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HugQueen — Sta.sh Writer Tutorial: Literature Deviations
Published: 2012-04-08 14:49:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 7310; Favourites: 69; Downloads: 75
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This is a #Expose-Lit guide on how to submit and format literature deviations using Sta.sh writer!Share Links: Encourage, Discourage, Members Only
Note: At this time, I don't believe there is a way to add a preview image using Sta.sh Writer, if anyone has any information please let me know! ♥
I like being comprehensive.
Reeeeeally comprehensive.Thanks to ~BarbecuedIguana for pointing out that if you use Sta.sh Writer to post a literature deviation it does not have the Download File button or any of the format buttons! ♥
I swear I haven't been sitting idly[at least all the time]!
I just haven't been writing. 
August 4th, 2012: Sta.sh Writer has undergone a face lift and a few changes so this tutorial has as well!
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I just wondered why the literature I wrote became a journal instead.
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Sorry for the slowness! I'm not sure what happened, but you can change the category once something is posted. When you go to edit it (if it's still a journal) make sure to go to the "edit witch sta.sh" page.
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Um Im having trouble...whenever i submit or preivew it puts the whole journal in bold even though i didn't put it in bold
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You might have a stray html tag that isn't properly closed. The easiest fix might be to bold the entire text then unbold it, then go back and re-bold the specific thing you want bold. However if that doesn't work while you're editing the journal in sta.sh, hit "ctrl" + "e" and it will show all the codes, it might be a bit hectic, but just search for the tag that doesn't have a at the end of the text you want bold and add it.
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O thank you! it works!
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I am having a problem with the SELECT CATEGORY part of the sta.sh. It keeps giving me the choice of 'My Journal' or 'Journal Portal'. There is a search bar where you can choose your category, but it won't let me submit unless I choose My Journal or Journal Portal.
The deviation is a literature piece and it is no way a journal submission. Any advice about this?
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Are you still having an issue? Sorry for the late response, I've been away. D:
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Nah. I figured out why. Thanks.
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How did you figure it out, LOL? I have the same problem!!!!
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Well, a friend of mine on DA created a pic for my FF and I pasted on there and I found out that if you use a pic that isn't yours, it becomes a journal entry. It's so weird. *shakes head*
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That makes so much sense. I guess the same goes for emotes as well. Thanks for the tip-off.
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Yeah, that's kind of crappy.... BUT, I think I figured out a way around that, LOL! Check out my deviation (don't have to read it; just check the some of the pictures/links in the story and it's category at the bottom where artists comments is).
I came up with a cheap trick: Type the literature you wanna submit into dA in that Sta.sh Writer (add all your fancy stuff as you would in a journal entry), but DON'T submit it! Just submit a "phony deviation": Go to Submit Art > Enter Text. Then, type some crap in there like "a." Click OK. Select the category you want and submit it as an untitled deviation. Now, edit that phony deviation in Sta.sh Writer! Copy/paste all the stuff you put in your Sta.sh literature document into the phony deviation (don't forget to copy/paste the title, LOL) and update the phony deviation.
Now, you can delete the original literature Sta.sh file, LOL! That's how I did it.....
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Thank you so much. You're a Godsend.
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I will remember this from now on. I just added the photo after I posted the deviation. It's stupid. I mean my friend made it for me.
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Yep, LOL! It doesn't make sense. dA has to fix that one, LOL! Or, maybe it did that on purpose...
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*shrugs* who knows? I always make sure I credit people if I use their art.
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A-HA! Hope this will rid me of my silly manual html-ing like a babboon in order to get things to look like they do in my files.
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How did the human race ever get where it is today with that silly compulsive behaviour of ours, right?
You know what, let's call it a ritual.
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Yeeees, it's just all a ritual.
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Eeeeeevery genius has some...!
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hmm....when i use it, it shows everything its supposed to except for the writing page itself...i type, then click preview, and it shows what i typed....but id kinda like to see it as im typing it....?
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You mean see the formatting as you're typing?
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Hm, well it should pretty much show everything as you type. You can use the same shortcuts as in other word processors [bold, italics, underline, etc] and it should show up as you type. As far as deviations go, you have to drag and drop them into what you're writing otherwise it only shows the thumbcode while you're typing.
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hmm...okay maybe its just my computer then? The formatting still wont show up...i'll try find out whats wrong....
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Hm, weird. What if you highlight the text and then manually select the formatting from the selections? It still doesn't show up?
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no i tried that.... :/
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Perhaps it's a glitch, have you tried filing a ticket at the help desk? [link]
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Sorry i was on vacation...um it started showing up for me now, must have been my computer 
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I like your tutorial.
Is there a limit to the size of the file because a window keeps popping up saying the file has exceeded the 64kb limit? Is there a way around this?
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Thank you!
There is a 64kb limit [I just found this out myself the other week too. I had forgotten it existed] but I don't believe there is any kind of work-around though.
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I apologize for not replying earlier. 
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It is all right. ♥ I didn't know that, I'm glad you did find a work around! I'll have to go use that myself.
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This is very well written but i'm having issues with sta.sh. It just keeps on clicking and clicking, leaving me with a blank page. What should I do?
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Thank you! Hm, well where about are you getting stuck up? When you go to sta.sh writer's page?
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I stuck when I'm trying to submit art and it gives me the opition of using sta.sh. So when I click on it brings me to the the page but it keeps on recycling between the login of Sta.ah (according to the ULR) and some other page. Thus leaving me with a blank screen, expect for the Sta.sh logo in the top left corner.
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Hm, that is weird. They have changed the actual submit art page, to be formatted more like sta.sh, so you should be able to just submit it that way. I'm guessing it might be a glitch if it brings you to a blank page. :/
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Alright, it only allows me to do Journal. I don't want journal, how do I change it?
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You have to hit the "submit to deviantart" which will bring you to a final page where you can choose your category and such [and won't submit it to dA until you hit "submit now" button again].
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