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What can we do when we feel jealous of our fellow creators? I've got some thoughts on the topic, and I hope they might be helpful to others.
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How to Block a User or a Work or a Series on AO3 by ao3commentoftheday
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17 May 2022
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If there are authors or stories out there that you'd rather not ever see in your search results again, you can create a site skin to remove them from your browsing experience.
This was first explained in an AO3 News Post, but I'm going to go into more detail so that anyone with an account can do it, with no need to do any coding at all. Just copy/paste.
Updated to include how to block a series! (and a link to how to block tags)
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- Part 8 of How to AO3
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Whether you're a new user who is overwhelmed by how AO3 works or whether you're someone trying to find that fic they loved so they can reread it again, I hope this work can assist you in your search!
Note: Please do not post your own work on AO3 asking for help finding a fic. That's against the Terms of Service for the site and it could end up with you getting a warning on your account. Even if you plan to delete it later, if your post gets reported you'll still get warned.
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- Part 7 of How to AO3
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Reasons to post oneshots in a series instead of as chapters of a single work by ao3commentoftheday
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01 Oct 2021
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If you’re an author who feels awkward or guilty about posting one shots as standalone fics instead of adding them as chapters to a single story, here are some reasons why readers love it when you post them one by one. I've also included reasons why authors might want to post them separately for their own benefit.
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As I'm writing this, AO3 just announced a new limit on the number of tags that authors can add to their works. The limit is 75 total tags across Fandoms, Characters, Relationships, and Additional tags. The limit does not apply to Ratings, Warnings, or Categories.
This work is going to explain what a tag is, how it works on AO3, and what an author can do to limit their tags but still get the most use out of them. This work is aimed at authors on AO3, but readers might find it interesting as well.
This work is not going to tell writers how they should or should not tag. My goal is just to help authors make informed decisions for their own tagging preferences.
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- Part 6 of How to AO3
- Part 1 of tagging
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Permablocking Specific Tags - Site Skin by Eli0t
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom, AO3, No Fandom
10 Aug 2023
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It finally exists. You can block any tag you want forever! You no longer need 3rd party extensions for this!
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- Part 1 of AO3 Skins
- Part 1 of :has() selector
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- English
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- 2,232
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- 3/3
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- 345
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- 633
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- 666
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Bookmarked by ao3commentoftheday
07 Oct 2025
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Phone Screen / Lock Screen AO3 Work Skin Guide by imperiousmarshmallow
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15 Mar 2025
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A tutorial to mimic a basic iOS-style phone screen with notifications and now playing indicator.
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- Part 3 of AO3 Work Skin Tutorials
Bookmarked by ao3commentoftheday
13 Jun 2025
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A work skin tutorial of a Google Search Suggestions page in AO3.
See Chapter 1 for examples of the work skin with 4 different suggestions types (auto-complete suggestions, recent history, related to recent searches and trending searches), Chapter 2 for an explanation of the CSS work skin, Chapter 3 for the complete CSS code of the work skin, Chapter 4 for explanations of the HTML code and Chapter 5 for the complete HTML code (all 4 types of suggestions).
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- English
- Words:
- 2,667
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 12
- Kudos:
- 99
- Bookmarks:
- 89
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31 May 2024
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how to add a google search to a work
explanation of both CSS and HTML -
This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.
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A description of AO3's Fannish Next of Kin and how to go about setting one up.
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An explanation of how to use my AO3 Mute Skin Generator to easily create skins that hide specific works or any work by a given user.
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- 448
- Chapters:
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- Kudos:
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Bookmarked by ao3commentoftheday
21 Oct 2021
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automatically generates a site skin that will block/mute the users and works you add to the spreadsheet