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How do I edit a review? I am not talking about changing the rating. That is easy. But what happens if one has inadvertently posted a review. For example, [Link to Review #4820920] was wrongly posted. I was trying to save the review to give it later but pressed the wrong button.
I had an account that I started back in 2005 that was last used in 2007. I have tried to reset the password to this account but I believe that the reset password is going to an email that no longer exists. Is there anyway to change the email so that reset information will go to my new email address. I created this current accout to ask this question and...
June 14, 2025 at 4:35am
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Greets,
I've validated the information in your accounts and have updated the offsite email address in the original account to match your current email. You can now use the forgotten password system to generate a link via email that you can use to set a new password.
Here's the direct link:
[Link: 'https://www.writing.com/forgotten?user_id=aetcre']
I tried to make a basic subsribtion with my PayPal-Account, but it is only showing me and Error, that the payment has already been completed, but nothing is happening!
June 14, 2025 at 4:34am
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Hello,
Your account is correctly showing as paid with a Basic Membership.
Can you confirm whether or not you're still having problems and if so, please provide a little more as to what you're expecting to happen that's not happening.
Thanks!
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Had a friend sign up as a new member (basic) because she wanted to read my content (port) and later post her own stories, but...
doing a search she located my port but could not read my stories because they were set as PRIVATE. I reset all my presets as everyone can read, but it still remain private. What steps am I missing?...
June 12, 2025 at 3:16am
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Well, I got to your port by clicking on your name and going to 'View Portfolio', so if your friend does that they should be able to read your work without you having to change anything.
If you prefer to be not findable, keep your settings. As for story ratings, my entire port (except my blog) is rated 18+ because I think it's better to be safe than so...
There seems to be a problem in Who's Online section. {s} appears next to the icons when right and left clicking the usernames. Also, on the Request Review line, it displays Request Review: ??? instead of the usual ...
June 11, 2025 at 2:49am
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oh right. Heading there.
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[Link To User gervic]
[Link: 'GERVIC'S PORTAL']
Proud member of:
[Link To Item #1300305]
[Link To Item #398524]
[Link To Item #1384154]
[Link To Item #1797031]
[Link To Item #1188309]
It is mentioned under Manage Your 'In Print' Settings that members are only allowed to enter up to 6 ASINs, how is it possible for other members to display 8? I wonder if this is a bug or some additional privilege.
Cheers!
Gervic
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[Link To User gervic...
June 8, 2025 at 9:32pm
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Oh I see. Thanks for clearing this out SM.
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[Link To User gervic]
[Link: 'GERVIC'S PORTAL']
Proud member of:
[Link To Item #1300305]
[Link To Item #398524]
[Link To Item #1384154]
[Link To Item #1797031]
[Link To Item #1188309]
Hello, can you please tell me how to write my Bio? I clicked on every button, I think but I don't get how to enter anything...sorry for probably being dense.
Happy weekend
June 7, 2025 at 10:04am
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First, welcome to WDC, [Link To User brigitte-wild] .
Look for a gear icon () on Portfolio - Reviews - Biography - etc line at the top right while on your Portfolio age. Clicking on that should open a window for you to fill out your Bio-Block. Do the same thing while on your Biography tab page to fill out your Biography information.
Hi y'all 👋 🤠
Years ago I taught myself HTML and was good at it.
I've been away from it dealing with health issues for awhile.
I'm trying to get my port reworked so someday will have a good place for my white case 😁!
Is there a limit to the number of notes you can put in a story? This is the 6th and last one.
The story number is #2338487 and the sentence is " I believe Hrafnaguð himself looked down at me."
In draft form, I typed "I believe {popnote:"Hrafnaguð"}The raven god, i.e. Odin disguised in raven form. himself looked down at me."
When ...
June 5, 2025 at 1:11am
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Greets,
The popnote likely can not handle the special characters in the quoted text, so it's not replacing. Unfortunately, I don't have a solution for you on that one...
~~SM
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I recently had another member make a very generous contribution to a charitable activity I run here onsite ( [Link To Item #bees] ). The member sent the gift points along with their post in the forum and I can see in the post where it shows that sum that was sent to the group escrow "bank" with the post. However, the "bank" does not reflect that gift point transfer. Are the gift points lost in limbo or was there an error when sending the gift points?
Post: [Link to Forum Post #3736103]
Gr...
June 1, 2025 at 4:42pm
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Greets,
The transfer didn't happen and I replied back to the post to let Brennus know. I'm not sure why, it could be the size of the GPs included. I'm not sure... I'll have to debug it more to see what went wrong.
Best,
~~SM
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Sometimes, I just feel dumb! I’ve tried to understand how to use the dropnote feature, but I just don't get it. I’m about to get out my hammer and smash this thing! Please explain it to me as if I were a child since I don't understand the explanation given to the adults. Here is the latest item I have tried to use it in. [Link To Item #2341169] ...
SMH! I copied and pasted yours at it works! I will look into my settings on my machine, perhaps I have chosen a setting somewhere that’s causing my quotes to be non-standard. Thank you for shedding light on the problem, I was getting frustrated.
I am looking for a story of mine and I know the character's name, but the Search tool appears to only search titles and Descriptions. Is there a way to have it search the actual story content?
Thanks...
May 28, 2025 at 2:36pm
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When you create or edit an item, there is a large bar under the three options bars for Genera - in this bar you can put in what is found in the item - werewolves, military, anthros, aliens, guns. These are the search terms.
Other possibility - your item is rated GC or XGC and your personal search options only allow for up to 18+.
For further assistance, please visit our "Technical Support Forum" and post with a detailed explanation the problem you are having. Copying and pasting both the error message above and the URL of this page will help us help you. Error ID: #53595046
But that aside, I'm 99.99% confident I've not saved things in the past and they were still there in WdC. But that seems to not be the case now. I'm not sure if it's the difference in how I'm using it or if there was a change.
Is it a difference in use? That would be if I did a Quick Edit and had th...
Is there a link to this activity? I can't seem to find the prompts, so I don't know if it's in email or a specific tile.
May 18, 2025 at 9:06am
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In addition to the links provided by the member who replied to you, consider making the forum a favorite by clicking on the finger icon in the upper right corner of the forum. It should turn into a heart icon. Then it will show up in your Favorites; easily found that way.
Assume for this question that I have posted a novel with the cover page and all the chapters marked PRIVATE, my eyes only. If I then attach a Passkey to the cover page, will it open all the chapters when someone uses it?
I need to downgrade my membership from Premium to Upgrade. Anyone know how I can do this.. I am on auto-renewal and need to change this before the 21st. Thank you for the help. :)
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May 15, 2025 at 12:17pm
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Greets,
Unfortunately, the auto-renew system doesn't handle downgrades. You just have to turn off auto-renew and then manually renew at the lower level.
You can disable that here:
[Link: 'https://www.writing.com/main/my_account/action/my_payments']
I always reply to reviews I get on my content. Usually I reply using the "Reply to This Review" box, NOT the "send an Email" box at the bottom of a review I received. Several times, my reply to a review has appeared blank to the other person; the same has happened to me when someone tries to respond to one of my own reviews. Because I try to...
May 15, 2025 at 12:17pm
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Greets,
The review reply should never be "blank". There should always be content in the email as the email is generated by the review reply system.
I've received no reports of this before, so this would be a new issue if it exists in the system. It's not a system that's been touched (from a programming standpoint) in probably 10 to 15 years, so my best guess is that if a bug exists, ...
I can't figure out how to undo the colors from the boldened ones and take away the underline. Can you help me with this? Before I submit it, I need to know how to do this.
May 14, 2025 at 6:28pm
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Hi Anna,
Remove the bold and underline codes {b}{/b} {u} {/u}
It depends how you set it up when you have it in EDIT mode. If scroll down toward the bottom, you will see a dropdown that says Make Public, Allow Everyone. Click on it, and you will see all the optionss.
If you Make Public, just know that it is searchable on any search engine on the internet.
Hopefully, the other options ...
I was hoping someone could help me. I can't remember the username to my paid account and I would like to login so I can cancel the subscription.
May 12, 2025 at 11:50am
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Hello,
I can't find an account that matches the name or email on your temporary account. If you received an email from us, it almost always includes the username in the email.
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