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General Questions
After the Deadline helps you write better by adding spelling, style, and grammar checking to web applications. You can learn more on our features page.
After the Deadline is available as a plugin for Wordpress. We will expand to other platforms soon. We also support a TinyMCE plugin for developers to add After
the Deadline to their applications. Stay tuned.
No, After the Deadline is available as a plugin for supported web applications. You may use After the Deadline through a simple web interface at http://www.polishmywriting.com.
No. When an issue like this is found, we fix it. We do temporarily insert HTML tags in TinyMCE to highlight errors and suggestions. We remove these tags when you post your blog entry.
You can permanently ignore any error message. Click an
error and select "Ignore Always". This will update a cookie in your browser. In WordPress you can visit the
After the Deadline settings page (the same place you input your key) to unignore errors.
API Keys
A request is each click of the "Check Writing" button. If you check a document three times, it is three requests.
Clicking the explain option for an error does not count as a request.
Your account allows you to access your API key. So the reasons for needing a key apply for needing an account. We use your API key to identify your
account type and how much you're using the service.
We do not have a strictly enforced limit for personal keys. We expect that you or a few writers are using your key in a
supported application. If we notice abuse of our service, we may introduce a hard limit.
No. You may use your key in multiple places.
About Us
The name After the Deadline is inspired by the NY Times After Deadline blog:
After Deadline examines questions of grammar, usage and style encountered by writers and editors of The Times. It is adapted from a weekly newsroom critique overseen by Philip B. Corbett,
the deputy news editor who is also in charge of The Times's style manual. The goal is not to
chastise, but to point out recurring problems and suggest solutions.
Since many writers wrestle with similar troubles, we think these observations might interest general readers, too.
Since AtD is a style checker to help new media (re: internet) writers shine, we found this name very fitting.
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