Help with posting story

[Johnny_Come_Lately]

I originally posted this in the Site News & Tech Support forum but was told to move it here.
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This probably isn't allowed/going to work, but I'm asking just in case:

I've written a story that is essentially in "choose-your-own-adventure" format. That is, it has multiple paths and endings based on those paths. I've written it in both Word and HTML so that it has clickable links that direct the reader to their chosen section via bookmarks/anchors.

I just joined Literotica and I can't seem to figure out how to upload my story in such a way that preserves all those bookmarks. I have a PDF document, an HTML file and a TXT document with HTML code.

Are there any tech wizards out there who can recommend a solution? Or am I just out of luck?

Someone in the Tech Support forum noted that "the submission guidelines clearly state no links to other pages are permitted," but I want to make clear that there are no external links in the story. All the links simply "jump" to a section farther down in the document.

(By the way, yes, I'm aware of chyoa.com. It's a garbage fire. No thanks.)

 

[ElectricBlue]

The only way I can see this working is for every alternate scene to be its own submission - you can link to other content provided it's on Lit - but that, presumably, would mean dozens (hundreds?) of individual scenes, each individually loaded and interlinked. Which would be a nightmare to navigate, a nightmare to manage, and a nightmare for readers to make sense of.

I don't think Lit is the right platform for something as ambitious as this. There's no way that the content data repository could manage location jumps within the same file - they basically become dumb text files, with some formatting allowed, but nothing sophisticated.

You could PM Laurel, but my guess is the answer will be, sorry, can't do that.

 

[Comshaw]

At the bottom of the thread page is this:
vB code is On
Smilies are On
code is On HTML code is Off I assume this goes for the entire site. So no HTML allowed. [/SIZE] Comshaw

 

[AlinaX]

I'd love to be able to post interactive fiction here. Supposedly it's in testing, but that could mean anything.

 

[Voboy]

OP, you might be happier setting up an RP?

Multiple users?

They interact with you as you feed them pieces of your story?

 

[Bramblethorn]

At the bottom of the thread page is this:
vB code is On
Smilies are On
code is On HTML code is Off I assume this goes for the entire site. So no HTML allowed. [/SIZE] Comshaw[/QUOTE] Those notes are specifically for the forum side. The story side is a whole different beast, and it does accept at least some HTML.

 

[LongDraw]

Yeah, you were already told no hyperlinks in stories here.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Yeah, you were already told no hyperlinks in stories here.

The rule is no external hyperlinks. AFAIK there's no rule against linking within Literotica, which this would be.

 

[Comshaw]

Those notes are specifically for the forum side. The story side is a whole different beast, and it does accept at least some HTML.

That's what I get for assuming. I stand corrected.


Comshaw

 

[ElectricBlue]

The rule is no external hyperlinks. AFAIK there's no rule against linking within Literotica, which this would be.

Correct, you can link to another Lit story - I've done it with all of the collaborative stories I've written, as well as in a very self-referential story.

You need to coordinate collaborative stories with Laurel and the other writer - Laurel will make sure the interlinks work.

The OP, though, wants to jump between sections within a single submission, which I doubt can be made to work.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Correct, you can link to another Lit story - I've done it with all of the collaborative stories I've written, as well as in a very self-referential story.

You need to coordinate collaborative stories with Laurel and the other writer - Laurel will make sure the interlinks work.

The OP, though, wants to jump between sections within a single submission, which I doubt can be made to work.

Only if you use the HTML that isn't allowed in a story.

Also, any story/part of a story, must be 750 words or longer.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Only if you use the HTML that isn't allowed in a story.

Also, any story/part of a story, must be 750 words or longer.

That 750 word minimum may make it difficult to post each alternative as a separate story. If you merely have a story with multiple possible endings, you could list them all in a single file. (Ending #1, Ending #2, etc.) If the branching becomes more complex than that - well, have you seen another site that allows for the interactive features you want? It must be possible to do it online, but I'm not tech-savvy enough to describe how it's done. You seem to know how to do it, but not how to get it to work on Literotica.