I tried to read a few saved stories on the Archive and I keep getting a page for that the domain is available? is anyone else having issues or did I miss something? The page did work last night so I don't think it would be down.

I was on it late last night (couldn't sleep at 4 in the morning) but when I woke up at 8 something I got the same thing. I'm new to everything here (found L&C six months ago, literally joined the message boards today) so I have no clue what's going on but you're not the only one : )

I was on it late last night, as well, and it's defo not working for me, either. I actually just joined the board to hunt up what was happening with the archive.

Oh dear, I just checked and it's annual renewal was up on April 26th. It may have been domain grabbed because something slipped past our sister site"s domain.

I'll ask the other FoLCs.

Michael

Michael, I just checked. Its gone. What happened?

Michael and I are doing what we can behind the scenes. The archive is maintained solely by LaurenW, as it has been since its inception (27 years ago ). We’ve contacted LaurenW to make sure everything is okay with her and to see if there’s anything we can do to help.

In the meantime, the archive is available via the Internet archive here: https://web.archive.org/web/20230302094102/https://lcfanfic.com/

Hopefully, it’s just a matter of her credit card having expired or something and we’ll be back up and running in no time.


Please know that, in a worst case scenario, we do have the means and resources to get things back up and running again. We’ll do our best to keep you posted as soon as we know anything!

Sara

FoLCs, I now had a couple of minutes to poke around and here's what we know:

The domain lcfanfic.com wasn't renewed as normal on April 26th. Instead, it lapsed and is now in limbo.

We (Sara and I) have reached out to Lauren, who maintains the Archive and Labby, who served as General Editor for a very long time on the Archive. Labby hasn't heard from Lauren so all we can do right now is hope Lauren's all right and it's just a clerical error.

Meanwhile, Sara and I are also discussing fallback solutions to make sure our Archive can survive if the worst did happen. We know of some backups out there and there is also the Internet Archive, which seems to have a complete snapshot of the HTML version of the Archive (not the epubs, word documents etc). It can be reached here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230302094102/https://lcfanfic.com/

I did check a couple of random story links and the story was there, regardless of age or random location in the list. So, I'm hoping it's all there and can be rescued, too.

Since the Internet Archive is a stable source of data, the information is available there and can be browsed just like before (except for the ebooks). This means we still have an Archive, so we will take a beat to ensure the next steps are done properly. First of course, we wait and see about Lauren. If the worst did happen, we will work on getting the Archive back up and running on an official LnC system and not as a backup via the Internet Archive. This would be a major endeavor, though, and thus take a bit. Please rest assured that both Sara and I are also hardcore FoLCs with a deep love for the stories written in this fandom and entrusted to the Archive so while it may take a bit, we do plan of getting things up and running properly

Michael

The domain was renewed last night (by Lauren most likely) and the Archive can be reached again. You may need to wait another day or so or do a reboot of your computer to get the updated Server Infos.

Michael

Just got the update that Lauren's well

Darth:

Thanks to you and everyone on the team so much for looking into this matter. That was the first time anything like that has happened in the twelve years I've been on the msbs. It was a little scary. Very glad to hear Lauren is well!

Thank you, Darth and Sara! I’m glad Lauren is well and that the archive is back.