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Help subjects by Category:

  1. General
  2. Premier Features
  3. Authors

General:

  1. I don't understand those little codes attached to each story listing, what do they mean?
  2. Download limit reached prematurely!
  3. Some stories have a yellow background behind the story number in the listings, why is that?
  4. How is the score calculated? And how does scoring work in general?
  5. I just logged in to the site and when I first clicked a link I got a message that I already have reached my limit for the day, why?
  6. The site isn't being updated, why?
  7. What is this foreign currency fee that I was charged?
  8. Can I use Paypal for subscription?
  9. Some stories have no voting mechanism to allow me to vote, why?
  10. I'm using Firefox and visited links are not changing color, why?
  11. How can I submit reviews for stories?
  12. Visited story/author links don't stay in a different color, why?
  13. Mail/Feedback system
  14. How do I turn off the scroll toolbar?
  15. Why do I get email confirmation messages repeatedly?

Premier Features:

  1. What are 'Tags' and how to use them?
  2. How can I put stories from the site on my Kindle?
  3. How do I use ePub files on a Windows CE device?
  4. How do I use the site's ebooks with the kindle/Other e-readers?
  5. How does the complex category search work?

Authors:

  1. How do I post my stories on the site here?
  2. How do I delete some or all my stories from the site?
  3. What type of files are accepted for submitting stories?
  4. How to upload MS Word files through the submission wizard
  5. How do I go about protecting my privacy?
  6. How do I edit the text of an already-posted story?
  7. Can I have more than one pen name on the site?
  8. What's the difference between series and serial? How do I choose?
  9. How to structure submissions' text for best result
  10. What are the building blocks available to authors?
  11. What is an author Blog? And why would I need one?
  12. What is a Universe?
  13. How are the story/chapter stats gathered?
  14. How do I submit a story or chapter with images?
  15. How do I edit my story's name, description or attached codes?
  16. Can I have story versions? How do I change/maintain story versions?
  17. How do I create a series?
  18. How do I insert a note at the beginning of a story?
  19. How do I create a Universe?
  20. How do I hand-format HTML files for correct results while posting?
  21. I have a Blog on another site, how do I set up my account to link to my Blog?
  22. How do I change the email address where I receive readers' feedback?
  23. What is a series?
  24. How to turn off MS Word's autoformat
  25. How do I add my stories to a public universe?