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What Myr is referring to is that our Stories Archive automatically creates a copyright notice for content posted to the archive. Therefore if you are including images that were AI generated to your story, that could be interpreted as adding those under your copyrighted content. I always recommend that only images authors own (self-created, purchased rights, or creative commons) are added to Stories content, with no AI generated images directly added to your stories archive content (cover art/banners). If you want to use those images you can put them in the gallery and then link to your album. It is a workaround that avoids any legal complications.

It depends on how graphic the language gets. If you are using words that describe body parts, acts, how that might feel, etc.... Google will ping those as graphic content. It would then be better to rate the story as Mature, for language only, which you could put in a story note if you're worried about the rating putting people off. Thanks for checking! 

Poster found the story

It should not have posted. It is not live yet. Please be patient! 

Just a quick note so I can mark this as answered, for anyone else who might also check this topic for Help info. All plagiarism checks are done on stories with the first chapter posted. No chapter = no content to check. Also, title, story, chapter content & author contact info have to match up. I have to be able to contact and have the posting on GA be verified by the author on the original site to ensure it's not plagiarized or have some very specific criteria met. This is all done to protect copyright and can extend the moderation queue approval process and timeline. Reaching out to me in a PM like LostSole did is always okay! 

The gallery should be used to link images for Stories. You can use them for story banners or cover art as appropriate, but please do not add them to chapters. Alternatively, authors can add inspiration images and such links in a Story Discussion topic to their gallery as well. Please make sure not to use copyrighted images. 

Yes, that says PM Cia... Send me a private message (that's a link). Since moderation is private, I don't post it in the Help forums, which is also why I added the reply I did here and didn't explain more. This is more for placing technical questions or big issues if why something isn't working correctly. 

The system is set up to only allow publishing chapters on a story within 24 hours. If you have a chapter post-dated within that window it may not allow it. Or you may have tried too soon right after publishing a chapter. I'd wait, refresh  your browser, etc.... Also, if it continues not to work, please add a link to the story to make it easier for staff to jump straight there to check for bugs. Thanks!! 

Hi TNScorpio! Welcome to GA! 
   I removed your content pasted into the topic post you made. That's your manuscript, so you don't post it on the forums due to copyright concerns. You will need to be an author and then follow the author posting guidelines in order to be able to post a story. Please review that and other Help topics through the Help tab in the red menu bar (hides under "More" on a smaller/mobile device). You can also use this link for the step-by-step process on how to post, but there is more information in there for authors so I recommend checking it out. 
 

Yes, Myr fixed it. 

We have tons of members. The more storage each member has, the more content is added and the more that tends to get left behind. You can remove older attachments through the "My Attachments" area linked in the My Content section in the drop menu under your name in the upper right corner of the website if you need storage. 
Images that add to your Attachments: If you use the attach files at the bottom of the text editor, that adds to your attachments. In the 'Other Media' drop menu "Insert existing attachment" uses an image you already have in your attachments from using before. The "Insert a Stock Photo" option will add a stock photo that will add to your attachments as well.
Images that don't add to your Attachments: To avoid adding to your attachments, or needing to remove images later, you can use the Other Media option of "Insert Image from URL". This lets you add images stored in your GA gallery (which also has a size limit), or another online source like a cloud photo gallery or photo sharing website, without adding to your attachments on GA. Please see this other Help topic for more info. 
 

Outdated question, no answer needed at this time. 

Ask me to delete it and resubmit it without it being post-dated would be the best bet. A PM is the best way to contact me, as long as I'm not out of town all day like I was today/Saturday. 

If you worked with a beta/editor, try looking them up. Or try the Way Back machine?

When you are reading, you can change the screen so that the background is dark and the text is light. It is a fairly common setting across many devices. Cell phones, Kindles, computers, etc... 
To use this on GA's text editor, click the last button on the chapter control that shows a circle with half blocked out. When clicked, it turns from light blue to a greenish blue. And makes the dark/light changes. 
 

 
 

The notification is that Will Hawkins had reacted (used an emoticon) on a chapter comment you made on the first chapter of the Story Jimmy & Richie, not commented on that chapter himself. Also, for some reason, the author @CLJobe has unpublished the story, which makes all the chapters unpublished as well. This is something the author has done, not a fault of the system. That is why it is unpublished. 
I hope that helps! 

You can create collections that are public or private, ordered or unordered, to track lists of stories you'd like to keep track of on the site (such as a 'Loved, would read again' or 'Not really my style')
https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/collections/
 

I noticed you follow The Ordinary Us as a story, Zombie. Do you have your notification settings toggled for a notification for when someone comments on something you follow or when someone comments on a story you follow? 

Sorry, James, I answered your PM as well, but I wanted to put this information here for you and others. Yes, if I miss the 24 hour window to moderate a chapter, authors can always PM me and that is just fine. Sometimes there's a moderation hang-up with the team reviewing a story or chapter, and sometimes I've just had something delay me. 
I typically ask that authors don't post a bunch of chapters live because I've had issues missing which chapter was the latest one posted to the queue and approved, say, chapter 5 instead of chapter 3. 
If you are familiar with posting and not having issues with your chapters being moderated for corrections, which you haven't been, you can use the post-dating system if you have multiple chapters ready to post. This allows you to post chapters, change the date and time (always do at least 24 hours later for the first one, or arrange with post-dating of several chapters with me first so I don't mess up your posting schedule with a missed approval) in the post-dating section at the bottom of the chapter rather than have the chapter post-immediately. As long as the chapters are spaced following GA rules (at least 8 hours apart, no more than 2 per day) then I can approve more than one chapter at a time. 
More exact instructions are in the FAQ on the post-dating system through the Help tab. 
I hope that helps!! 

Use a computer or tablet with a decent operating system like Windows. Sorry, but most phones operating systems (Android, iOS, or even Windows) simply are not geared to work with IP Board sites/this system, even as sophisticated as they are now. Especially since you are expecting them to have the system capabilities to work with a text-based Word processing file that is then converted with all the formatting to an online post when copied and pasted.
GA Stories works best when copying from a Word or similar based text editing software, and it works best on a Microsoft-based operating system device like a computer. Some users do have Docs or use tablets like iPads, but they typically take some working around and have their own tweaks to get the content pasted in properly. 

1) ***Do not force indents on the text as an author on GA*** Please just post the text as is because the system allows readers to either use the block formatting or to add an indent if they prefer to read with it. You can see this by clicking on the middle button on a chapter by the font size buttons. 
2) Indents are used when authors do not have a single space between paragraphs, which is called block formatting (the preferred method for online fiction/website text). The indent goes at the beginning of every paragraph. It is called a 'first line indent' and is used with books to save space on paper. It isn't based on narration or dialogue. 
Hope that helps! 

No, unfortunately, we do not allow stories to be posted in foreign languages. This is because our moderation team primarily speaks and writes English and the entire site is based on English as well. We don't have the capabilities to do translations of all the languages in the world to ensure members and Stories are moderated fairly. We allow people to do common greetings and some phrases on the forums that are easily recognized, and we do allow authors to pepper some phrases in foreign languages into their stories though we typically prefer if they provide some sort of translation for readers either in the story via the characters or in the story notes.

There was an announcement at the start of the year that we were moving to a monthly digest  (last Sunday of each month) of the newsletter due to a lack of engagement and clicks from subscribers, with a move to posting more content on GA's social media and direct emails to authors for special site announcements like special events (Premium short story call). We want to get information about what's happening to members, and we're looking for the best ways to do that. 

My guess would be that you need to compress the resolution, not change the size. Whatever program you use for editing, when you save the image, look for the 'image quality' option as you save. There's usually a way to save it as best quality, which is typically the default and largest file size, to the lowest quality. Lowering the quality will compress the image without changing the size. How much you need to do depends on size of your original image based on the ppi of the images you used and the size you need. 
 
For your GA banner, you need to ensure the file size is under 2 MB. 
 
Or, in case this is a bug or other issue, have you tried adding the banner via a different browser or device? 

No, you don't need to be a poet to post poetry. However, some poets do NOT want to be categorized as authors, so to accommodate them we have a category just for poets. I will change your group back to author. If you are going to post flash fiction or poetry, please make sure you've check out the FAQ posting guidelines for fiction under 1k in length.