to any URL, and code shouldn't take that long to process.

Perhaps the lag you experience is more noticeable than it is to me because it isn't as long as downloading a page on a dial-up connection.

My handy-dandy connection monitor shows a continuous data transfer now where it has previously, showed distinct delays before beginning the data transfer of up to thirty secodns or so. Those kinds of delays and the periodic need to refresh the request happen at what should be peak story activity as far as I can tell.

Whatever the reason, two good days isn't enough of a test to see if the change is real.

ETA: Murphy strikes again -- a brag about improves response time and it takes five fucking minutes for the post to go through!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

If the requirement is missing from the submission form as Liar reported, that hasn't changed your author submissions page. I still see the URL and "change" links there. If it's only missing from the story that you changed, it's probably in pending status -- which may be a problem. That sounds more like a bug in the code than anything. I can't imagine that the powers that be are going to review the changes to any URL, and code shouldn't take that long to process.

No, it already went through the pending stage and has been changed and approved...

as you can see the change link is missing from the first one but is still available on the second.

 

[Darkniciad]

Hmmm... Looks like somebody has more 'splainin' to do.

Are we only allowed one chance at changing the URL? Seems like that needs to be noted somewhere in big, blinking letters. Is it unintentional? Is there a built in delay to keep you from changing it every day in a fit of OCD?

Many questions, and more emerging by the minute. Manu has done a pretty good job of previewing the changes in the past. Why not this one? Kinda dropped the ball this outing.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Not really worried about it, unless I had changed the title to 'eatshitanddie'.

 

[Liar]

Must just be you. I'm still experiencing the normal lag and occasional endless loading time on the forum.

The forum is a different database.

 

[Darkniciad]

The forum is a different database.

Sure about that? At the very least, they're connected, because changes here to your bio are reflected story-side and vice-versa.

And it doesn't really matter if they're on the same servers.

 

[Weird Harold]

The forum is a different database.

No it is not.

This is a point I'm sure of, because I helped test the linkage when it was first installed. The main site uses the database created by vBulletin and expands each user record with site specific information. That's why you can log in throught forums and go directly to your author page without having to log in again -- or log in through the site login link and then come to the forums and be logged in.