URL to your eFiction: http://library.iroh.org/
Version of eFiction: 3.2.1
Have you bridged eFiction, if so with what?: No
Server Type: Linux
Version of PHP: 4.4.4
Version of MySQL: 4.1.21-standard-log
Have you searched for your problem: Yes
If so, what terms did you try: word count limit in stories
Have you looked at the FAQs: No 3.0 faqs
A chapter to one of my stories has been cut off at the end. I keep trying to add the remaining few paragraphs from the text file that I saved my chapter in but it just keeps ignoring the additional paragraphs. I'm thinking that, even though I haven't specified a maximum word count limit, the script is automatically rejecting the additions because my chapter excedes an arbitrary word or file size limit that's built into the script. This is the only reason I can think of for the script to constantly ignore the added paragraphs to my chapter. I've checked. This chapter is the only chapter that clocks in above 10,000 words, the exact number of words being 10,612.
If this is the case, is there a way I can completely disable whatever is controlling the maximum word count/file size perimeters for chapters?
Thanks, in advance, for taking the time to help me.
If you don't have a limit set on stories, then it's probably over the MySQL limit for that field. (This assumes you are storing story text in the database.)
You can change the field type in phpMyAdmin from text to longtext, but it probably would be better to break the chapter up into two parts. Sometimes long text fields can cause problems with server load and/or make the page load slowly.
Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner.
I have two questions:
1) In which field to I set it from text to long text?
2) If I break my story up, how can I upload the second part as a new chapter without it contacting my watchers and telling them it's a new chapter when it's really the second part of an already posted chapter?
To answer your second question- I would upload it as a new chapter for someone else who doesn't have any readers. I have a fake account myself for testing bugs on the site and such.
Then go into the database, and change the chapter info to use the real author's ID number, and the real story ID number. Don't forget to update the story's info as well, I think it lists how many chapters it has.
Whoever said nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
url: https://www.potionsandsnitches.org/fanfiction
php: 7.4.33 msql: 5.6.51-community GPL
efic version: 3.5.5 latest patches: yes
bridges: none mods: challenges, tracker, story end, beta, word
It also lists word count. You'll probably have to upload it as a new chapter, but as you're uploading a part that didn't get uploaded before. It is a new chapter to your readers. It would have to be an extremely long chapter to hit the limit on the text field. I would suggest you not change your database settings for one chapter and just upload it as two chapters. More likely you're timing out the form either because of your ISP or some internal server configuration. If that's the case changing the text field to a long text field isn't going to change anything except make your database bigger.
Yeah Tammy's right. Just stick an author's note for the seocnd half second chapter, saying what it is and it should be alright.
Whoever said nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
url: https://www.potionsandsnitches.org/fanfiction
php: 7.4.33 msql: 5.6.51-community GPL
efic version: 3.5.5 latest patches: yes
bridges: none mods: challenges, tracker, story end, beta, word
