Using < and > in Submissions

[Laurel]

Hi all,

Recently we've had a few cases of authors using the characters < and > outside of HTML tags. For example, authors using them as decoration or barriers, i.e.

<3

>>>>><<<<<<​

or with text within them,
i.e.

<< Part 3 >>

<<<Come closer>>> he telepathically communicated.​

The problem with this is that these characters denote HTML to most browsers and, importantly, to the Literotica App.

Some browsers will work around them, so they may display fine when you preview the story on your computer. However, for other computers, devices, and platforms - including on the Literotica App - anything between these characters will not be shown. Also, if you use a bracket without a closing bracket (a "<" without a corresponding ">"), it will cause the page to break and the remainder of the submission will not be shown - making your story unreadable in our app and on many other devices.

There are two options:

1. Use another character. If it's not vital that the character be a < or a >, then change it to [ and ] or any other character that works within the story.

2. Use the escape character code. If it's vital to use < or >, replace them with the corresponding code, which is

< for <​

and

> for >​

So if you wanted to make this:

<<>>​

You would instead write

<<>>​

Or if you wanted to show a heart:

<3​

you would write

<3​

These characters will show up as < and > in the preview and on the public story page, but will not break the page.

If you have any questions on this, please feel free to ask here or PM me anytime.

 

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