New Literotica Story Page Feedback & Comments

[texster]

I do like the new page, but the change did wipe out probably the best feature for mobile (at least iOS, across all the major browsers as far as I can tell)…I read stories in reader mode, and at the end of each page, I have to switch out of reader mode, scroll back to the bottom of the page (because toggling out of reader reloads the page at the top), select the next page (either by tapping on the page number, the page dropdown, or the next button, then re-enabling reader after the new page loads. That’s a fingerful to type, and even more annoying to have to do.

The old page automatically loaded the next page at the bottom of the current page you are reading, without any action on the reader’s part. Any chance you could enable that on the new page?

 

[texster]

A few other thoughts on the read/bookmark indicator - it’s a challenge because when you’re choosing a story to read, the info you see depends on WHERE and HOW you look. If you’re on an Author’s Story Submission page, you see the vote score, category, and a summary, but not the bookmark indicator…so in that path there’s nowhere that indicates if you’ve interacted with the story before. If you do a story search, those results have a little more information, showing average rating, # words (I think, or it could be characters?), # who favorited story, #of comments, category, data, and a single bookmark indicator (another side note…some of us try to keep up with what we’re read using the bookmark tool, but it’s not really suited for that purpose…).

I guess my first rambling point is that it would be nice to see all the things, no matter how I’m searching for a story, and my second point is that it would be nice to have a way to mark a story as read and to see that, along with my rating (if applicable) at the top of page 1 of a story.

 

[Underdog_13]

I've found something a little annoying in the new interface. Any new authors that publish their very first work (for example, author JoeyD9 has published a story called "The First Time" today. I accessed the story by looking at the "New Exhibitionist & Voyeur" link (https://www.literotica.com/s/the-first-time-184). When I try to access the author's page (the new link https://www.literotica.com/authors/JoeyD9), it doesn't show a link for "Work" available. The same doesn't happen for authors with other works published, as you can see with VanessaEvans (https://www.literotica.com/authors/VanessaEvans), who published a new work today, "My Perfect Woman".
By the way, aonther new author (shamescenes) also published their first story today (Maddie's Underwear Humiliation), but there is a "Works" link at their profile. Go figure!

 

[Writer61]

A few days ago the fifth (and final) part of a story was published.

It shows in the Table of Contents but the header still refers to a 4-part Story Series and the number of stories is now one short compared to the "About" page.

 

[bkjbkj]

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[JackChandler]

When I submit a story, the pending tab has a clock that shows how long it has been pending. It resets itself every 24 hours, making it look like I just submitted. My story isn't getting published. I deleted and resubmitted and it did it again!

 

[LargoKitt]

I notice that all my artwork has been redacted. Since that aspect of my posts is now nothing should I ask you formally to delete the whole section of my posts? Or is Literotica going to eliminate its whole art section for everyone, since almost all of us seem to have stuff you don't want any more? And can you please explain why visual arts are being targeted this way? Is it a legal issue? Is it A.I.? But A.I. can sample our words and prompt a lawsuit just as readily as stealing my art. And I've effectively made it public domain anyway. No logic here that I can see.

 

[NickCave]

I know it's been brought up before, but I can't help repeating that there really needs to be a field that shows, "Last Read Date: 1/31/2025" or "Last Read Date: Never" or even better, an icon on the same row of icons underneath the author's name which currently displays Rating, Views, Favorites, Comments, Lists. Display a new icon after Lists that reads "Last Read Date" on a Mouse_Over and display the date. Of course, you'd have to decide what qualifies as a story being read. If I click on a story title because I want to see the Word Count before I make a decision whether to read it now or not, I don't want the website to tell me I've already read the story. My suggestions would be if a user posts a Star Rating or a Comment, then it should count as a "story read" for their account. If you have done neither, but you've read (loaded) half of the pages of a multi-page story, that should count as a "story read" for that user. Or something like that.

I can't stress how much I loathe the Comments section at the end of a story. In theory, I understand why Anonymous comment posts are allowed, but it steams me up to see how many chicken-shit assholes leave comments anonymously or how often an anonymous commenter will post something that is incorrect and there is no decent way to correct that person. A hypothetical example would be something like, "I was really enjoying this story, but you gave up on a rather important character and that really bothered me. Amy's mother played a prominent role for 9 pages and then we don't hear another word about Amy's mother even mentioned, except for the time Amy was crying and couldn't stop thinking about how their last conversation (Amy & mom) ended in a fight. Both characters are written as being extremely stubborn, but why didn't Amy ever try contacting her mother for the rest of the story? She was even crying about mom not being at her wedding for God's sake. That's not stubborn. That's asinine! From 5 to 2 Stars!" You stare at your monitor in complete disbelief because this commenter clearly missed the part where Amy's mother freakin' died, almost without warning, from an infection!! That's why. I've found myself reading when drowsy and having to go back 2 or 3 pages the following day because I couldn't remember anything from those pages and now I'm lost.

Frankly, I think a Comments system should be very similar to a forum's system like the one I'm using right now. In my above example, when I correct the reader, he isn't going to know. There is no reason for him to go back to that comment section to see what people wrote after him. I know I don't, but with a decent comments system I could get notifications about replies to my posts.

 

[Aardie]

Why were no new stories posted today? It should have happened almost five hours ago.

 

[ElectricBlue]

When I submit a story, the pending tab has a clock that shows how long it has been pending. It resets itself every 24 hours, making it look like I just submitted. My story isn't getting published. I deleted and resubmitted and it did it again!

Don't delete it. Every time you do that, you go to the back of the queue. If it happens again, and the clock keeps resetting, I'd PM Laurel, point out what seems to be a glitch.

 

[Starstruck2020]

New story submission: I am now three weeks pending, have messaged Laurel. I get routine delays but am now wondering if Lit has jumped the shark and I should move to a forum that is more responsive. This wasn't how it was when I started (two or three days at most). It's very frustrating

 

[Es_Orik_]

Was it finally published?

 

[inka]

@Manu @Laurel
Possible bug report: Series shows twice on Works page
I edited the name of a series, but now the original series name and the edited name show as 2 separate series with the stories in the series showing in both.
I am able to see both series on my works page in Chrome (PC and mobile), and in Edge.

https://www.literotica.com/authors/inka/works/stories

 

[Tom_Brown]

@Manu @Laurel
Possible bug report: Series shows twice on Works page
I edited the name of a series, but now the original series name and the edited name show as 2 separate series with the stories in the series showing in both.
I am able to see both series on my works page in Chrome (PC and mobile), and in Edge.

https://www.literotica.com/authors/inka/works/stories

That’s typical Lit shit!
It’s happened to me many times.

 

[ag2507]

I've found something a little annoying in the new interface. Any new authors that publish their very first work (for example, author JoeyD9 has published a story called "The First Time" today. I accessed the story by looking at the "New Exhibitionist & Voyeur" link (https://www.literotica.com/s/the-first-time-184). When I try to access the author's page (the new link https://www.literotica.com/authors/JoeyD9), it doesn't show a link for "Work" available. The same doesn't happen for authors with other works published, as you can see with VanessaEvans (https://www.literotica.com/authors/VanessaEvans), who published a new work today, "My Perfect Woman".
By the way, aonther new author (shamescenes) also published their first story today (Maddie's Underwear Humiliation), but there is a "Works" link at their profile. Go figure!

It can take a while for lit to run all the scripts/stored procedures that link new stories to their authors or series. It can take a few hours before all the interdependencies are there. I just go with it knowing all the links will be set up tomorrow...

 

[Maxximus0040]

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Some sort of warning about this would have been nice, someone favorited a story 6 hours ago and that's been archived. Please flip it back to how it was.

 

[Diaper_Ann_Curtsey]

Please share your feedback on the new Literotica Story Page in this thread.

You can turn the new story page on or off at any time by using this option in your member control panel:
Options > My Options > Participate in early site feature versions beta-testing?
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If you have a bug or issue to report, please share as much information as possible, including what browser you are using.

If you'd rather send information privately, you can use the Literotica Feedback Form anytime.

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Thank you for taking the time to share feedback, bug reports, and suggestions!

When I try to go to the "Home Section" of the "Home Panel" all I get is a message that reads:
Uh-oh, nothing here yet.

This is the default home page for Literotica members. Once you publish a story of your own, follow a few authors, or start to get involved in the Lit community, you’ll see real time updates and statistics relating to your activity here.

Get started now by publishing a story or following popular Literotica authors!

This despite many stories published and comments recently.

 

[Jade1280]

Same issue with the control panel latest works being blank.

 

[Arsenique]

I'm not 100% sure of this, but besides my author Home page not working while the update proceeds, it also looks to me like the stats on My Stories page (even of number of readers, as well as of ratings) haven't changed since Wed. So, I wonder if stats are being updated in the background and will belatedly appear once all this update is in place and working. I realize that for a good number of my stories my ratings are pretty static, but it seems like the number of readers stats do usually change pretty frequently.

Also, FWIW, though I seem to be logged into Forums, my avatar picture doesn't seem to be present with my comment. "It's always something!"

 

[RoninGunn]

It looks like all new activity goes straight into the archives instead of showing up on the new activity feed.

 

[R3pr0b8]

Not only that, but the new stories don't show up on the authors WORKS page.

 

[Oatmeal1969]

Not only that, but the new stories don't show up on the authors WORKS page.

They will appear on the works page sometime during the day. I think they bake the pages instead of making each mouse require a bunch of database queries.

 

[Byron-Gale]

Two days and not a single new story from my favourite authors. Either they've all gone on strike or the new Authors page is broken.

 

[Putzomag]

Two days and not a single new story from my favourite authors. Either they've all gone on strike or the new Authors page is broken.

Check your Archived Notifications Feed. That's where all the updates have been going for me.

 

[SmilingLez]

Two days and not a single new story from my favourite authors. Either they've all gone on strike or the new Authors page is broken.

Or their stories are in eternal Purgatory aka the Pending queue