Looking for an archive
Jun. 11th, 2012 02:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
staricelingI have been thinking about this for a while, but with ff.net currently engaging in a massive fit of... WUT it seems like a good time to get recommendations.
I want a place where I can just put up all of my fic in one central location. I have pretty much failed at getting my own site up and properly updated. Yet I am horribly, horribly picky and can't seem to find a place I am happy with. Options so far:
ff.net doesn't allow adult stuff, so it's out.
I do not like AO3. Yes, I have tried it. It's a bloody confusing mess and a pain in the ass trying to get anything done. I don't want to deal with that when I may be looking at uploading 100-some fics.
Mediaminer is confusing me and I think it's mostly dead anyway.
Devientart isn't really set up for fics.
I am looking into the new site Your Fanfiction. (Give them a look if you're in the market for something with that new archive smell.) The only thing I dislike so far is that clicking on a fic title takes you to the chapter list instead of the fic, but I got a reply from a mod (after about *checks watch* 2 hours. Wow! And I don't want to imagine the piles of mail they're probably going through right now) mentioning that they'll probably be fixing that.
Skyhawke does the same annoying going to the fic details instead of the actual fic thing. Also horribly thin on categories.
Lunaescence may be the closest to perfect of any fanfiction archive I have yet tried. It's easy to use. I like how I can make my own fic series. I've never had trouble getting new categories or characters added. (I just had to request a few more. We'll see how quickly that gets fixed up.)
But here's the thing: If I'm going to be posting all my old stuff, I want to be able to indicate that it is old stuff. Some of it I cannot even stand to look at anymore. I don't want it mixing with my current stuff.
Lunaescence and Your Fanfiction look like my best options so far. The ability to set some sort of original publication date is pretty much the only thing lacking from either. Luna I have been with longer and am dearly fond of and already know it works, but YFF it would be easier to post all my back-fic now while the archive is very young and just add giant "originally published XX 2004" or whatever warnings in the notes and summary and have it quickly be buried (I hope).
Here is where I could go with LJ or DW because I can set the dates, but this becomes annoying when chapters are involved. On the other hand, this would be easier since a lot of my stuff is already on here anyway. I would only have to add about 4 years worth of fic, instead of 12.
Is there some perfect archive out there I'm missing? Traits I apparently want: Wide range of categories/characters and easy to add new ones, allows adult fics, allows fic series, needs to have the whole warnings/tags/genres/ratings/whatever system NOT be a mess, allows manually set original publication date, easy to navigate, easy to upload fics. (Traffic, size, or likelihood of getting reviews aren't a concern, BTW.)
And if anyone has a spare pony lying around, I'd like one of those too. :P
Not really. I have nowhere to put a pony. I'll settle for just the archive recs, really
I want a place where I can just put up all of my fic in one central location. I have pretty much failed at getting my own site up and properly updated. Yet I am horribly, horribly picky and can't seem to find a place I am happy with. Options so far:
ff.net doesn't allow adult stuff, so it's out.
I do not like AO3. Yes, I have tried it. It's a bloody confusing mess and a pain in the ass trying to get anything done. I don't want to deal with that when I may be looking at uploading 100-some fics.
Mediaminer is confusing me and I think it's mostly dead anyway.
Devientart isn't really set up for fics.
I am looking into the new site Your Fanfiction. (Give them a look if you're in the market for something with that new archive smell.) The only thing I dislike so far is that clicking on a fic title takes you to the chapter list instead of the fic, but I got a reply from a mod (after about *checks watch* 2 hours. Wow! And I don't want to imagine the piles of mail they're probably going through right now) mentioning that they'll probably be fixing that.
Skyhawke does the same annoying going to the fic details instead of the actual fic thing. Also horribly thin on categories.
Lunaescence may be the closest to perfect of any fanfiction archive I have yet tried. It's easy to use. I like how I can make my own fic series. I've never had trouble getting new categories or characters added. (I just had to request a few more. We'll see how quickly that gets fixed up.)
But here's the thing: If I'm going to be posting all my old stuff, I want to be able to indicate that it is old stuff. Some of it I cannot even stand to look at anymore. I don't want it mixing with my current stuff.
Lunaescence and Your Fanfiction look like my best options so far. The ability to set some sort of original publication date is pretty much the only thing lacking from either. Luna I have been with longer and am dearly fond of and already know it works, but YFF it would be easier to post all my back-fic now while the archive is very young and just add giant "originally published XX 2004" or whatever warnings in the notes and summary and have it quickly be buried (I hope).
Here is where I could go with LJ or DW because I can set the dates, but this becomes annoying when chapters are involved. On the other hand, this would be easier since a lot of my stuff is already on here anyway. I would only have to add about 4 years worth of fic, instead of 12.
Is there some perfect archive out there I'm missing? Traits I apparently want: Wide range of categories/characters and easy to add new ones, allows adult fics, allows fic series, needs to have the whole warnings/tags/genres/ratings/whatever system NOT be a mess, allows manually set original publication date, easy to navigate, easy to upload fics. (Traffic, size, or likelihood of getting reviews aren't a concern, BTW.)
And if anyone has a spare pony lying around, I'd like one of those too. :P
Not really. I have nowhere to put a pony. I'll settle for just the archive recs, really
