Quote Originally Posted by Rabbit1 View Post
Tiger owns many sites --not just this on ---and the publishing software is so out of date here it takes hours of time to do an update ----the first one I did when I got back to publishing took over four hours to do ----it is not simple and hard to teach someone else ---as there are many programs you have to use and multi windows must be open at the same time ---I have done it for over a year now and I am fast-----but it is still a slow process ----as I also have to work with the over 2000 authors ---some who submit story files that are password protected and I can not open---then I have to email them ---or if something is wrong I have to email each author ----that is not counting the author who email me their stories instead of submitting them to the site ---which takes me longer to publish

Tiger was trying to do an update ---but you have to figure he has a life and a family ---and a bunch of other sites ---many of which I help him with and I was not there to help on any of them

We are looking at different publishing software ---have been for over a year ---but it is difficult to find one that will be compatible with what we have so we do not loose stories in the conversion process ---and I am not going to republish all the stories again in another software format ---I do not have that kind of time

hope this answers your questions as to what Tiger was so busy doing
Single out for my own quoted post. Thank you Rabbit. I'm surprised that none of shdowrnnrs posts were selected as that seemed to be the persona that caused the most problems.

First off I would like to let both Tiger and Rabbit know that I appreciate them and the job they are doing. I appreciate the site they are offering to us all. I understand that you have a hard job and that the software is kludgy and not very easy to use. The point I have been trying to make is that you have a vast pool of people willing to assist in helping. I realize that it will take time to do this training but in the long run it would be for the best.

You said that for the last year you and tiger have been looking at other software options. YOu also mentioned that some of the options would require republishing all the library. With more assistance it seems that this process could be handled without you having to work any harder then you currently do. Look at the excitement that was caused by the last month? I would think that the time taken to train a few more people in how to publish the stories when you are away would be worth it.