Submission Format Question: Word vs. Text

[WizardWhitebeard]

I've been editing stories so far submitted in Word format. Word doesn't translate well to HTML format so the first thing I do is replace the quotation marks and apostrophes with plain text versions. I tend to center titles and section breaks ("* * *").

I recently read a "how-to" on embedding HTML in text submissions for italics and bold. How far does this go? Can I add center? Hypertext links (e.g. to the author's page or my page)? Special characters (e.g. ampersand)? My desire is to make conversion to HTML as easy as possible for Literotica but I don't know how far I can go.

I know a lot of HTML and CSS.

Has anyone had any experience (or helpful discussions with Literotica) on this subject?

 

[PennyThompson]

I always submit my stories directly into the text field, and I use HTML all the time

I think the most-definitive text on this is Using Special Formatting in Stories by @Lucky. Even that is incomplete though, because you can also use br, hr, div, and kbd tags in Lit stories as well!

I've become an HTML goblin in order to format text message conversations in a few of my stories, and I've posted before about how to do it.

Fair warning though, there are differences in reader taste when it comes to getting cheeky with HTML. Some people really like it, some people really don't!

 

[WizardWhitebeard]

Penny,

I read several how-to articles but they were vague and old (6-10 years). There is also the Literotica FAQ on the subject which prohibits links. Except I have used links (in Word) and they showed up just fine. I think the prohibition intent was for external links.

In any case, @Lucky's article is from 2022 and is very good and your previous posting is even better. The general rule looks like don't link outside of Literotica and don't try to override the CMS text formatting. Anything else goes.

I'll give it a shot on the next short story I edit. Well, almost. I'm working on a story arc for @Cunnilingus_loverno1 whose parts have all been submitted in Word format so far. I'll wait for the next opportunity to try plain text and HTML.

Thanks!