[NierielRaina]

Hello! I hope I'm doing this right.

I have a suggestion based on something that really annoys me here at OSA from both an author's and reader's standpoint. While the newest stories posted are listed first when you pull up your own stories or those of another author, they don't go back to the top if the author updates by posting a new chapter. As a prolific author who reads prolific authors, it gets tedious scrolling back several pages. Maybe I'm being nit picky. For instance, I have a WIP that I started over a year ago that I'm still updating, but I've also since then written 20-30 other stories, so that WIP is lost around page 4 when I go to update and I'm sure it's hard for readers to find as well amid all those one shots.

I was wondering how difficult it would be to have the most recently updated as well as newest stories at the top of an author's list so they are easier to find?

Also, any chance of a series feature so readers can look up all the stories in one series for those authors like myself that have multiple stories in different series?

Thanks,

NiRi

[sivan]

Great point. I also have this problem, and I checking the most pages i have to see if there is something new.

*Hugs NiRi*

Sivan Shemesh

[NierielRaina]

*Hugs Sivan back*

[sivan]

Try clicking on 12 pages see if there's something new in each one of the stories.

*Hugs NiRi back*

Sivan Shemesh

[Viv]

Actually, I've often wished I could control the order in which my stories are listed (not just on OSA; also on ffnet and etc). I'd like to be able to put my best foot forward, so to speak, and that best foot is probably three or four years old.

Still, I don't know what kind of work reorg would require. I'm always hesitant to add to Robbie's task list.

[Sulriel]

I use the "sort by" function in the drop down window (upper right above the stories once you select the archive).

when I'm looking for something to read, I look first at the "date published" then by "lastest edits".

I guess the main thing I would like is the ability to set a 'watch author' and get a notice when a new story is posted, like the 'new chapter added' on the 'watch story' option.

[Viv]

Watch author is nice; I use that feature on ff.net a lot. (Well, as often as I use anything on there.)

[Robbie]

Hi - all noted.

We're just finishing up the change for categories, plus making it more IE7 and FireFox friendly plus some other updates (and that had involved editing every file in the code). When we get that up and bugs sorted in hte next few days, then I can look at the rest.

1) Sort author's stories by date edited. Should be possible
2) As noted, you can sort "all stories" by verious features anyway
3) Order your own story. Possibly... but that's another index and another field in the "Story Edit" box that's getting too complex already
4) "Watch author" feature (there already exists a watch story).

[Robbie]

And number 1 has been done already... when we do all the other updates (which I'll return to now).

[Sulriel]

*smooches Robbie right smack on his green lips*

[NierielRaina]

Thank you!

[Robbie]

[Viv]

Good heavens, Robbie. There is such a thing as being too good, you know.

[Alassante]

Did I miss something on how to sort your stories? I just checked a few places and cannot figure it out.

[Robbie]

Edit story. Last field at the bottom (I think - admins have a few more) there is a "Display Order" field.

When you add a story, it automatically goes at the top (so the add story screen is less frightening). So add, then edit.