20 February 2015 @ 08:35 pm
Sinful-desire.org/ Site Update  
Hi guys, this is a further update to the status of http://www.sinful-desire.org/  [You can reference to our last post here.]

So when we last updated you, we were able to reach the owner of the site in time and get permission for[livejournal.com profile] morgandawn to pay the $120 hosting fee in time. So the sinful-desire's hosting fees have been paid through December 2016. We were waiting to hear back from the archivist if she has plans to allow the archive to be managed by someone else (hopefully with a knowledge of e-Fiction, the software the site uses) or have it hosted at A03 but hadn't heard back yet.

We now face a new issue that we knew was approaching, the domain name is up for renewal. Only the registered owner is allowed to pay the fee. We're trying to work with the the archive owner and the webhost/domain registrar to renew the domain name, but if that is unsuccessful, then the site could go down on March 17, 2015.

The only action item at this point is if you are an author or a reader, please take steps to ensure your work or your favorite stories are backed up. A SIGNAL BOOST of this message would be appreciated to spread the word so folks can grab what they need.
More news when/if we have it.


* Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] spnstoryfinders for letting us post these updates!
 
 
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meus_venator: Charlie fights like a girl[personal profile] meus_venator on February 21st, 2015 06:49 pm (UTC)
Yes, migration of all the content to AO3 through the Open Door project was one of the things [livejournal.com profile] morgandawn proposed to the site owner, we just hadn't heard back. It does seem like one of the best ways to save all the fic because they have a longer term plan. A lot of the authors are already on AO3 as well. It's the ones that aren't that we're concerned with and AO3 has permissions all figured out.

It's a matter of having access to the site and permission to go ahead.
[identity profile] stephenashton.livejournal.com on February 21st, 2015 07:18 pm (UTC)
Ah, fair enough - I guess I'll continue with my current plan for savings fics I want off the site - print to PDF and backup to Dropbox!