Unauthorised editing

[AgentDoiron]

Update:

I feel I need to provide an update. In my post above, I stated that I found Laurel's post helpful because it told me how to fix the problem with my chapter titles. I followed the proper steps, and now, months later, nothing has happened.

My chapter titles are still mangled. I've tried everything to contact the site admin, but nothing happens. To make matters worse, my new stories are also having their titles mangled. I currently have 4 numbering systems in a series that consists of 5 stories.

I don't know what to do. Other sites don't seem to have this issue. If I was an admin I would get twitchy just looking at the mess that has been made of the story titles.

 

[PennyThompson]

Update:

I feel I need to provide an update. In my post above, I stated that I found Laurel's post helpful because it told me how to fix the problem with my chapter titles. I followed the proper steps, and now, months later, nothing has happened.

My chapter titles are still mangled. I've tried everything to contact the site admin, but nothing happens. To make matters worse, my new stories are also having their titles mangled. I currently have 4 numbering systems in a series that consists of 5 stories.

I don't know what to do. Other sites don't seem to have this issue. If I was an admin I would get twitchy just looking at the mess that has been made of the story titles.

I don't know what the heck is going on with your story titles... My guess is that Laurel may have attempted to "fix" the numbering system you're trying to use so that the auto-series script would work on them, but clearly something went wrong But the solution for you is probably two separate things:

• Manually create a series. It looks like you already know how to do this, since you've got some that appear to be manually created and not auto-created based on title numbering. Then in your dashboard go to Series (Beta), then click Manage Works, then manually add the loose stories into the series they belong to. If they're in the wrong order, you can go to Series (Beta) again, click on the series, then Series Works, then Reorder Series, where you can rearrange them as needed. You don't need to do anything clever with the story titles to make manually created series work, and IMO it's a far better process than trying to make the auto-series system trigger based on the alphanumeric structure of your story titles.
  
  
• Then you'll probably need to submit title edits to all the borked up stories. There's a workflow for submitting a title edit to already published stories. It can take quite a while for edits to be processed, because it appears to be a super manual thing that the site owner has to do by hand. In my experience edits can take between three and five weeks to go through.

 

[Writer61]

Go manual; then you control the situation rather than relying on a script that is failing for some reason.

 

[AgentDoiron]

I don't know what the heck is going on with your story titles... My guess is that Laurel may have attempted to "fix" the numbering system you're trying to use so that the auto-series script would work on them, but clearly something went wrong But the solution for you is probably two separate things:

• Manually create a series. It looks like you already know how to do this, since you've got some that appear to be manually created and not auto-created based on title numbering. Then in your dashboard go to Series (Beta), then click Manage Works, then manually add the loose stories into the series they belong to. If they're in the wrong order, you can go to Series (Beta) again, click on the series, then Series Works, then Reorder Series, where you can rearrange them as needed. You don't need to do anything clever with the story titles to make manually created series work, and IMO it's a far better process than trying to make the auto-series system trigger based on the alphanumeric structure of your story titles.
  
  
• Then you'll probably need to submit title edits to all the borked up stories. There's a workflow for submitting a title edit to already published stories. It can take quite a while for edits to be processed, because it appears to be a super manual thing that the site owner has to do by hand. In my experience edits can take between three and five weeks to go through.

I have already started a manual series. It shows up on my end, but if I go in incognito, I can't see it. I plan on submitting another story in the series on Monday. I'm excited to find out what the title is going to be...

 

[TheLobster]

I have already started a manual series. It shows up on my end, but if I go in incognito, I can't see it.

Manual series creation has to go through approval as well, so you won't see it publicly until that happens. You can still stories to a pending-approval series, though.

 

[Writer61]

I plan on submitting another story in the series on Monday. I'm excited to find out what the title is going to be...

Wait until the series is approved.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I don't know what to do. Other sites don't seem to have this issue. If I was an admin I would get twitchy just looking at the mess that has been made of the story titles.

Assuming you're talking about Collar Girls - where you combine text only titles and a bizarre set of numbered chaptered titles - turn the Series to Manual, and sort out the correct sequence of the chapters in that Series.

It will take forever to get the individual titles all changed, so at least get the correct story sequence using what's already there.

You've managed to cock up the auto-sequencing algorithm by using an overly complicated numbering system and text titles that aren't in alphabetical order.

Next series, use simple chapter numbering:

Story Title Ch.01
Story Title Ch.02
Story Title Ch.03
etc

 

[Writer61]

Next series, use simple chapter numbering

Or stick with manual and give yourself the freedom to use alternative titles.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Or stick with manual and give yourself the freedom to use alternative titles.

Seeing how the writer managed to make such a mess the first time, the simplest approach might be better, to avoid wasting his time and the site's time. KISS works every time, first time.

 

[AgentDoiron]

I appreciate the advice from everyone.

6 hours ago the problem was fixed. The chapter titles are now correct. Thank you to whoever helped.