My HTML guide has been updated

[FrancesScott]

I wrote this to help other authors, and @Laurel was kind enough to contribute some content. As a few people pointed out, I had forgotten to include bulleted lists. This new version has these as well:

https://www.literotica.com/s/how-to-format-a-story-with-html

If there is anything else missing, please contact me.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Can we get this pinned to the top of the forum?

 

[FrancesScott]

As an aside, it took something like six weeks to get published.

 

[dirk2024]

I wrote this to help other authors, and @Laurel was kind enough to contribute some content. As a few people pointed out, I had forgotten to include bulleted lists. This new version has these as well:

https://www.literotica.com/s/how-to-format-a-story-with-html

If there is anything else missing, please contact me.

Thank you for your work on this Frances!

 

[SyleusSnow]

A reminder for those who use MS Word: there's a macro on my blog that converts MS Word documents to Literotica-compatible HTML tags at the press of a button: MS Word to HTML convertor for Literotica Authors.

 

[YmaOHyd]

A reminder for those who use MS Word: there's a macro on my blog that converts MS Word documents to Literotica-compatible HTML tags at the press of a button: MS Word to HTML convertor for Literotica Authors.

I use this and it's very good. (Right-aligned text please!)

 

[FrancesScott]

Thank you for your work on this Frances!

You are most welcome. I hope it has helped a few people.

 

[SyleusSnow]

I use this and it's very good. (Right-aligned text please!)

Okay... since you asked, I've added right-alignment to my Word macro.

Didn't know anyone used that (or that Lit supported it).

The new version of macro (v8) is now on my blog: https://syleussnow.wordpress.com/ms-word-to-simple-html-macro/

 

[YmaOHyd]

Okay... since you asked, I've added right-alignment to my Word macro.

Didn't know anyone used that (or that Lit supported it).

The new version of macro (v8) is now on my blog: https://syleussnow.wordpress.com/ms-word-to-simple-html-macro/

I use it regularly for electronic conversations, like texting or the MS Teams conversation that happens here.

 

[SyleusSnow]

I use it regularly for electronic conversations, like texting or the MS Teams conversation that happens here.

Huh. Neat idea. There are many forum posts asking how best to format text messages.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Huh. Neat idea. There are many forum posts asking how best to format text messages.

I’ve tried right align and I think blockquote works better. The alignment isn’t supported on the forums, but it looks like this:

 

[stickygirl]

Okay... since you asked, I've added right-alignment to my Word macro.

Didn't know anyone used that (or that Lit supported it).

The new version of macro (v8) is now on my blog: https://syleussnow.wordpress.com/ms-word-to-simple-html-macro/

I thought right-align was something gentlemen asked their tailor to take care of.

 

[onehitwanda]

Given the twattery that the current rendering system is causing for stories, I'd be hesitant to rely too much on formatting, especially anything centre-aligned. Chances are it won't display ≈ 50% of the time

 

[RocketGrunt]

Currently if a reader switches from one page to another in a story using either the page forward/back links or the direct page number links, then most (but not all) center aligned text completely vanishes. It's still present in the page source, but the Literotica display collapses the entire lines as well as any white space before or after.

My strong suggestion is to tell people that center aligned text is simply not supported on Literotica, because right now it isn't. Not really. It's been like this for over a month, and there's no evidence that Manu is even working on the problem, so it's probably going to remain broken for months and maybe permanently.

 

[old_prof]

Currently if a reader switches from one page to another in a story using either the page forward/back links or the direct page number links, then most (but not all) center aligned text completely vanishes. It's still present in the page source, but the Literotica display collapses the entire lines as well as any white space before or after.

My strong suggestion is to tell people that center aligned text is simply not supported on Literotica, because right now it isn't. Not really. It's been like this for over a month, and there's no evidence that Manu is even working on the problem, so it's probably going to remain broken for months and maybe permanently.

It did work for me for a while again, but then it's broken again.

 

[onehitwanda]

It did work for me for a while again, but then it's broken again.

Yeah. A firefox update looked like it might have changed things, but it's still fucked.

 

[old_prof]

Yeah. A firefox update looked like it might have changed things, but it's still fucked.

I had a reproducible test in a story I didn't put an edit in for, somewhat because it is a good test case for me to watch and because no one reads that story anyways.

It was fixed and stayed fixed for a few days, so I stopped checking. Then someone on another thread complained abut a similar problem and I went back and checked and tts; back to broken again.

I use safari as my primary browser (the only one I checked on, so it wasn't a firefox change that helped or broke it again.

My first guess is that Manu fixed it in place, but not in the version that he was working on something else in. When he posted that fix, he lost this fix. Let's hear it for no source code control.

 

[onehitwanda]

I had a reproducible test in a story I didn't put an edit in for, somewhat because it is a good test case for me to watch and because no one reads that story anyways.

It was fixed and stayed fixed for a few days, so I stopped checking. Then someone on another thread complained abut a similar problem and I went back and checked and tts; back to broken again.

I use safari as my primary browser (the only one I checked on, so it wasn't a firefox change that helped or broke it again.

My first guess is that Manu fixed it in place, but not in the version that he was working on something else in. When he posted that fix, he lost this fix. Let's hear it for no source code control.

Source control is for losers; everyone knows real programmers write their code using magnets, on the server, live in production.

 

[old_prof]

Source control is for losers; everyone knows real programmers write their code using magnets, on the server, live in production.

I did some consulting for a major bank 40-some years ago. Of course it was a cobol system, but for the last few years they had given up on making changes in the cobol and were patching the built system using BAL assembler. We found a billion dollar mistake in their accounts. The person who worked for me and actually found the mistake, was hoping to get a finder's fee as a percentage, but they didn't oblige him.

 

[StillStunned]

I hope it has helped a few people.

It's still the only story I've favourited.

 

[onehitwanda]

It's still the only story I've favourited.

You slut.

 

[StillStunned]

You slut.

You can't slut-shame me. I have no shame.

 

[SyleusSnow]

I’ve tried right align and I think blockquote works better. The alignment isn’t supported on the forums, but it looks like this:

Okay... I've added converting MS Word indented paragraphs to HTML blockquotes in my macro, plus a few other improvements.

 

[FrancesScott]

It's still the only story I've favourited.

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That’s very nice of you!

 

[TheLobster]

You slut.

Yeah, what was he thinking? Didn't even wait until marriage before throwing out that favorite! What a slattern.