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

[sparkly-shiny.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU!!!!!!

The site has been down for three days now and it's really starting to annoy me...the one time I WANT to post, it's not working.

I have no patience, LOL, but I'm gonna try doing this.

Thanks again!!!!!

Tina

[sayuri2023.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for this info!! But are you able to review and stuff?

Connect Four! We win!

[rydain]

I had gotten through to various account area pages once in a while, but I hadn't tried saving anything. Thanks for verifying that it is possible to edit documents and chapters. I just added my latest chapter, and it didn't even take that long - maybe 15 minutes at most.

[sayuri2023.livejournal.com]

Yes!! Its working! Thank you so much! Review is also possible after reloading the box a few times... But I only wish things were normal like they were earlier.

[sillvog.livejournal.com]

Thank You!! Thank You!! THANK YOU!!! This has been driving me insane for the last five days. >.< I can finally log in!

[goldengirder.livejournal.com]

WOW. Well, I tried the refresh method myself and it totally didn't work for me. The back button and retry method worked to get me into the main settings page for my account, but that was it. *sob* It promptly crashed.

At least someone got in.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi there, i have been having problems with the technical glitch thing on fanfiction.net to login..i hope it will be up soon.i've even send an email to supportfanfiction.com to ask lol~ Lets just hope it will be up soon.

[falkner]

Not even refreshing for like, 100 times, makes it work for me.
I feel like killing someone, but since I suspect FFNET has got a staff of two or three people, I would only make things worse, lol :D

Oh My.

[rj-midwest.livejournal.com]

Chyeaah, I can't log in at all. I think i've got a RSI fron double-clicking refresh so much... D: Urgh, is it normal to suffer withdrawal symptoms for reviewing FanFiction? I think it is. Lol.

[nierielraina.livejournal.com]

I haven't taken the time to read through all the comments here but I have to ask, if it takes so much to update, what's the point? Your readers are not going to show the same patience in reviewing, so posting during such a glitch, even if you can 'beat' it, isn't helping you one bit! You'll lose reviews you would have gotten because by the time the glitch is fixed, your readers will for the most part have forgotten they didn't review that chapter. I'd much rather just hold my chapters and wait it out - though I WOULD like to be able to alter my profile right now to direct my readers to an alternate archive where I post! I'm so freaking SICK of the glitches! If I could get the reviews elsewhere, I'd have left FFN years ago!

I think its back up

[(Anonymous)]

I think FF is fixed up. I've gotten two signed reviews and have been wandering the login area freely. Might just be me