Couldn't all stories with the "no sex" tag on SOL be automatically cross-posted in the StoryRoom? Alternatively, a simple check box at submission could pop up once a submitter tags their story as "no sex". I cannot code my way out of a wet paper bag, but compared with other features it should not be too much trouble, should it?
I'd like to see that too (and SciFistories), but I suspect it's non-trivial. I can see problems with story genres and codes, and age ratings: they're not consistent across all WLP platforms.
AJ
I'd like to see that too (and SciFistories), but I suspect it's non-trivial. I can see problems with story genres and codes, and age ratings: they're not consistent across all WLP platforms.
IIRC, Lazeez has said that his long term plans are for a single underlying story database and each site being served appropriate stories.
However, as you say, that requires consolidating/converging tags across all three sites. The single back end would probably make things simpler/easier to manage in the long run, but the diverged tags issue is not trivial.
The author may use a different pen name from one site to the other, even for the same story. I do between SOL and ZBookStore.
And the SOL author may not have a userid on StoryRoom.
I was wondering whether it would be easier for Laz to implement a unified platform if done piecemeal. One step might be, when setting up an author account, asking whether to copy the author account to the peer platforms.
Existing pen name differences between SOL, StoryRoom and SciFiStories would be a poser and need some sort of reconciliation exercise. But surely it's desirable for Authors to be able to use a different name on ZBookStore.
AJ
It's all in the works. I'm building the unified platform piecemeal indeed.
The genres, the codes, the sex contents ratings, covers and their templates are already unified. The author central database is almost ready. I don't know about the stories yet, but definitely the author central platform is nearly ready.
Those are backend issues and I don't announce any internal changes that happen. They are just deployed when ready.
Have you guys noticed that in the last couple of weeks, the content search results don't show any funky characters anymore and that it's markedly faster? The text search platform moved about two weeks ago with no disruptions and no fanfare.