Help, tips & tricks for using GSS

Editing Tags

On several places, you can add, edit or search for tags.

Tags are used to give the reader an idea what the story is about and what kind if things, fetishes, character, themes etc. he can expect to find in a story. They are essential for the reader to find the stories he’s looking for!

Each story must have at least three tags. You can add any amount of tags, but more than 5-8 tags are rarely useful. If the tags are too specific, noone will search for them. That’s why it doesn’t make sense to create all new tags which are probably only going to be used on a single story.

Any user can add or delete tags on any existing story!

Please help the community by fixing erroneous or missing tags!

The following widget appears on the bottom of every story (for authors who submit or edit their story, it looks and works the same):

You can tags just by typing. The browser will show you all tags that are matching your input. Select the proper tag with the mouse or keyboard. Press the comma-key (,) to commit a tag and start a new one.

The color of the tags reflect if they are ‘categories’ (blue), ‘main tags’ (green) or standard tags (grey). Main Tags are listed on the first page of the tag dialog, use them whenever possible.

If you add a completely new tag it will be shown in flashing red. Please reconsider if you really need it, maybe there’s an existing tag fitting your need or maybe it’s to specific. Only add new tags if really necessary.

Alternatively you can use the blue button image on the left to get a list of all existing tags:

You can select or deselect any number of tags in this dialog, and the tag widget will be properly updated as soon as you leave the dialog.

A small tag icon marks tags which have aliases. They will show up if you hover over a tag with the mouse. Alias are used to return story with similar tags when searching for them.

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