Bulleted lists in stories?

[CoolSideofthePillow]

Hey all, my upcoming story features a bulleted list (an important plot in my story requires it). I'm wondering if I upload my story document, will the Literotica site respect the bullets and render them appropriately on the screen.

Have any of you ever uploaded a story containing a bulleted list? Or have you seen a story containing a bulleted list?

Thanks.

 

[sr71plt]

I think that the editor, Laurel, would probably have to set that up, if it can be done at all, so suggest you PM (private message system, upper right on this page) her directly with your question. She'll probably want to know about what you're trying to do before you submit the story anyway.

 

[CoolSideofthePillow]

Thanks for the advice sr. Much appreciated.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Or submit the story in a .doc file, I'm sure she will let you know if it can be done.

 

[Hypoxia]

I've used such in cut-and-paste text format. Like so:

Blah blah blah et cetera.

* Item one<br>* Item two<br>* Item three<br>* Item four

Yada yada yada and so on.

Asterisks * as bullets; line breaks <br> to keep the list from double-spacing.
If you don't mind double-spacing, merely enter it as:

* Item one
* Item two
* Item three
* Item four

LIT's warez automatically double-spaces that.

 

[RejectReality]

Sometimes Laurel will double-space things formatted with <br /> as well. You have to specifically point out that you wish for something to be single-spaced in the "notes" section to be sure it's considered.

 

[jsmiam]

I believe I successfully inserted horizontal rules in a story (see below), so it's worth trying the bulleted lists. However, I pulled all my stories off of here a while back, so I can't check any more.

What I DID do: Put <hr> tags in a story, which DID show up in the "preview" mode during the submission process. Hoizontal rules did show.

What I Didn't do (didn't remember to do): Check the story to see if the horizontal rules showed in the actual story. They probably did, but I can't say for sure.

What you can do: You have 2 days between posting a story, and it really going live, during which time you can edit, withdraw, etc. Post a story with bulleted lists, and if it shows up in your preview, then it's worth seeing if it publishes too.

 

[Gorza]

I wonder whether the basic HTML allowed when you paste into the submission box includes <ul> and <li> tags.

The format is:

<ul>
       <li>Item one.</li>
       <li>Item two.</li>
</ul>

 

[RejectReality]

Horizontal rules will get removed. They severely mess up the formatting of the page if used.

Almost all html tags are removed by default, and have to be reinserted by special request if they're allowed. You can't depend upon preview to tell you what will and won't be in the final, because they didn't think about everything when coding the preview, or forgot to update it after changes were made to the final text processor. A few things will work in preview, but fail in the final posting.

 

[KlaytonFrost]

You could recreate the bullets with simpler formatting. Just start a new paragraph for each item on the list, and begin the line with an asterix or similar marker. That was the format should be preserved whether or not HTML is allowed through to the final story.

 

[sr71plt]

Looks to me like a flush left *, as has been suggested, would work for a bullet. A bulletted list is a very strange thing for fiction, but I could conceive of it being used. What I can't see is attempts at a whole lot of fancy formatting designing here. The formatting here is basic for uniformity across the collection, and authors aren't book designers. The unique busywork in formatting is disconcerting for the readers.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I wonder whether the basic HTML allowed when you paste into the submission box includes <ul> and <li> tags.

The format is:

<ul>
       <li>Item one.</li>
       <li>Item two.</li>
</ul>

Sorry, no. The only html tags allowed are...

<i></i>
<b></b>
<u></u>
<center></center>

and maybe...

<blockquote></blockquote>

There is debate on this one as some authors have no trouble with it, but others do.

Any other tags will be delete before the story is posted or it will be rejected so you can remove them yourself.