[ SECRET POST #2256 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2256 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Most Popular Girls In School]


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[Rust and Bone]


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[My Mad Fat Diary]


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[Sailor Moon]


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[Harvest Moon: A New Beginning]


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[American Horror Story Asylum]


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[Homestuck]


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[DC Comics]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 021 secrets from Secret Submission Post #322.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

NS, NF, etc.

[ 1 - not!secrets ]

not secret 1

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

What exactly is wrong with the post pictured in your secret? I can't see any faulty HTML or anything else wrong with it...

Re: not secret 1

[(Anonymous)]

Part of it has white text with a navy background, while the other part is black text with a white background. I think it usually happens when the text is copy-pasted into Rich Text from another source. (I wouldn't know, though, since I hate Rich Text and I refuse to use anything that doesn't let me write in HTML.)

Re: not secret 1

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

Oooo, I see. I thought it was just the layout style of that particular LJ, and since I don't use Rich Text either I had no idea that was a problem. Thanks for explaining!

Re: not secret 1

[(Anonymous)]

this is exactly it; I've seen the exact same thing happen in other journals and communities

it's only noticeable when they have a background of another color that isn't white, but other wonky stuff happens, like sudden blank spaces taking up more and more space and pushing back the text D:

rich text sucks in LJ

tons of things suck in LJ

thanks, igrick :/

Re: not secret 1

[(Anonymous)]

They are pissy about the bg coloring crap, which is probably cause Rich Text is a bitch

Re: not secret 1

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's a color thing? Maybe the highlighted text was the same as the background?

[elephantinegrace]

Coding and writing are two completely different skill sets. Yes, bad HTML will make your fic more difficult to read, but if someone's a good enough writer, that can easily be overlooked.

[rosehiptea]

Agreed. And if a mistake in the header is enough to put someone off a fic, I think they're really not easily pleased. I get that when someone puts the whole fic in tiny green font it may not be worth the trouble, but as long as I can read the header I really don't care what it looks like.

[(Anonymous)]

That's when cntrl + comes in handy to enlarge the font. I really miss this browser button I had that I can't find the site for again that let me override the webpage color schemes to what I wanted (usually white background/black text). It was awesome.

[(Anonymous)]

But...basic coding, especially on LJ, is really not that hard. I suck ass at coding language and I can still do basic HTML to make my shit readable.

I don't know if I doubt their intelligence or level of caring about how their work is presented, but seeing shit like that just makes me not want to read their fic. Maybe I am difficult to please when it comes to fic, and that might be why I don't read it so much anymore, but it just looks so sloppy... I'm baffled that anybody could look at that after they posted and think, "Eh, good enough," and just leave it.

- not OP, just an anon who gets the sentiment

[(Anonymous)]

Okay? Some people just don't mind their hobbies not look perfect, some people honestly don't get coding at all [believe me, I know several who would do what's in that picture or worse even if they tried to fix it]. Just because you can do something, or care about something, doesn't me other do or should.

By the same token, if it makes you not want to read it then don't. Problem solved.

[(Anonymous)]

well it is also posted on ffnet

[(Anonymous)]

As somebody who's been coding HTML for over two decades: Get over it. Focus on your own code. There's probably something there that needs fixing.