Something like that you can usually ask either in general bdsm or perhaps the pencil sharpening threads.
Can't help you with your story question though.
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Something like that you can usually ask either in general bdsm or perhaps the pencil sharpening threads.
Can't help you with your story question though.
Ozme52 - thank you! I'll try there :)
Torq, I submitted a story back near the end of August that has yet to appear on site. If it's just working its way through the queue, that's fine, but I want to make sure that it didn't get lost in the shuffle somewhere.
I just had two tech questions and I am not sure if this is the right place to ask. I have one story here which has gotten a lot of readers and very high ratings. I am now doing stories that are illustrated. They are too large to submit in Word format but are of reasonable size in PDF format. My questions are first, do you accept illustrated stories and second, if so, can I submit them in PDF format?
http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/stories/a...?authorid=3279
I submitted stories to this site and have contacted webmaster@bdsmlibrary.com many times over the past months to ask if they would remove or anonymize my email. I do not want nastygrams/feedback and I did not know they would display my real email.
How can I get them to change the email to author@needfeedback.com or something or just delete the page? They won't reply to my emails. It's been over a year now I think.
Does anyone have access to the admins who run bdsmlibrary?
I ended up taking off all my stories because I'd rather use a psuedonym and posting them on another site because of this one minor detail.
Hmm... odd I am sure there is a way, I never submitted a story to BDSM tho.. But then again I have several emails for that reason alone
It appears that some special character sets are not being recognized on the site, all the stories have these squares where a special character should be, at first I thought it was only new stories but went back & it appears to be on all stories.
This is displaying this way on multiple browsers.
I am having this problem with the stories now too. I thought it was just my computer, which can be uncooperative, but I guess not.
I believe that the issue lies with either the server needing a character set update it was a issue I had previously on a similar site.Quote:
Originally Posted by ksst
Webmaster can you pipe in on this issue, I love the site but some stories are unreadable
At least now I know it isn't just me experiencing the same thing.
I've tried to test this & it displays on multiple browsers & multiple systems, I think that this is something that the server admin will need to fix & hoping they do soon or recommend someway to view the stories without the odd characters displaying.
Bumping this post up a bit, not sure why but this story - Sandra Ottershaw Ponygirl 314 - http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/stories/s...p?storyid=9403 - Does nto show the characters while this story - A Latex Girl Thing - http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/stories/s...p?storyid=9402 - May be a editor issue but unlikely & hoping the site admin can help!
I have the same problem. I use Windows 7 and Firefox. Most stories open with strange symbols in place of single and double quotation marks. I can fix it by clicking on the View menu, then Character Encoding. Most stories have preselected Unicode (UTF-8). If I click on one of the other choices such as Western (ISO-8859-1) the symbols are instantly replaced with the correct symbols. However, the change does not stick. When I go to the next chapter I have to do those steps again. I know this fix works, but I don't know what it means, if you know what I mean. Still researching. Hope this helps a little.
I'm having the same problem and it's on some great stories but really hard to read with weird question marks instead of quotation marks.
It's been this way for awhile now, hopefully it will get fixed soon.
I'm having the same problem with my stories. Torq - brother, can we get this fixed... and soon? Thanks! Brewt has been having the same problem too. So, it's not just with a few authors or stories...
same problem. Not all the text has these unrecognised characters, but some parts do.
I don't think sending it in RTF format will work well because it is too long. However, if you prefer, I can send it in parts. Would that work better? Thank you for your prompt response which I did not see.
Torq:
It's not affecting a few of my recently posted stories, it's affecting all 27 of my stories. This is a recent development and appears to be due the site's new server. My stories, submitted since 2008, were "OK", but at some point recently this problem appeared. BTW, they were all submitted as Word docs.
Will you be correcting the problem as a consequence of fixing the server's "bugs"? If so, thank you. But, if the problem is not going to be corrected and/or you're asking me to re-submit all my stories, then please remove all my stories from the site, with the exception of the one I co-authored with JoeTex, "Bosnian Rape Farm". Thank you.
Shabbadew2002
I noticed one of my stories displayed ok and two had the "weird question marks". On re-checking my original submissions it appeared that the one using word with Smart Quotes enabled produced the weird symbols while one using Open Office with plain quotes displayed ok!
So I may be wrong but it seems that if .doc files are submitted with plain quotes the irritating little ? s can be prevented.
Hi, I've found a way to make special characters display correctly.
For Firefox (Assuming you're using the latest version):
1. Click the 'Firefox' menu button on the top left corner.
2. Select 'Web Developer'
3. Select 'Character Encoding'
4. Select 'Western (ISO-9959-1)'
The page should reload and the correct characters display.
For Chrome:
1. Click the little wrench icon on the top right corner (not the close button, but just below it)
2. Select 'Tools'
3. Select 'Encoding'
4. Select 'Western (ISO-9959-1)'
The page should reload and the correct characters display.
For IE (Assuming you're using the latest version, you're not still using IE6... right?)
1. Click 'Page'
2. Select 'Encoding'
3. Select 'Western European (Windows)'
The page should reload and the correct characters display.
The annoying thing is that you have to do this every time, unless you use an extension or addon to override the site's default encoding, which for some reason is set to Unicode. It doesn't matter what format you submit your stories in, because it'll always break those 'special characters' once your browser uses Unicode encoding, whether it is RTF, HTML, PDF or whatever.
I don't know if the site administrators can fix this but at least I hope this helps some people.
EDIT: I noticed somebody already mentioned the same thing about two months ago. Anyway I still hope it helps.
If you search the web on this subject there are a numerous complaints about this issue relating to numerous different websites. It appears that the default "encoding" may have been changed.
For older web pages viewed under Microsoft the suggested quick fix is to Right-Click; select "Encoding"; then select "Western European (Windows)". Sorry but I don't know the equivalent Unix/Linux/Mac or anying :(
Apparently if the webpage <META ....> contains the proper "encoding" (e.g. UTF-8) this eliminates the problem.
Hoping this helps at least some
Dear Delia:
Thank you for your response. A number of my stories were submitted in .rtf format originally and there was no problem with any of my stories until very recently. I can only assume that something changed on the site in the intervening time.
Sincerely,
Shabbadew2002
Please Ma'am, this isn't the fault of this website. Here is a typical post from elsewhere which highlights what the problem actually is:
<quote>
Content-Type
Source: HTTP/1.0 (RFC1945)
The HTTP content type may be extended to give the character set. As an HTTP/1.0 header, this unfortunately breaks older browsers. As a META tag, it causes Netscape Navigator to load the appropriate charset before displaying the page. E.g.
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-2022-JP">
It is now recommended to always use this tag, even with the previously-default charset ISO-8859-1. Failure to do so may cause display problems where, for instance, the document uses UTF-8 punctuation characters but is displayed in ISO or ASCII charsets
</quote>
Which implies that if the "previously-default charset" is being used, older systems will probably display that webpage correctly whereas newer systems which use the new default (which I think may be UTF-8) will display incorrectly.
Even if you post your stories elsewhere they will may the same problem until the proper <META ...> tag is added to the webpage displaying the story.
Please please don't blame the volunteers here for something that isn't their fault!
All the best
VV
VeniVidi:
Not looking to assign blame; just looking to rectify problem. It's not clear from your post what I could do to correct problem. Please advise. Thanks for taking the time to post!
Shabbadew2002
Hi great writer
I'm pretty sure that there is nothing you can do yourself, as the problem is within the "hidden" part of the webpage which is wrapped around your stories (in fact each part of each story).
This means that there is a mammoth task of adding the correct "hidden" instructions to each and every page containing a story (technically only those containing any special characters, but I doubt there's an easy way of identifying those). That's nearly 10,000 stories total having up to 100 pages/sections/chapters each (e.g. Karen and Michelle).
So its a question of waiting for Torq to magic up a genius solution, for example. I can imagine numerous possible problems such as interfering with the date/times of each story post when changing the pages; so would expect it to take some time simply to test precisely what needs doing.
The only thing I can think of is humbly begging for patience from any people frustrated by the mess that this change has caused. Its pro'lly down to those in the w3 consortium, so let's send all of them nasty messages to vent our feelings!!!!
All the best
VV
VeniVidi:
Thank you for your explanation as to why this is occurring. If you're correct, and there's nothing I can do myself, it would nullify the site administrator's suggestion to re-submit stories in .rtf format as a solution. For that, I'm grateful.
Again, thanks & cheers!
Shabbadew2002
Its a pleasure to be able to help.
I can also give you an update on what's going on (by "peeking" at the "hidden" code on the webpages. I think Sir Torq has been busy trying to sort this out but is beating his head against a brick wall (and for a Master that's not funny).
If you list all the stories by size, the largest on the list is Karen and Michelle... - and there is a "?" character after Michelle. At the top in the hidden code is:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"></meta>
Now this is more-or less what was recommended in that article. BUT the question mark is still there on the webpage - and if you look at the "Encoding" per my browser (Internet Explorer 9) it still shows Unicode (UTF-8)??
If I create a simple webpage using the same "hidden" code at the beginning:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
TEST
</body>
</html>
This displays correctly as Encoding Western European (ISO) [which is close enough to the Windows encoding to make little difference]. So WTF is happening - it's okay in this test page but not in "real"?
A bdsmlibrary webpage typically has hundreds of lines of code - poor Sir Torq will pro'lly have to go through each type in order to isolate where the "Encoding" is being changed to UTF-8 - and it's uncertain whether the problem isn't created outside the page even.
So I am crossing everything and hoping the Sir Torq is successful, wishing him as much luck as I can give in order that he sorts it out.
Hope this helps, or at least explains what is going on
VV
It's me again
At the expense of appearing an interfering busy-body (well, I am but please don't tell anyone); and because the site admins are obviously up to their eyeballs in work (just look at how long since the last stories were processed) I hope you don't mind that I investigated this a bit more.
Trolling for info on how this problem may occur, I find a typical description such as:
<quote>
Firefox say it regards the character encoding as being ISO-8859-1 1). That’s actually coming from an HTTP header - if you click on the “Headers” tab you see;
Content-Type: text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1
Meanwhile amongst the HTML meta tags (scroll down past the whitespace) though you find;
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
Now that’s not a train smash (yet) but it should raise the flag that something isn’t quite right. The meta tag will be ignored by browsers so content will be regarded as being encoded as ISO-8859-1, thanks to the HTTP header.
</quote>
Now this looks to be similar to the problem here - just that the "encoding switch" is upside-down (we view as utf-8 what its s'posed to be the other).
So it looks as if the fault lies not (necessarily) within the web pages themselves but the HTTP header - this is "invisible" even to standard sleuthing tools - it is provided when your PC first talks to the website, for example.
If the website is running an Apache server the http header encoding can be specified in a .htaccess file. Or if using PHP apparently there is a setting in the PHP ini which can override it. There's pro'lly loads more places - this is just a sample.
Once again I hope this isn't "treading on toes" and interfering - I'm only trying to be helpful.
All the best
VV
VeniVidi:
Hopefully, the info you've unearthed will help the overworked site administrators figure out a clever solution to the problem. Thanks again.
Shabbadew2002
I've written some Foot Fetish/Femdom stories that I would like to post here. Trouble is ...
Trouble is ... I'm a thicko who doesn't know how to use a computer.
On the story submission page, the instruction is to upload a story by file; document ...? lol.
I was wondering if it is possible to submit stories by email, instead?
Or whether I am going to have to come out of my cave, and learn a thing or two?
Thanks for the quick reply.
I'll email one of my stories ('Coffee, Tea, and Me') to you tomorrow.
Thanks again.
Hi
I posted, sent in ather a story called BETRAYAL on the the 26th. im not sure i did it right. I was just wondering how long it usually takes to be posted?
it hasnt even been a week yet, im just anxious lol
thank you for your time
Lisa
Hello,
I'm unable to load two stories by Angelgirl. The openings will load, but not the story content. They are: "Amanda's Letter from Daddy" and "Amanda's Secret Memories".
Is it my computer's problem or a bdsmlibrary problem?
I hope you will be able to help me get it fixed?
Thank you,
Captv8or
I tried e-mailing Angelgirl at the addy given on site, but it was returned as undeliverable:
<can-angel@canada.com>:
Mail server for "canada.com" unreachable for too long
Looks like, I'm SOL on that story...
TY Tora...
In my opinion this needs thorough investigation which will probably take a solid day if not several days to find out what is causing it. Everything is "suspect" from the configuration of the Server (it's own language, for example); the webserver engine and the configuration of that; the legacy plus advertiser's html code which must by agreement be added to each page (to pay for the site); any file corruption caused during the transfer from the old server ; etc. etc. And I may not even have mentioned where the cause of this problem is.
In order to investigate this properly it may even be necessary to bring the whole site offline. Alternatives are to spend lots of money duplicating the server and its setup. I have a feeling that money is not available.
In my opinion it is up to the people that pay for the site - the advertisers - to be pressured. I do not think that Torq however much of a genius he is has the power to solve this without that kind of intervention.
VV
Are reviews working? When I click the "review this" link on a story the page is blank.
Unable to access stories.
Getting 500 error
aye
its been this way for several days.....
-O
What happened to the site, that it was down to great parts for a year or more? Forums, reviews...?
Cant seem to add to my shelf or view my shelf without going to stories I know I added and clicking my name. Been so many good ones that are likely lost to me now. Guess I shoyt have bookmarked but I use a shared computer. Hasnt been much talk on this board for months but wondering if im the only
one.