I got to log in! AND POST

[blkdragonqueen.livejournal.com]

Hello! I just wanted to tell people that I have managed to log into FF.net AND update not only my profile but also my story as well! I though I'd better share the news and tell people how I did it.  FF.net IS really is annoying and I know there's been problems at the site before and it can get really, really, really frustrating but dang it if I can't live without it! It's my drug of choice!

Okay, first to log in: when it took me to that "not in service" page, I just continued to hit the refresh button every time I walked by the computer until it took me to the main page.

Next, I went to my document manager and again tried to upload my new document. This went on for like, three hours.

Deciding to try my profile, I went to the "edit profile page" and after hitting the refresh button a million times again, I was able to bring up the edits function. It was when I hit “Save” that again I was taken to the "Sorry" page. Again hitting the refresh button (this time hitting an additional "resend" button firefox prompted) I was able to successfully save my profile and it was updated.

So I went back to messing around with the document manager upload button until an hour later it finally hit me! If I could save my Profile page... why couldn't I re-save an OLD document with the new material. I decided to test this theory.

Success ~! I was able to save an older document with the new material! Then all I had to do was go to the "my stories" section (again hitting the refresh button a million times) and edit story.

Then all I had to do was upload the older document with the new material in the add chapter selection and there you have it! My chapter was uploaded and I even check my own e-mail to make sure and sure enough there was the "story alert" e-mail telling me it had been a success!

So there you have it! A lot of patience and a determination to see it done! I hope this helps some people! I know I was dancing around the house all giddy when I got it done!

EDIT: On a quick note, one of my fellow writers mentioned she went to the firefox main page and got an addition called "refresh Every" where you can set the page automatically refresh itself from anywhere between 5 seconds to ten minutes. It certainly saves your fingers from cramping!  

 

 

Comments

[nierielraina.livejournal.com]

I would love to have a different account somewhere. I wouldn't leave FFN entirely, but it would still be nice to have an alternative site that gets close to the same audience as FFN, but I've yet to find a single site. That's why I've stuck with FFN as long as I have.

this is why I am grateful I am involved in only ONE fandom! I post at many Tolkien archives so if someone really wants to read my work, they will find me elsewhere and I can continue posting at those sites. Only one of those comes close on the feedback though and let's face it, we all like the feedback! :P If I didn't get more than half my reviews at FFN, I'd leave too, but the smaller archives, even fandom specific ones such as lotrfanfiction.com do not have the reviewer base of FFN. :(

[(Anonymous)]

My fandom as it were doesn't have many writers only a couple though I'm trying to get more people to write. But I have a good readership. But again, if you can't publish even on a big site that can't resolve a server issue in 48 hours, then it doesn't do much good. I'm relatively new and boy, I'm not just impressed if this is a regular thing. Days of down periods due to server issues which do have "glitches" but not this long most of the time.

[nierielraina.livejournal.com]

As I said, this isn't the norm for the site. This only happens a couple times a year at most. On the whole, I'm happy with FFN for the most part. Sure there are issues that bug me, but usually glitches are fixed faster than this. From what I'm told Fictionpress is having the same issues, so it's probably a big deal they are dealing with. It'll be back up. Just be patient. We are way too spoiled now a days by instant gratification. :p

[rydain]

Depends on what you consider worthwhile.

The story I updated appeals to a small audience within a quiet fandom. It doesn't get much traffic, let alone reviews, and the reader most avid about reviewing that sort of story already had the fic on alert. Given that someone else had managed to post a chapter, I figured that I might as well try. Either my readers would have something new to look at, or I would have wasted a few minutes in between my usual Internet surfing activity. As it was, I posted the chapter without much fussing required.

I would have left the new chapter for later if I'd had trouble getting through the submission process, or if it were a more popular story within a busy fandom.

[rydain]

That is true - and another reason why I didn't want to spend a lot of time trying to get in.

I suspect that when it goes back up, we'll see a flood of excited comments. Still, I'm with you on the periodic (but not excessive) checking.

Re: can't login in

[(Anonymous)]

Refreshing constantly puts more traffic through a server that can't handle it. One of the reasons why the error message pops up. One would think if they were repairing or replacing it, it would be offline.