Where do you host your erotic fiction?
Where do you host your erotic fiction?
I currently have a Literotica account, but posting a story there is a bit of a wait for 2024. Plus, it also feels a bit like it's held together with paste. Do you have any favorite fiction hosting websites, or do you self-host?
I would love to self host, but I get a little annoyed by current blog and content management software.
I've got 3 erotic shorts I've been meaning to publish, but not one of them is quite there yet. I'm considering ArchiveOfOurOwn, Amazon, and Smashwords. If I were writing slash fiction or tweet-length stuff I'd probably just drop it in a forum somewhere. I still haven't found a roleplay/smut site where people are communicative and friendly to my kinks.
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I'd be happy if some more stories were on !erotic_stories@lemmynsfw.com . But I think the max post length on Lemmy is 10.000 characters. So using this to save the text itself will just work for short stories.
What is that you feel is missing in the self hosted space?
Technology is my day job, and I have a lot of experience with CMSs. I don't want to spend my free time managing a server to run just one application, so I'm sticking to PHP (I have a few things I run already on it). However, the options in that space are not the best. WordPress and Drupal are just a nightmare of plugins with archaic template concepts. There are more modern options like Craft, but I've been through a few major version upgrades on Craft. Having to damn near rebuild the site each time is too much headache.
I'm currently almost leaning towards Grav, but I have mixed feelings about their documentation. It has a lot, but feels a bit sparse on some topics.