BronxWench

The coder tested on Firefox.  Did you clear the cache and cookies for ALL TIME, restart your browser, and then go to https://www.adult-fanfiction.org?

It sounds like in your Chromium based browser, you allowed the new cookie to be set.  Whereas in Firefox you have not.

I checked again with FireFox, TorBrowser, DuckDuckGo, LibreWolf; this time with all their cookie restrictions turned off completely, I still get the same result.
If you go directly to the Archive, you won't get past the age verification.
If you go to the Forum, don't click anything, then go directly to the Archive, you won't get past the age verification.
If you go to the Forum, use a link to "https://adult-fanfiction.org/", from within the forum, then the age verification works.
I've tried this on Android 13, Windows 10, Zorin 18 and Debian 13; A phone, two PCs and a laptop.
I think there may be something wrong with the Age Verification prompt, at least in regards to browsers based on FireFox, because no other site acts that way for any of my other devices or browsers.
At the very least, maybe there should be a warning on the age verification that it may not work with browsers based on FireFox.
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Am I the only FireFox user here? 

I figured it out, I had a mix of problems.
DuckDuckGo, the search engine in the URL bar of all my browsers except Brave, kept taking me to this URL: "https://adult-fanfiction.org/"
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All the FireFox browsers display "trimmed URLs", that look like this: "adult-fanfiction.org"
My problem was I couldn't see that I didn't have the proper link.
I'm disabling the "trimmed URL" feature in each of my browsers for the future.
I think the age verification should have a link like, "Having trouble? Click here and try again.", to ensure that all visitors will be in the right place, even if they can't tell.
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Thank you DemonGoddess, your help was appreciated.

Thank you for your detective skills! Let’s see if it’s the new account that wants to be deleted or if someone is playing with us.  

Thank you for your detective skills! Let’s see if it’s the new account that wants to be deleted or if someone is playing with us.  

That user id 1296941646 was requested to be deleted in 2023 earlier in the thread, and deleted – 
Edit – possilbly a coincidence, but there was a new profile in the name Rivera created today!

And it makes it easier for users to quickly recognise and avoid whatever horrific crime against fiction I’ve committed! Everyone’s a winner :)

TBH, having the pictures match is likely a good thing for users recognizing the author of their favorite (or least favorite) stories, when browsing the forums.

All you need is a link to an image that you like.
Go to a site that has an image you like, then right click that image; In the options you should see "Copy Image Link", click that.
Now just paste that link into the box, and that should show the image that you want, after you click “save” at the bottom.
This is mine for example.

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Remember it has to be small enough to fit the 250 pixel limit, I recommend using preview images or thumbnails, these will usually fit.
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Also be aware, the site doesn't allow a picture of a real person, so no personal photos.

Good explanation! 
Just to add my tip: If users don’t want to link offsite they can load their 250x250 (or smaller) userpic direct as a forum userpic first, and then use the forum userpic link for the archive profile. It’s worked for me for years! It does mean the forum and archive userpic are the same, but I don’t mind using the same on both. 
 
 

You are very welcome! 

Debating on whether I should point out the difference in meaning & spelling of “incest” vs “insect”… two different genres IMO (though I suppose an adventurous author could meld them together).  Perhaps they’re after Shelob and offspring?

If you have made an archive account, please let me know the pen name so I can check and see if you have been activated.
If you have activated already, and you’ve been able to log in before the archive upgrade, these are the instructions to log in:
First thing, before you proceed.  DO NOT use anonymous browsing for this part.  You can go back to it afterwards.
Be sure to do this from the main page:  https://www.adult-fanfiction.org
  No matter WHICH browser, you must clear cache and cookies for ALL TIME.  If you are using Apple products, you must clear cache in all your devices as the products link together.  After doing the clear, close and restart your browser.  Finally, you need to force refresh.  (Press Ctrl+F5) That should fix the issues.  You should be able to proceed once you do that.
If you’re getting an error about activation, go to the register link and select the drop down option of “resend activation”.
Remember, major software changes generally do require this sort of action.
If, after all this, you’re still experiencing issues with the age verification, in Chrome/Edge, press F12 to access the console.  You’ll see the exact error being generated.  Let us know what it is.
If you are experiencing bugs, please post them to the bug tracker.  What we will need from you are specific steps you took to get the error, and screen shots if you are able.  This will help in getting everything fixed, if there are bugs.

I've logged in successfully, thank you very much BronxWench.

I’ve activated the account for you. Give it a try with the instructions posted above, and it should work.

I’ve activated the account for you. Give it a try with the instructions posted above, and it should work.

Fix to be applied to applied at a future time.

Had a user report to me that the disclaimer field was truncation when he added it.  This is not happening for everyone.  Manta has a fix she’ll do for this, but not right this second.
In the meantime, if a user encounters this, what you do is copy your disclaimer and paste it into the field as PLAIN TEXT.  

Thank you, it works now! I had the mistaken impression that I needed to clear cookies and cache while the homepage of AFF was open. I followed the instructions and did it all on the firefox homepage and now it works, and I was able to log in as author as well. Thanks very much for all the help!

I’m curious what you mean by general increase. Hundreds of new views? Thousands? How much is lots of new registrations?

If you can’t say, that’s fine but you’ve got me curious.

Numbers…. for several mine (I generally record in the mornings):
Dale’s Game – Jan 1st @ 3704.  20th @ 3711.  28th @ 3791 Repair Guy – Jan 1st @ 5087.  20th @ 5099.  28th @ 5238. Jefferey – Jan 1st @ 19218.  20th @ 19261.  28th @ 19514. Thus, many dozens/hundreds.  So if it’s genuine on the increase, that’s good.  If it was, for whatever reason, being under-counted before, and that’s fixed, that’s good.  My worry was it being bogus due to a glitch as I know how code can go.

I think I have old fashioned review reply links at the bottom of all mine anyway, so I’ll leave mine down the depths of the site where they belong! I can start updating it for any new stories though

This morning, I added Review Replies links to several of my stories, and tonight I noticed that making that one little change pushed those stories to the top of their respective categories. 

That could be part of it. The improvement in people’s ability to find what they’re looking for might have been to the benefit of a potential Google search. They like more organized content for people and for their options. But it’s definitely in part people just using the site. Also could just be people excited about the new version of the site, playing around with it.