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okay i really need better answeres than ehow! How the hell do you submit a story?! i get how to do it all except the stupid "upload a document" part...how do you upload a document? it's starting to piss me off! >:(
 EverLastingLuv posted over a year ago
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tigerlady101 said:
It has to be saved on ur computer and once it's types push browse click on it's name type ur label u want 2 call it ex. Story ch 1 and push save.
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thanks!
EverLastingLuv posted over a year ago
BookJunkie44 said:
Just as a supplement to tigerlady's answer...

Once you've signed in to ffnet and have gone into the document manager (under publish), the next step is to upload the chapter you are trying to submit by clicking on 'browze', selecting the chapter file and clicking on 'open' (be sure to have each chapter saved on your computer as a separate document -- most readers find it more difficult to read a multichaptered story that has been uploaded as one chapter). Name your chapter in the section above called 'label'. Click 'submit document'.

You'll see the document loaded, and this is the time to click 'edit/preview' to check that everything has loaded properly (ffnet can't always process certain symbols and lines, so you can fix this - possibly with an alternative - here). Remember to save once you've edited (at the bottom of the page)!

Now you're going to either click on 'new story' or 'manage stories' (underneath 'doc manager' on the left). You may have to read the guidlines before you can submit anything (just a quick glance will do) and click on 'yes, I have read and agreed to the content guidlines' at the bottom of the page. Once you've done that, select 'new story' again.

In 'new story' you will first select your sort type (normal/crossover), then your category. Click 'continue'. Now you'll get to the page where you make the title/summary/etc. Make sure you fill everything in. At the bottom it'll ask you to select a document to submit. When you click this you will see the document you uploaded in your doc manager ready to be submitted. Now, publish your story!

If you're adding a chapter to a story you've previously submitted, you'll go to 'manage stories' on the left. Select the name of the story you want to update and it will take you to a page similar to the one you encountered when submitting a new story. At the top of the page you'll see four options: 'properties', 'content/chapters', 'live preview', 'download/backup'. Select 'content/chapters'. Under 'add new chapter', click 'submit document' and select your next chapter file. Click 'add chapter'.

And there you have it, all of the steps laid out! :) This took me quite a while to figure out myself when I was first starting out - but you'll get used to it pretty quickly!


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thanks! how do i save the chapter as a document?
EverLastingLuv posted over a year ago
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Oh, well - Are you on a Mac or a PC? What program are you using to type your story? (Microsoft Word on PC is what I use, but I may be able to help you with something else...)
BookJunkie44 posted over a year ago
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Sure thing - good luck!
BookJunkie44 posted over a year ago
Book-Freak said:
I understand the problem completly! It took me ages to work it out! And even longer to work out how to update! Now, first you have to upload the file. You click on 'Doc Manager'. Find the bit where it says 'Upload New Document'. The box labelled 'Label' is what you want the uploaded document to be called (not what the published fic will be called. For example, if it is a multichapter fic you cant label it 'Chapter 1'). Under that is the 'Browse' button. Click on that and a small window will appear. You then just have to find your fil from where you saved it (my guess is that it will be in 'Documents')
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i label it "label"?
EverLastingLuv posted over a year ago
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Sorry, I worded that badly! The box in which you label the document has the heading 'Label'. You call the document whatever you want
Book-Freak posted over a year ago
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