Just edit the ONE line.  The full file should look like this:<?php$blocks["categories"]["status"] = 2;$blocks["categ...

$blocks["menu"]["content"] = array (  0 => 'adminarea',  1 => 'logout',  2 => '...

I suggest as you're working with this stuff you turn debug on in your site settings.  That will give you feedback when you've got error...

What exactly did you put in your test page as name and title? EXACTLY.  Capitalization does matter.

Something is wrong with the coauthors of that particular story. 

You'll get more help and better answers if you supply the information requested in the support request template stickied at the top of this forum...

Steffen's right.  No CAPTCHA is going to stop all spammers.  There's likely that no system at all which will stop all spammers.&nb...

Did you upgrade the story end module as well as the basic eFiction?

No.  You need to use a text editor like notepad to make changes directly to the code.

And no offense, but you really don't have enough experience with eFiction yet to be diagnosing things as bugs.

You can fix it one of two ways:1. Change the settings to "narrative" instead of "variables"2. Put the template from the settings i...

Did you check your skin's variables.php file to make sure it's not active because the skin is forcing it to be active?

Generally, don't change the access levels in the panels.

Sorry. It's "variables" you want to use.  It's the same as use .tpl in the other blocks.

You'll have to change the setting to in the block admin to use .tpl and use that format.  See the wiki.