Problems submitting stories to Literotica

[Altissimus]

Hey,

Tried this weekend to submit a new story, but no matter what I tried I couldn't get the submit form to accept my .docx/.doc/.rtf document. (I have used italics in the story and so don't want a straight .txt submission).

Having completed the form the submission would read as "pending", but when I click into it I would always see a message that says "Impossible to display this story. Download this file, convert it and upload again."

I'm not quite sure what "convert it" means, but I have tried to download said file, re-save it as a compatible format and upload it again, only for the same message to present (with a new file name to download).

For the avoidance of doubt I have no pictures/audio/formatting (beyond the aforementioned italics) anywhere in the document.

Anyone got any clue about this? Any tips? I have already e-mailed Literotica but am conscious that response times can be very slow, as they get a lot of mail.

Thanks,
A

 

[Bramblethorn]

Email doesn't work; you're best off PMing Laurel or Manu (probably Manu for that side of things?)

RTF or .doc should work (not sure about .docx?) but if you're not having any luck, you can do italics in a plain-text submission by manually coding the html: <i> to start italics and </i> to close it. This can be tedious for long stories, though!

 

[Altissimus]

Email doesn't work; you're best off PMing Laurel or Manu (probably Manu for that side of things?)

RTF or .doc should work (not sure about .docx?) but if you're not having any luck, you can do italics in a plain-text submission by manually coding the html: <i> to start italics and </i> to close it. This can be tedious for long stories, though!

Thank you kindly, I have tried sending Laurel a note.

Regards,
A

 

[TxRad]

If your story is listed on your authors page, it is in line to be posted. Laurel has to ok every story posted here. Usually two days but it may be longer for a new author. Since you posted as a doc file you can not preview it. You can only preview if you cut and paste into the box.

 

[Altissimus]

If your story is listed on your authors page, it is in line to be posted. Laurel has to ok every story posted here. Usually two days but it may be longer for a new author. Since you posted as a doc file you can not preview it. You can only preview if you cut and paste into the box.

What about the error message I referred to?

 

[TxRad]

What about the error message I referred to?

You downloaded a doc file and it can not be displayed as a preview. Laurel has to convert it to a text file to post it. When it is ready to post the pending will change to approved in black with a date next to it. On that date, usually a little after midnight EST, the black pending will turn blue and the story is live.

 

[Altissimus]

You downloaded a doc file and it can not be displayed as a preview. Laurel has to convert it to a text file to post it. When it is ready to post the pending will change to approved in black with a date next to it. On that date, usually a little after midnight EST, the black pending will turn blue and the story is live.

Ahh, ok.

And what about the error message I referred to?

 

[TxRad]

Ahh, ok.

And what about the error message I referred to?

If the story is pending it can't be shown. It has to be approved first.

 

[Altissimus]

If the story is pending it can't be shown. It has to be approved first.

Right, I get that. I just don't understand why the message is asking me to download/re-upload a file if what it should be saying is "not approved yet". Particularly as the latter is quite obvious.

 

[TxRad]

Right, I get that. I just don't understand why the message is asking me to download/re-upload a file if what it should be saying is "not approved yet". Particularly as the latter is quite obvious.

Hell if i know. PM laurel.

 

[Altissimus]

Hell if i know. PM laurel.

Did that.

 

[jaF0]

Just be patient.

It's a story. Not a request for a billion dollar grant.

 

[Altissimus]

Just be patient.

It's a story. Not a request for a billion dollar grant.

...?

Look, if you'd bothered to read my original post, you would see that I was raising a question about an error message. If the submission hasn't worked due to said error, presumably I could be "patient" indefinitely with no results.

The question is reasonable. It was also answered by the first person to respond to this thread, and in a helpful and courteous manner. Why jump down my throat? What miffed you off today?

 

[RejectReality]

One of the first things you hear on the forum is "Don't click the pending link! Your story will go to the back of the line again!"

So, most people have never clicked that link, and thus won't have experienced this error, which is probably a badly worded way of saying it can't display the information because the upload is in a format it's not designed to display.

If you submit by copy/paste or .txt document, you can click the "Pending" link and make changes without problem -- although this does send your story to the back of the queue.

Contrary to what some think, simply clicking the link doesn't do this. You actually have to save the changes. If you click it, look, and don't hit the save changes button, it doesn't affect your position in the queue.