An Alternative to Efiction - General Discussion https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/ Discussion Board en-US Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:16:33 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/5/#post-21648 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:32:35 +0000 Writeshare is the worst. I tried it and I didn't like it. I think fictioneer has promise. It was easy to use and install with tons of options.

]]> General Discussion marcy https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/5/#post-21648 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/5/#post-21638 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:45:57 +0000 @jimmi A plugin would only have a tiny fraction of the features and probably look like crap without a lot of custom CSS applied to the chosen theme. Which most people are simply incapable of. They struggle to make their sites look good as is. A theme is the better choice as it allows full control over the frontend. Fictioneer has been developed primarily for single authors; you cannot expect a writer to be knowledgable about CSS, HTML, and PHP to make this work. Heck, they can barely google "how to create a page in WordPress".

There actually is a plugin that attempted just that: Writeshare. It has not been updated in six years and I just helped a community move away from it. The implementation of book features using taxonomies was questionable imho.

]]> General Discussion Tetrakern https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/5/#post-21638 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21637 Sat, 24 Aug 2024 17:06:27 +0000 General Discussion Jimmi https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21637 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21636 Sat, 24 Aug 2024 15:21:48 +0000 General Discussion Tetrakern https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21636 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21635 Fri, 23 Aug 2024 07:08:47 +0000 General Discussion Jimmi https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21635 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21634 Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:14:19 +0000 Hello!

This thread showed up in one of my searches by pure happenstance. I'm the creator of Fictioneer, and I'm wondering if you still consider using it or whether you encountered problems, have ideas for improvements, etc.

Does anyone even come here anymore? I can see it has been months.

]]> General Discussion Tetrakern https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21634 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21581 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 13:52:33 +0000 @marcy It is generally. In your case - when updated failed because there was zero for datetime field. 

 

]]> General Discussion Jimmi https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21581 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21580 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 11:36:35 +0000 @marcy

Do you have zero value in your date field?  Default "0000... etc"? 

I added SQL mode with NO_ZERO_DATE  so it fails in this case. 

I just posted the fix, the change is in includes/mysqli_functions.php dbconnect().

Which table are you talking about?

 

]]> General Discussion marcy https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21580 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21579 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 09:12:42 +0000 @marcy

Do you have zero value in your date field?  Default "0000... etc"? 

I added SQL mode with NO_ZERO_DATE  so it fails in this case. 

I just posted the fix, the change is in includes/mysqli_functions.php dbconnect().

 

]]> General Discussion Jimmi https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21579 RE: An Alternative to Efiction https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21578 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:43:46 +0000 I worked yesterday changing the author dates manually. I just need to update the stories dates. Then it should be complete.

]]> General Discussion marcy https://efiction.org/community/general-discussion/an-alternative-to-efiction/paged/4/#post-21578