FAQ
- Where are the story hit counts(number of reads)?
- Why are the word counts in my story off?
- I get an error when uploading a story, or attempting to
edit a story. Why?
- The star counts are broken, or off from what they used
to be. Why?
- My story data is missing. The text of the story is
blank. Help!
- I have doubles listed in my Favorite
Authors area when I click "Manage Favorites".
-
Characters in my story are blank.
- When I upload an HTML file or a WORD file it is rejected
or the text is all messed up. Why?
- Some of the backgrounds or framed on the site appear
miss colored or broken. Why?
- Some of my stories have wired text inside them. It looks
like random characters inserted in the story. Why?
- My question wasn't here where can I get help?
1. Where are the story hit counts(number of reads)?
In version 2.0 of this site they were removed, because the counts were way off.
If a story had 50 chapters, and one person read the whole story it would then
show 50 reads or hits. It should show only one. This issue will be corrected
later in the development of the site.
2. Why are the word counts in my story off?
During the transfer of the database and conversion for the 2.0 version, the
counts became skewed. To correct this, re-edit the story and save it again. This
should correct the issue. If it does not. Then re-upload the chapter. This will
correct it.
3. I get an error when uploading a story, or
attempting to edit a story. Why ?
Please copy the exact error message, all of it and contact the site issues Tech Administrator.
4. The star counts are broken, or off from what
they used to be. Why?
The star count is correct for the site. In truth there was a minor glitch on the
other site. The way stories are rated, is how the stars appear. They are working
on this site, because the math used is now correct. Some will notice they went
from a 3 star to 5 star rating, this is because scores of 3,4,5,6,7 were all
added and averaged correctly.
5. My story data is missing. The text of the story
is blank. Help!
There should be an error on this screen. If so copy all of it and contact the Tech Administrator responsible for site issues. You can also
edit the chapter and re-upload the data.
6. I have doubles listed in my Favorite Authors
area when I click "Manage Favorites"
This is another issue with the conversion. Not serious, and easy to fix. Remove
the double author name, and re-add the author. This will resolve the issue.
7. Characters in my story are blank.
To correct this re-edit the story, and add them back. This was caused with the
database conversion.
8. When I upload an HTML file for my story or a
WORD file, it is rejected or the text is all messed up. Why?
Please remember that TEXT files with only the approved HTML tags will be
uploaded correctly and accepted. If you try to use WORD, the extra stuff that MS
Word adds, corrupts the file when uploading. A fix for this is to copy the text
of the HTML file or the WORD file, and paste it inside a notepad document. Then
upload the plain text.
9. Some of the backgrounds, and frames on the site
appear miss colored or broken. Why?
There is an error with IE (Internet Explorer) that causes
the Iframes used on the site to not use the background colors, so the boxes will
have a default white BG color. This is an error with IE and will be looked into
but no promise of a fix can be expected.
10. Some of my stories have wired text inside them.
It looks like random characters were inserted in the story. Why?
When the text inside the data base was converted, this caused the ' and " to go
funky. To fix this edit the story and remove the odd characters, and add what
was messed up. To date its is found to be only ' and " that were in error.
11. My question wasn't here where can I get help?
Contact the appropriate Tech Administrator depending on the nature of the problem: site or server.
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