Linking previous chapters within latest chapter

[Bicurious_77]

I’m working on a series with multiple parts. Are we allowed to have hyperlinks to previous parts? For example I’m writing Part 2 of a multi-part storyline. In each subsequent part am I allowed to include a hyperlink to the preceding parts?

the guidelines mention the following;
“Works that contain advertisements, outside links, domain names, or outside promotions of any kind within the description, body text, or audio (including “See my profile for…”)

 

[Voboy]

It'll be built in at the end of your published piece. There'll be a link to "Next Chapter" and "Previous Chapter." The site does that for you.

 

[Altissimus]

Yes, you can, but there's no real need to because they're easy enough to find.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Linking previous chapters within latest chapter​

I have started doing this at the beginning of each chapter (the link is to the series page):

—

The Kiss - Chapter Two

Having marveled at The Falls, Gemma and Emily drove back to their Niagara hotel. Emily was at the wheel, the automatic transmission allowing her to hold hands with her friend. Gemma's mind was racing as fast as her heart. Closing her eyes she recalled Emily's soft lips on hers, Emily's curious tongue meeting hers, then it moving deeper into her mouth and Gemma's own tongue, shyly, falteringly reciprocating. She remembered parting, only to embrace and stroke and kiss cheeks and bury faces in shoulders. Above everything else, she knew she had wanted more, she knew that she still did. Opening her eyes, Gemma squeezed Emily's hand and her friend turned her head briefly to flash a smile at her.

 

[alohadave]

It'll be built in at the end of your published piece. There'll be a link to "Next Chapter" and "Previous Chapter." The site does that for you.

Since when?

 

[RejectReality]

Since when?

It's over in the right side column. For ease of use, there should be a previous, next, and series link at the bottom of the text in my opinion, but it is present on the page near the end of the text.

Then again, having those links immediately following the text might cause people to skip the voting form and move on to the next installment, which is far from ideal.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I’m working on a series with multiple parts. Are we allowed to have hyperlinks to previous parts? For example I’m writing Part 2 of a multi-part storyline. In each subsequent part am I allowed to include a hyperlink to the preceding parts?

the guidelines mention the following;
“Works that contain advertisements, outside links, domain names, or outside promotions of any kind within the description, body text, or audio (including “See my profile for…”)

The site auto-links chapters, or you can build a Manual Series from your Control Panel.

Keep it simple:

Story Title Ch.01 - The Beginning
Story Title Ch.02 - A Bit More
Story Title Ch.03 - They All Die

It's an alpha-numeric sequencing that runs from a common text string then picks up on the change. Check out my story list for a bunch of different examples.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Since when?

Since always. It's been in the Classic View ever since I've been on Lit, and it's always been in the Beta version of the site, from when it rolled out four or five years ago.

 

[RejectReality]

The site auto-links chapters, or you can build a Manual Series from your Control Panel.

Keep it simple:

Story Title Ch.01 - The Beginning
Story Title Ch.02 - A Bit More
Story Title Ch.03 - They All Die

It's an alpha-numeric sequencing that runs from a common text string then picks up on the change. Check out my story list for a bunch of different examples.

I wouldn't even recommend allowing the automated system to do its thing any longer. It's been buggy for years, and that's not really been improved.

There's a bit of a learning curve with manual series, but once you get over that hump, it has a ton to offer that the generic system just doesn't provide. First and foremost being that you're not longer a slave to alphanumeric titling.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Bottom of the last page.

And, yeah, I vote on my own stories.

 

[Lifestyle66]

I'll copy and paste the instructions I just posted to another AH thread:

The code to insert into your story for such a link is in the following example:
Another story <a href=https://literotica.com/s/the-user-guide-a-geek-pride-story> “The User Guide – A Geek Pride Story”</a> I wrote over a year ago shows how the geek Ted thinks.

That green "<a href" and ending with the </a> will cause the title within the quotes to be a blue highlighted link to that other story. (I colored the hyperlink in green just for this example.)

To get the "https:// " hyperlink, merely right-click the story link in the titlles or your own works page, and copy the link. Then paste that link in this <a href= ....>.
When you post your story with these hypertext links, the web site automatically reads the code within those < >, and converts it to the appropriate web links. And you can use the Preview before publishing to ensure it worked correctly.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I wouldn't even recommend allowing the automated system to do its thing any longer. It's been buggy for years, and that's not really been improved.

There's a bit of a learning curve with manual series, but once you get over that hump, it has a ton to offer that the generic system just doesn't provide. First and foremost being that you're not longer a slave to alphanumeric titling.

Yeah, I agree it's buggy, but for most of my chaptered stories, the auto-system works okay.

I've only had to manually rebuild two Series, which got themselves duplicated several years ago. As you say, it takes a few goes to figure out how it works, but once the build is done, it looks permanent. The main advantage for me, is you can state a Series is complete (although I doubt many people pay attention to that).

 

[JaxRhapsody]

I’m working on a series with multiple parts. Are we allowed to have hyperlinks to previous parts? For example I’m writing Part 2 of a multi-part storyline. In each subsequent part am I allowed to include a hyperlink to the preceding parts?

the guidelines mention the following;
“Works that contain advertisements, outside links, domain names, or outside promotions of any kind within the description, body text, or audio (including “See my profile for…”)

You mean this?

 

[Bicurious_77]

Not exactly. I’m more talking about links within the story. I hadn’t seen this option yet. But if Literotica does that automatically then it frees me up from needing to link past episodes And just reference them.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Not exactly. I’m more talking about links within the story. I hadn’t seen this option yet. But if Literotica does that automatically then it frees me up from needing to link past episodes And just reference them.

The chaptering process is automatic, but can also be done manually - refer to the posts above.

But why would you need to reference anything? Chapters merely progress, 1, 2, 3... You don't ever see one chapter reference another.

Are you trying to do something different?

 

[JaxRhapsody]

Not exactly. I’m more talking about links within the story. I hadn’t seen this option yet. But if Literotica does that automatically then it frees me up from needing to link past episodes And just reference them.

There's no need to do that.

 

[designatedvictim]

It's over in the right side column. For ease of use, there should be a previous, next, and series link at the bottom of the text in my opinion, but it is present on the page near the end of the text.

Then again, having those links immediately following the text might cause people to skip the voting form and move on to the next installment, which is far from ideal.

Holy, crap!

I've used this site for ages and first published only two months ago and never saw that.

I came to this forum specifically to ask for this feature on series and had to run several iterations of the search parameters to hit on this thread and your response. (Thanks, BTW.)

Yes, it's there. But it might as well be invisible (well, it has been to me) because of its placement and lack of... distinctiveness.

Your comment about the voting and clicking away should be easily addressed by putting a Series Previous Entry and Series Next Entry link set panel after the PLEASE RATE THIS STORY panel and before the Favorite/Bookmark/Follow panel. Or as part of the FBF panel.

I've been ignoring anything in the right-hand column just as I've been ignoring Public Beta panel and there's also the fact that the options in that column change on the last page. (Yes, the primary display column also changes with the end-of-story options, but one of those options should be a link to next.)

There should be a Series Previous Entry link at the start of the first page of each entry ( Oh, look! I loaded this story and the first thing it tells me is that there's stuff that goes before it! Yay! ) and at least Series Next Entry after the Rating panel ( Yay! There's more! ) in the primary display column on the last page.

I'm not a UI designer, but features that ought to stand out should stand out.