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Posted By: mika Old Fic - 02/27/22 10:21 AM
I am reading Lois and Clark Fanfic again and I see zoomway's boards no longer work and the links for the stories don't seem to work on the fanfic directory lists. I was wanting to read the George and Lynn stories again. Can they be found anywhere still?
Posted By: bakasi Re: Old Fic - 02/27/22 11:40 AM
Some of the nfic stories are in the nfic archieve. Look at www.nfanfic.net. Since this board doesn't permit George and Lynn fic (and I guess most people who frequent these boards don't like them), this should be your best option.
Posted By: Lynn S. M. Re: Old Fic - 02/27/22 12:45 PM
Have you tried using the Wayback Machine (www.archive.org)? You can use that site to find a lot of web pages from the past.
Posted By: mika Re: Old Fic - 02/27/22 05:34 PM
That is unfortunate. I really liked those stories. I think there is only one story at the nfanfic site. I remember them being a lot of them. I have just learned of this site and I am not sure how to use this site. I don't think I am using it right. I appreciate you guys responding.
Posted By: Lynn S. M. Re: Old Fic - 02/27/22 05:57 PM
To use the Wayback Machine:

  • Go to https://archive.org/web/
  • Enter the web site you are interested in.. (In this case, zoomway.net) and click the "Browse History" button. You will see a calendar for hte current year. Above this, there is a timeline, and above the years are black rectangles representing instances of pages from the site being captured.
  • Click on the year you are interested in; that is, click on (for example) "2008" and not one of the rectangles above it. You should now see a calendar representing the year You clicked on.
  • Click on one of the blue circles surrounding a day. A pop-up listing one or more times should appear.
  • Click on a time. This will cause a new tab to open showing the home page for the desired site. You can then navigate the site to find what you want.


I have found this site to be extraordinarily useful. Be aware, though, of its one major limitation: It only stores pages three(?) levels deep, so if what you want was stored in a sub-sub-sub-folder on the web site, it won't be available. Still, it's worth a try.

Good luck,
Lynn
Posted By: mika Re: Old Fic - 02/27/22 06:25 PM
Thank you, that was very helpful. I am assuming passwords will not work for the old pages. Even if I can't find what I am looking for, it was very cool to see the old pages.

Mika

Posted By: Lynn S. M. Re: Old Fic - 02/27/22 06:36 PM
You're very welcome. I would guess you are correct about old passwords, but I don't know for certain.
Posted By: Annie B. Re: Old Fic - 02/28/22 01:35 PM
No, passwords won't work. These old pages are snapshots.
Posted By: Darth Michael Re: Old Fic - 02/28/22 09:25 PM
The following link still works: http://www.zoomway.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php


Some time ago, there was a boards revamp that migrated stuff to a new structure.


wave Michael
Posted By: mika Re: Old Fic - 03/02/22 04:32 PM
Awesome, thank you for letting me know and the link.
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