Nope, that's right. Hopefully owners of existing archives will allow me to run the script on their server and stuff the stories into their archives. If there isn't an existing archive or if the owners don't want to participate, we could create one on an independent server (someplace not corporate-owned, so we would have control.) But I'm hoping for the first alternative.
And, yes, participating authors would know the ultimate destination before opting in. The destination would not change without notifying authors and allowing them to "opt out" of having their stories moved.
The format would be html, the same formatting that appears on the writer's lj. I would just grab everything from between the cut tags. So I would require that the writer *use* lj-cut to indicate the start of their story.
I will write up a requirements document once I have ironed out the technical issues. But please feel free to continue to ask any questions you might have, because they reveal areas that need fleshing out.
Re: Nifty Tool
And, yes, participating authors would know the ultimate destination before opting in. The destination would not change without notifying authors and allowing them to "opt out" of having their stories moved.
The format would be html, the same formatting that appears on the writer's lj. I would just grab everything from between the cut tags. So I would require that the writer *use* lj-cut to indicate the start of their story.
I will write up a requirements document once I have ironed out the technical issues. But please feel free to continue to ask any questions you might have, because they reveal areas that need fleshing out.