Can't Post Stuff D:

[XSFanatic]

Okay, so, I haven't been able to post anything in my portfolio. I've been thinking, should I just type my stuff up on deviantART and give the links so that you guys can check it out, or would that be stupid?

[narelle]

What do you mean you can't post stuff?

As for the links, that's not really what the board is for. It's just trouble for anyone that wants to look at your work. I mean, think about it, who's going to want to have to go offsite to see your work, and then flip back and forth if they have comments? It's just troublesome. And especially with the site being DA - I know there's people that don't like using it because they've supposedly gotten viruses in the past. If you've already got work offsite and its too long to post here as well, maybe one thread of links to offsite work, but beyond that is a bit much. Especially if you've yet to put the work offsite and could just as easily post here.

I don't understand why you haven't been able to post anything. :/ I mean, I get the fanfiction because its long, but surely you write other things? Kaiti and I are working on a similar project, and both have other separate big projects, but we still post work. :/

If it's a technical issue (though it shouldn't be, if you were able to post this), then I can help. Otherwise, you may want to talk to the Dictator. I doubt anything offsite will count for house points, though.

[XSFanatic]

Actually, it's my Microsoft Word program. I have the program copied on a flashdrive, but, whenever I plug it in and try to open a file, it says that it's installing the program (even though it's already been installed), and then it says that there was an error. And, it does it EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[narelle]

So how would you be able to post them on DA, then?

And that sounds like what usually happens when you use a newer version of a Microsoft program and try to open it on an older version, though that doesn't sound like its the case here. Unfortunately, that's not something I can really fix without sitting at your computer and fiddling with it - and even then, there are plenty of people that would be better off working on it than me. ^^;;

The best I could tell you is to go to Microsoft's site and look for troubleshooting instructions.

To avoid the problem in the future, I'd try re-installing word (if possible) and getting a new flash-drive (if possible), as it might actually be a flash-drive issue. But as you may not be able to do either of those, your best bet will be to try troubleshooting.

[XSFanatic]

When I post on DA, I type it up on the site.

[narelle]

Then why couldn't you just copy and paste from there to here? Rather than linking? It would only take a few more seconds and a few clicks of the mouse/taps of the keyboard.

[XSFanatic]

isn't there a limit to how much you can type in the message box? I think my work is too long, and seperating my work just isn't a very appealing idea to me. XP

[narelle]

You have 60,000 characters of space in a post. That's a lot. I've never filled the page and I've posted my fair share of lengthy messages - I just checked one on another of my forums that was the equivalent of 16 pages in microsoft word and still had almost 2,000 characters of space left.

If your work is longer than that, then not having it separated at least into paragraphs would make it daunting to read and would make people less likely to pay attention to it. If its in paragraphs, it should be simple enough to break it up, where need be, into posts on a thread.

So I still don't see the issue. You have 60,000 characters of space to work with, per post per thread (no limit to posts on threads either - the longest running thread I've used on proboards was 521 posts long, and that ended for administrative purposes, not for lack of space).

Ah, and I just checked DA's submission limit. 65,535 characters, just 5,535 more characters per submission than a single post here. Actually, with those numbers, posting work here should be less of a problem, if you want to keep it together, as you can keep it all in one thread rather than spreading it amongst several deviations.

So again, I don't see the issue.

[XSFanatic]

XP Ah. I'm not used to the proboards sites, so, I wouldn't know. Thanks, I never knew that it was really that much space; it seems so much smaller to me, I guess, because whenever it says the amount of CHARACTERS you can type, it's different from the amout of WORDS, so... It just seem smaller, y'know?

[narelle]

Well, still, 60,000 is a LOT of characters. Even if you only used ten letter words, that's still 6,000 words per post.

And if necessary, we can change (or remove) the limit with a little coding. But its not necessary at the moment, for the required work to do so.

And the limit is shown in full replay mode or when posting a new thread - its right below the text box. Fairly straight forward.

[XSFanatic]

Thanks. I'll remember that.