DemonGoddess

Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity

Yes, yes, we all know you're an alien....and that I SPAWNED ya.

Apollo's Return Those of you who've been with the site since 2005 and before, no doubt remember Apollo. She has returned, in an active capacity. So there is no misunderstanding, APOLLO is the site owner. Transitory Period We've secured the entirety of the site, including the admin@ email, which hasn't been read for at least two years. Apollo has also secured access to the AFF store. In the interim, while there is still transition, please consider the admin@ email as inactive. She is steadily going through all that mail. TWO YEARS WORTH. I'm sure it will be easier on Apollo if that mail box is left alone until she's got it all sorted out. Thank you for your patience during this time. Donations Once again, I wanted to thank each and every one of you who have so generously donated. You've made it possible for us to get things pretty well caught up. There are a couple people who donated direct to Nexcess, on 9/14 and 9/15. If either of you would like to be linked to in the public supporters page, please contact me at this email address: afforums@gmail.com. I'm using this post for this purpose, as I get no details in the account other than amount and real name associated with the amount, so have no way to contact you. Forum guest posting For some reason, when I did the last upgrade which was to fix a potential security breach, it seems to have mucked up the recaptcha for that in the forum. I've submitted a support ticket, and am hoping to have this resolved this week. In the meantime, guests can still view where it's set up, but are unable to post due to the recaptcha not working correctly. This only affects forum guest posting, nothing else where recaptcha is used. Advertiser Subweb I've reworked most of this area of the site. There are still a few minor changes to be made, which I expect to have done within the week. There is now a payment options page, where the advertiser can select what they want to do, exactly, and click a button. On this page is a subscription option, for those who prefer to set up a recurring payment. The one time only payment option is still there, of course. The one time pay option is set up for both monthly and annual transactions. -- Please remember that this site is free to use. As such, the authors receive nothing for their efforts, except reviews. Do let them know that you read their stories, please! I'm sure they'll appreciate hearing from you!

Even there. It should never do that, regardless of screen size. What that means, is that a separator line of identical characters is too long.

aha yes. It's a stretchy!

Well, the news announcement will actually be made TODAY. We can be silly in forum... B)

The first one, I'm not sure. I'll have to look in to that. The second, what are you meaning by no word wrap in smaller windows?

maybe

She's a hobbit at heart...

Fried mushrooms

nah, she got it, she was just distracted by mushrooms.....

Kinda need my recipe don't ya?

Speaking of, I'm supposed to make some of that soon ain't I?

You would actually put your review replies here. Post your replies in the forum which best fits your story. This forum is for promoting your story.

So what you're saying is, his physical self is only 15, yet his hive mind/collective conscience is extremely old? Well, I suppose it would be underage for the physical part, but nothing else, don't you think? I mean, think of the Borg, or the Q Continuum for example. They have young members, yet the collective minds are ancient. Hugh the Borg, for example, was considered young based on his body, yet he belonged to the hive mind of the Borg, which is ancient. The perception of age being something that the humans had of him, moreso than what he had of himself.

She actually never LOST ownership.

Hey all, Remember a few years ago, Apollo had to step away for a time? Well, she's back! Not only is she back, she's actually been the site's owner all this time. In any case, it'd be great if you all would say hello to her!

What I do, provided the underager doesn't keep coming back before they turn 18, is that you're welcome back on your 18th birthday. Most of the time, people abide by that. It's really very few who consistently keep coming back before, even though they KNOW it's specifically against the site rules. There is a very good reason for the age requirement, as I'm sure you know.

Here is your archive account. Profile Unless you're referencing an account other than this one. If so, then I need to know what that pen name was, so I can tell you why it would have been deleted. The most COMMON reason for deleting an account is for creating the account before your 18th birthday.

In response to a review left in the inu subdomain- My emailed response-

Is this one of them? Beautiful Obsession

gone it is...

Status of funding, and how it's been used to date Current PayPal balance: $152.84 AFF balance in that account: $137.84 September 1 hosting bill was paid in full 9/10, for 499.95 With expected funding from banners, we're almost set for October's payment! My goal here is to make it so that the banners actually pay for the hosting, and that it is able to be budgeted. That I can have a forecast of receivables for the month. More on that a bit later. As I've said before, I will gladly make available a balance sheet for the PayPal account. All anyone needs to do is ask me for it. If you have questions about any transactions after viewing it, ask that too. I have NO problems with answering any questions about this. Real Person Fiction We've recently seen quite an influx of stories about people who, in real life, are not yet of age. This is something we actually cannot host. This is mentioned in the Terms of Service for the site, as well. Some of you will have been affected by this, in having stories deleted for what may seem to be no reason. This would be it. Tagging Your Stories As you all know, we have very little in the way of restrictions for actual content. What we do need for you, the authors, to do; is to make sure that you have properly tagged your story when you initially add it. Of course, as your story grows, there is often a need to add additional tags. Simply add that as a line at the top of the chapter. This, of course, would not count as an author note. That is one of the most common complaints I see, where an author has not tagged his or her story correctly, and a user is surprised, often in a way they really didn't want to be. The list of story tags is available here for view. Coming Changes The next set of changes has to do with the advertising subweb. One of the things I've been asked about, is the possibility of recurring payments for the advertisers. So, this is something I should actually have completely set up by the end of the weekend. Most of our advertisers do prefer to go month to month, as that is more convenient for them. These are one time transactions and do not recur UNLESS the advertiser wants to renew when their ad is expiring. At that point, I get an email that they'd like to continue. Otherwise, the ad is allowed to expire. Having said that, however, one can easily see why the recurring payments option is a good thing. This allows me to budget for KNOWN receivables coming in monthly. It certainly will make it easier to plan for the next month's hosting fees needed. Volunteers Needed We are in need of people to help with sort/recategorization/clean up of the archive. We are in need of additional archive moderators. Here are the qualities I look for: Orderly thinker Attention to detail Ability to follow instructions, often “on the fly” Have at least 4 hours a week to give, in 2 hour increments. This would mean 2 days, at 2 hours a day. If you're interested, please email me at seawitch061@gmail.com. I'll set up a time to meet with you in IM, when it's convenient for both of us. ––––––– I cannot express enough times how thankful I am for the support that has been shown in the last few weeks. Without it, the bills would NOT have been paid. Thank you! ––––––– Please remember that this site is free to use. As such, the authors receive nothing for their efforts, except reviews. Do let them know that you read their stories, please! I'm sure they'll appreciate hearing from you!

You're all set. Sorry, got caught up in at home work project.

I need to remember one of these years to put up something referencing disallowed characters and where it applies. As it applies to login names, chapter titles and very likely story names. I don't think I remember it affecting anything else, but will have to look through my notes.