Where is ...?
- I'd like my friend XYZ, who also has an account at the Bloodshedverse, to be able to post my stories for me.
- Someone asked me to post their stories for them. They have set the necessary permissions, but where do I select for whom I am posting?
- I'm about to post a challenge response, and I saw that all the responses are linked on the challenges site. How does that work?
- I want to delete my account at the Bloodshedverse, but can't find that option.
- How can I change the title of my story? (Or the settings for review notifications and whether the information shall be carried over to the next chapter.)
- I received a review of insulting content, is there a way to delete it?
Changes
- I'm missing the Read Whole Story feature you had previously with the Efiction version of the site.
- I can't find the options Notify for new reviews and Carry over chapter information in my author's profile anymore.
- I'm missing the Categories section from the old site.
- I'm missing the Favorites feature from the old site.
- I'd like to put a picture in my summary, and I know that was possible on the old site. Why does it suddenly ignore my html-tag?
Is there a problem?
- I'm not receiving any emails from the Bloodshedverse. I know I should at least be getting review notifications, but the Contact Member option doesn't seem to be reaching me either.
- I submitted a challenge/signed up as a beta, but it doesn't show up in the Challenges/Betas sections. What did I do wrong?
- I'm a new author and just submitted a story, but it doesn't show up. What happened?
- I edited the latest chapter of my story, but it doesn't show up as updated?
- I just created a new account, but I can't log in.
- I accidentally deleted a chapter/story and when I put it back all my reviews were gone. Can you get them back?
- The HTML-Cleaner doesn't work for me.
General
- I'm not an author, but I'd like to have an account at the Bloodshedverse. Is that allowed?
- I learned that xyz plagiarized a story, so why is he/she still listed as an author on the Bloodshedverse? Don't you think allowing people like that to stay members is wrong?
- I wrote an All Human story; since the Bloodshedverse doesn't archive those, can you maybe suggest a good site that does?
- Whom do I contact if I have a question/problem?
I'd like my friend XYZ, who also has an account at the Bloodshedverse, to be able to post my stories for me.
In the section My Account you can allow others to post for you with the feature Set Permissions. Your friend will be able to post new stories/chapters for you, as well as edit them. However, they CANNOT delete your stories. Only you or an administrator of the highest level (Owner) can do that.
Someone asked me to post their stories for them. They have set the necessary permissions, but where do I select for whom I am posting?
Once someone has given you permission to post for them, a new option will appear in My Account: 'Manage another's stories'. Here you will find a list of everyone for whom you are allowed to post stories. Just select the person you want and you will be led to a page similar to your own posting area. (Only missing the delete option.)
I'm about to post a challenge response, and I saw that all the responses are linked on the challenges site. How does that work?
When you post the first chapter of your story, you will see a drop-down field Challenge. Here you can select the challenge to which your story responds and it will be linked automatically. Note: This option is only available on the first chapter. If you want to change it later on, you need to edit the first chapter.
I want to delete my account at the Bloodshedverse, but can't find that option.
Only admins of the highest level (Owner) can delete accounts to avoid accidents. Please contact Diabola and ask her to delete your account.
How can I change the title of my story? (Or the settings for review notifications and whether the information shall be carried over to the next chapter.)
To edit any of the above mentioned information, you have to edit the first chapter of your story. In all the later chapters those fields will be disabled.
I received a review of insulting content, is there a way to delete it?
Yes, you can notify an admin/mod about it and they will make the final decision on whether it will be deleted or not.
Should you receive such a review, go to My Account -> Manage Reviews or My Account -> Manage unanswered Reviews and find the review in question. Next to each unanswered review you will find a link saying Notify Admin About This Review. Click the link, put the reason why you would like the review to be deleted in the Comment box and send it off.
As soon as an admin/mod is available they will check the review in question and either delete it or remove your notification should your request be unreasonable.
Note: From the moment you reported the review until the admin/mod made the decision the review will not show up in the public section of the site.
I'm missing the Read Whole Story feature you had previously with the Efiction version of the site.
Since this feature resulted in fewer reviews, we opted not to add it with the new version of the site. If you would still like to view a story in its entirety, that option is still available once a fic has been marked complete. You can find this under the Entire Story feature.
I can't find the options Notify for new reviews and Carry over chapter information in my author's profile anymore.
Those options have been moved, you can now select them when you submit a new story. This seemed the ideal place for them, especially if an author wants different settings for his/her different stories.
I'm missing the Categories section from the old site.
Stories by categories can now be accessed via the Search feature. Just select your preferred category from the list and hit Search. (Listing all those options separately would make the menu too big and hard to navigate.)
I'm missing the Favorites feature from the old site.
You can find that feature at My Account -> Manage Favorites. Here you can select your favorite authors and stories. If one of the selected stories (or a story by a selected author) is updated, or one of your favorite authors submits a new story you will receive a notification via email. No one will know who your favorites are, so there is no danger of making an author feel un-appreciated. If you are an author, you will not be listed on your own list. Furthermore, if you already selected an author, their stories will no longer be listed either, as selecting them in the stories category would only lead to you receiving two emails for the same update. If you remove the author from your favorites list, the stories will be open for selection again.
I'd like to put a picture in my summary, and I know that was possible on the old site. Why does it suddenly ignore my html-tag?
It is no longer allowed to use pictures in summaries, to keep the layout of the story-lists uniform. Pictures and banners are still allowed in the story header itself.
I'm not receiving any emails from the Bloodshedverse. I know I should at least be getting review notifications, but the Contact Member option doesn't seem to be reaching me either.
To reduce the problems with people replying to those emails - and thus sending an email to a non-existent address - the header-information of the email has been changed. Sadly, many spam-filters consider emails that claim to come from an address other than the real one as spam. Please check your spam-folder to see if that is what has happened to your email.
I submitted a challenge/signed up as a beta, but it doesn't show up in the Challenges/Betas sections. What did I do wrong?
All challenges/betas have to be validated first. Just give the admins/mods a few days to empty the validation queue and your entry will show up. If after a few days, it is still not visible, it may not have met the criteria for the site. We know it's up to the writers to do the actual writing, but all challenges should at least be spell-checked.
I'm a new author and just submitted a story, but it doesn't show up. What happened?
Story submissions to the Bloodshedverse are admin/mod checked. If you are a new author, your first few stories/chapters will have to be approved by an admin/mod before they will show up in the archive. This is necessary if we want to keep up the quality of the fiction we host. Don't worry, once we can be sure that your writing meets the site's standard, your account will be set to auto-validate mode and your stories will show up as updated as soon as they are posted.
I edited the latest chapter of my story, but it doesn't show up as updated?
Your story will only show as newly updated if you add a new chapter, slight changes on an already posted chapter will not bring your story to the top of the list again. If your changes are really heavy and you believe people will need to re-read it to keep track of the story, you always have the option to delete the old version and post the new one instead. Be aware that deleting a chapter will also delete all the reviews already left for it. If your changes are really major, this shouldn't bother you as those reviews wouldn't be about the new content anyway.
I just created a new account, but I can't log in.
Your account needs to be activated first. You will shortly receive an email containing your personal activation link. Click the link and your account will be activated so you can log in. Should you not get the email, please check your spam-folder. If it is still missing, please contact an admin/mod and ask them to check if you entered the correct email address. (The activation is needed to make sure that you were using the correct email address; otherwise some stranger might use your email address to create havoc, leading to, in the worst case, you being banned from the site.)
I accidentally deleted a chapter/story and when I put it back all my reviews were gone. Can you get them back?
Sorry, but no. The chapters/stories are saved in files with numbers, and the reviews link to those id-numbers. If we kept the reviews of a deleted chapter/story, we'd risk them being linked to a different story if the id gets used again. Plus, they would take up a lot of space in the database that can be put to better use.
The HTML-Cleaner doesn't work for me.
Unlike the rest of the site, the HTML-Cleaner relies heavily on Java-Script. Sadly this still creates problems on some browsers/systems. We are looking for a way to make it work without Java-Script, but that's not yet possible.
The integration of a real online-editor into the site is in progress. We will need some time to verify that it works correctly with all browsers, but once that is done you'll be able to edit your posts online in the same way as you're used from your local text-editor. You will also be able to copy and paste directly from the local Office application of your choice, and hopefully even to upload whole files (at least MSWord files).
I'm not an author, but I'd like to have an account at the Bloodshedverse. Is that allowed?
Sure! We love our readers as much as our writers. Having an account and logging into the site gives you access to more features than just posting stories. Some benefits of having a user account are:
- You can choose to be notified if an author responds to your review
- You can mark the authors and stories you like best as favorites, and receive email notifications when that author updates.
- You can choose a different skin as your default skin. Hopefully we have one that is easy on the eyes. If not, please request a color preference.
- The forms will automatically have your name and email address
- You will be listed on the monthly birthday list
- You can choose for others to post your stories for your, and vice versa, without requiring you to share your email address and log-in info.
Please be advised that your registrations will not be subject to deletion because of any database size limitations. If we get too large, more space will be purchased.
I learned that xyz plagiarized a story, so why is he/she still listed as an author on the Bloodshedverse? Don't you think allowing people like that to stay members is wrong?
Please make sure to check xyz's author's profile. You'll most likely notice that there is a note about what they did in their bio. Instead of simply deleting a plagiarists account and thus allowing them to create a new one without our notice, we suspend their accounts so they can't log into the site anymore and additionally put up a note so everyone can see what they did. We hope that the danger of being marked for all time will have more impact than removing the evidence.
I wrote an All Human story; since the Bloodshedverse doesn't archive those, can you maybe suggest a good site that does?
Try our partner site, Sweet Temptation, a great archive for all-human/fantasy Spuffy fiction.
Whom do I contact if I have a question/problem?
If it has to do with the management of the site, the validation of your story or the rules, your best option would be either Diabola or one of the moderators. For technical questions (something doesn't work or you get an error-message.) contact Diabola.
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