Are Links Within Posted Stories Allowed?

[McKenna]

Can anyone tell me if links within posted stories at Literotica are allowed?

I'm editing an excerpt from a longer piece I've co-written with a friend in the SRP Forum. I'd like to say something like, "For the extended version of this story, please visit >>insert link<<"

Has anyone ever seen this done before at Lit?

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I'm not positive Mckenna, but I don't think they are. I seem to remember someone being upset his story was rejected because it had a link in it, even though the link was to a made up website.

You might Pm Wh or Og. they would probably know for sure.

-Colly

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I think you can use a link that links back to something at Lit (have done this for Chain stories), but I don't think you can link to any other site (or at least, I don't think you are supposed to).

 

[McKenna]

Thanks Crim and Colly, I'll keep researching. I hoped since the link would be an internal (within Literotica) link, it might be allowed.

 

[oggbashan]

You might Pm Wh or Og. they would probably know for sure.

-Colly

Og doesn't know. Despite your confidence in me, I don't know everything. I don't know much about how Lit works and for techie questions I have to ask my sister-in-law who DOES know everything (or can find out because she runs a university's system).

Og

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Og doesn't know. Despite your confidence in me, I don't know everything. I don't know much about how Lit works and for techie questions I have to ask my sister-in-law who DOES know everything (or can find out because she runs a university's system).

Og

LOL,

Your lack od knowledge in this case dose nothing to diminish my faith in you

*HUGS*

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Can anyone tell me if links within posted stories at Literotica are allowed?

I'm editing an excerpt from a longer piece I've co-written with a friend in the SRP Forum. I'd like to say something like, "For the extended version of this story, please visit >>insert link<<"

Has anyone ever seen this done before at Lit?

Yes, it's possible to include internal links. I do it all the time.

Here are a few examples:
- The Literotica Olympics: Day 24 (link to a forum thread)
- Sonnet Sluts (link to a forum thread + link to another poem)
- Insomnia: redux (link to another person's member page + link to another poem)

Just use regular html code in the body of the story, using the regular submission form:
<a href="http://www.literotica.com/...><b>link</b></a>

 

[Svenskaflicka]

If only I had known that before I submitted "All Man Rickman"!

 

[Weird Harold]

Re: Re: Are Links Within Posted Stories Allowed?

Yes, it's possible to include internal links. I do it all the time.

This is apparently a change in policy becuse Laurel used to remove ALL HTML from stories except italics, bold and underline highlighting.

I would suggest that anyone wishing to include links or any HTML code in their stories make a note of the link in the comments section of the submission form.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Re: Re: Re: Are Links Within Posted Stories Allowed?

This is apparently a change in policy becuse Laurel used to remove ALL HTML from stories except italics, bold and underline highlighting.

I would suggest that anyone wishing to include links or any HTML code in their stories make a note of the link in the comments section of the submission form.

I've been doing it profusely for two and a half years, so I'm pretty sure there wasn't any change in policy, and never had a single link removed, and I have used other HTML codes - just nothing that would compromise Lit's layout scheme: no tables, no changing colours, fonts or size (except sub- or superscript)

And yes, I confirmed it all with Laurel, so it's not a case of being on an incredibly long lucky streak.

 

[McKenna]

Thanks Lauren, you're my hero!

 

[gauchecritic]

At a guess I'd say that links outside Lit wouldn't be allowed, because of the free advertising. (which may be why all links were stripped) I think I read that in a thread somewhere. Links to other Lit pages I don't know about.

Gauche

 

[nushu2]

All I can say is that I had a story with an external link that got rejected. I removed the link and it got accepted. There is some kind of warning, somewhere, that no links are allowed in posted stories and that they should be reported.

 

[snooper]

If you go to the Submission Guidelines and look down the list you will find:

9. No HTML links or web addresses are allowed within stories.

If writers are allowed to do this, then IMHO the guidelines should be changed.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

No external links are allowed, yes.

 

[impressive]

I've a FICTIONAL address in my latest submission. Shit. I could remove it, but it really adds to the story.

Phooey.