I thought that in the past there was a space on my novel page on the website to paste a copy of some of what I have written. Or, did they take that capacity away to make room for other website features?

Its still there.. under "My NaNoWrimo" "and then under Dashboard" "my Novel"

http://nanowrimo.org/participants/willowsanders/novels/unnamed-894910

Thanks, couldn't see the forest for the trees.