darkannie
04-25-2003, 08:34 AM
all right, i run a fanfic website; have been for three going on four years now. i'm a little more advanced than most fanfic websites, actually for practicality, not to show off. like casscading style sheets, includes, pop-it menus, email forms, and frames, non-frames, whatever new thing i come into to make my webbuilding and my loyal visitors' surfing easier.
one of the forms i use is fanfic submission straight from the website: unlike most fanfic websites that ask for email, i use the form to retrieve submissions. people are pretty wary about having their email addresses publicized because of spam. i know i don't like to give it out either. you never know when giving any one place an email address will result in fifty new ads filling up your box the next day ... and so on and so on, never ending.
All right, you have the history. two of my items on the form is a place asking the author to describe their fanfics; a summary. some people don't know how to write a summary so i offer them the choice of asking me to summarize it.
This is sort of what I'm aiming for
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[] Check here if you prefer I write the summary.
*Upon click* (important), I want to appear in the textbox for the summary ...
(TEXTAREA)
You do it
(/TEXTAREA)
i only want this text to show up when they click, and only then.
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When this submission makes it to my email inbox, i won't miss the request, which is easier to do when you're going by a check box that was checked or not checked. i know my fanfic website does not cater to self-submission. i suppose i could try that if i decide to give it up and turn it away at last ... it's something to consider, but for now i want to filter out submissions from crappy stories to things that don't even relate. sorry for the long post. but you wanted me to be more specific, so i decided to try and be as specific as i could.
one of the forms i use is fanfic submission straight from the website: unlike most fanfic websites that ask for email, i use the form to retrieve submissions. people are pretty wary about having their email addresses publicized because of spam. i know i don't like to give it out either. you never know when giving any one place an email address will result in fifty new ads filling up your box the next day ... and so on and so on, never ending.
All right, you have the history. two of my items on the form is a place asking the author to describe their fanfics; a summary. some people don't know how to write a summary so i offer them the choice of asking me to summarize it.
This is sort of what I'm aiming for
****************************************************
[] Check here if you prefer I write the summary.
*Upon click* (important), I want to appear in the textbox for the summary ...
(TEXTAREA)
You do it
(/TEXTAREA)
i only want this text to show up when they click, and only then.
****************************************************
When this submission makes it to my email inbox, i won't miss the request, which is easier to do when you're going by a check box that was checked or not checked. i know my fanfic website does not cater to self-submission. i suppose i could try that if i decide to give it up and turn it away at last ... it's something to consider, but for now i want to filter out submissions from crappy stories to things that don't even relate. sorry for the long post. but you wanted me to be more specific, so i decided to try and be as specific as i could.