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    Posted: 21 Jun 2022 at 1:10pm
With the 200 character limit on signatures and the urls being as long as they are, I can't seem to successfully include links to stories in my signature.  I only have two right now.  However, I see other people include numerous links in theirs. Am I missing some shortcut that others have caught on to?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jayscottink Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Jun 2022 at 1:55pm
Link shorteners help--my go-to is bitly. You past the long forum URL into their website, and it spits out a much, much shorter one, which saves enough characters to squeeze a third story in, depending on your title lengths and so on. There's also a post in the main Creative Writing Corner forum where folks keep links to all of their past stories in a comment, and you can link to that comment in your signature too, along with, say, your active competition stories. That thread is here: Author Archive.

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Oh hey thanks, I'll try that!
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Actually came here because my signature won't update properly... it looks good in my profile...doesn't appear right in the posts...and then when I got check what looked right originally has changed to this:
Would appreciate any help!


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I'm getting the same problem! shoots up some crazy "No follow...." message

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Originally posted by Kimmietta Kimmietta wrote:

I'm getting the same problem! shoots up some crazy "No follow...." message



Did you manage to sort it yet?
I had that exact same "no follow..." message at one point - got a few different error messages. along the way. The way I fixed mine was by drastically shortening the signature. I ended up removing the whole link to my first round story and then it worked. Not ideal but at least I still have my current flash fiction and micro fiction there.
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