question about formatting

[inkstain]

Hi, authors!

I'm nearly ready to submit my first story! I remember seeing a readme here about formatting, etc, but for the life of me I can't find it.

Is there some kind of html code I can use to make sure that the formatting is how I want it?

In the readme, I think it mentioned things like <i> and </i> for italics -- but I may be getting confused with other sites!

I know that you can use microoft word, but I only have notepad from where I do my writing, so it's all text format.

Thanks,

J.

 

[domjoe]

Hi, inkstain. Looking foward to seeing your avatar.

I'll take a look. Been a while since I submitted anything

 

[domjoe]

Found it. Look here: http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=45432

 

[Alex De Kok]

Have a look at my 'How-To'. I think it might be the one you're looking for.

Edited to add: Joe got there first!

Alex

 

[domjoe]

Good article, Alex.

So, what are some of the other formatting codes we can use?

 

[Alex De Kok]

Good article, Alex.

So, what are some of the other formatting codes we can use?

I kept the original article to bold and italic, so as not to piss off Laurel and Manu. You may have noticed, the pages here are all PHP, and I didn't want to fall over on any of the scripts that take our masterpieces and turn them into Lit web pages.

That said, the <center> ... </center> tags should work (fairly self-explanatory, I think!) as should <blockquote> ... </blockquote> which gives a left and right side indent - might be useful for ransom messages and the like in a story. Poets might want to use <pre> ... </pre> which should preserve their fancy formatting - but beware Lit's line length. It might be as well to check with Laurel before getting too clever.

Anyone wishing to know more about HTML could have a look at w3schools

Alex

 

[domjoe]

Thanks. I'll probably stick to to bold and italic. Although the other stuff could come in handy, too. The one thing I'd really like is <hr> -- Horizontal rule. I use them a lot, and have to replace them when submitting to Lit. with a row of dashes. And I have to be careful how many dashes to use, so they don't wrap to the next line.
With a <hr> I wouldn't have to worry.

Joe.

 

[inkstain]

Thank you Alex and dom joe for the link. Its just what i was looking for. Now that that's cleared up, all i need to worry about is the sex!

 

[impressive]

I have a table in my latest story (to be submitted). I don't care if the lines show up, but I would like it to appear chart-like. Without the HTML, I'd need a monospaced font. Not sure how to submit it.

 

[Weird Harold]

Good article, Alex.

So, what are some of the other formatting codes we can use?

In general, the Italics and Bold tags are all that Lit allows. Laurel has said in the past that maintaining a consistent look to Literotica's stories is important, so most HTML is banned from stories.

If you have a special formatting need -- like using blockquote for a ransom note --then make sure that you put a note in the comments that your story contains HTML and explaining the reason you feel it's needed.

If you don't put a notice in the comments, the scripts that automatically format submissions will strip any HTML from your story except for Italics and Bold.