You might want to add those words to your naughty words filter so you don't have it happen again.  That would catch the words before they go...

It's in PROFILE not PREFERENCES.

And if all else fails, you're okay deleting that table from your database and re-installing it from the mysql files.  There's no perman...

You can probably run a query by previewing a custom page.  I'll see if I can write one.

If you feel comfortable, you can PM an admin account login, and I'll look.

What do you have in your PERSONAL settings when you go to edit your preferences.  Your personal settings will override the site default. 

You can probably change the limit in manageimages.php to 1MB and your files will probably get through.  Probably.  Your host may have limits...

Edit your tinyMCE config to remove the codeprotect plugin.

Leave the categories blank unless you want the admin to get notices, have responsibilities for JUST those categories.

Stories are not uploaded by just uploading the folder  You need the data in the database as well which you wiped out when you reinstalled eFictio...

There's a fix in the SVN repository.  It works, but it's not pretty.  It'll eventually be replaced.

Can I get a link and a test account?  I'm not seeing this on any of my archives.

Clear your cache.  It was a java script issue and if the old script is cached it'll stlil have the old problem.

Generally, you're going to find most websites have banners under 300px tall.  Any larger and your banner will take up the majority of space ...

The setting in your personal profile will override this however.  So check that when testing. This is a case where testing as a guest would be be...