Publishing a new story without chapters on upgraded archive?

[Deadman]

So I just published my first completely new story with the upgraded archive and I noticed a difference.

On the old archive, you had to publish the first chapter when you published the story. Now it seems like on the upgraded archive you don’t need to do that.

My question is, can I create a placeholder for future stories that I’m not ready to publish in my story editor without it showing up on the archive? I immediately published the first chapter without thinking that I should check if the story is live.

How does that work?
 

[BronxWench]

If you create a story, even without content, it will appear in the archive. Interestingly enough, we don’t allow placeholders, so my recommendation is not to create the story until you have the first chapter ready to publish. You can create the story, check to see if it’s live, and then add the first chapter right away, though.

[Deadman]

4 hours ago, BronxWench said:

If you create a story, even without content, it will appear in the archive. Interestingly enough, we don’t allow placeholders, so my recommendation is not to create the story until you have the first chapter ready to publish. You can create the story, check to see if it’s live, and then add the first chapter right away, though.

Okay, just to be clear on what I mean about placeholders, if it could be a hidden “draft” in my story manager in the correct category. If that’s not possible, that’s fine. It’s fine since I usually only publish when my piece is a few chapters deep or complete.

[BronxWench]

Oh! If you can hide it via your story manager, that’s fine then!   I honestly forget what is available to non-staff members anymore...

[Deadman]

1 hour ago, BronxWench said:

Oh! If you can hide it via your story manager, that’s fine then!   I honestly forget what is available to non-staff members anymore...

Well, I saw this and this is part of what I meant.

I would love to create a bunch that are visible only to me and staff. I’m kinda curious if I can just change that and have it be visible to everyone later.

 

[BronxWench]

Yes, you can have them visible only to you and to staff, and yes, you can go into your story manager and edit that to make the story visible. 

[Desiderius Price]

6 hours ago, Deadman said:

Well, I saw this and this is part of what I meant.

I would love to create a bunch that are visible only to me and staff. I’m kinda curious if I can just change that and have it be visible to everyone later.

And my dirty mind instantly turned this thought as a flirtation with staff via hidden stories… 

[Deadman]

8 hours ago, Desiderius Price said:

And my dirty mind instantly turned this thought as a flirtation with staff via hidden stories… 

It’s the Joey and Chandler problem from Friends. They found out they had access to free porn all the time and suddenly every thought turns in that direction.

Sadly, I don’t deliver pizzas.