I'm in a real quandry about me website.

[panik]

I just got the renewal notice; it's gone up again and the current exchange rate means it's going to cost me over £100 to keep it on for another year  and I'm wondering what to do. TBH, I've pretty much lost interest in the thing. The message board is moribund, the chat has moved on. Aside from the downloads, practically no one visits it anymore.

I could get free-space and move a lot of the text-based stuff there but obviously, if I did that, the galleries and the downloads would have to go.

So, I suppose what I'm asking is, does anyone really care? Would it be massively missed if it disappeared, because I admit, I'm tempted to just let it go.

ETA. Looking at the comments, it does seem all anyone's really interested in is the fate of the downloads. Maybe some other arrangement can be made to host these on another website (though be aware that it requires a lot of memory and bandwidth)? It does look like the rest of the site can go because it doesn't seem  that anyone will miss it at all.

Comments

[runriggers.livejournal.com]

I'd move to a free site if you wanted to keep what you can.

[rhianne.livejournal.com]

If it helps, hon, I have plenty of web space you could use? It's paid up through till March 2010, and you're welcome to use it till then. Whether I renew it after that I don't know, but at least you could keep the galleries/downloads/whatever else you wanted until then...?

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

I'd hate to see it die - but on the other hand a hundred quid is a lotta dosh, and there be other ways and means to do things...

::hugs and sighs::

[fluterbev.livejournal.com]

Eh, it's a quandary. I imagine maintaining the downloads is a pretty thankless task, although I know from coomments I see here and there that a lot of people use them. £100 is a lot, though, if your heart's not in it.

I heartily recommend Rhianne as a mistress, um, er, I mean webmistress ;-)

[vamysteryfan.livejournal.com]

I would miss it but that's quite a lot of money. Tough decision either way :(

[wneleh.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I'm grateful for your site, and have made use of the downloads. I think it's worth a lot more than 100 pounds to the community; whether it's worth more to you, of course, is a different matter.

I like your site alot....

[starshine24mc.livejournal.com]

especially the downloads, which is a brilliant thing in a fandom where the darned production company isn't getting the dvds out to the fans
! (gr, still bitter paramount!)

At any rate, the price does seem pretty steep there. I use Angelfire, and while I only have a small site, it's just five bucks a month (roughly 2poundfifty). I know it's a bit more for more space and bandwidth, but you might want to check it out

www.angelfire.com

good luck!

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

I know that the downloads are used - they're mentioned quite often when new people say that they're looking for episodes. Otoh, 100 quid is a *lot* of cash for you to provide a public service. No easy answers, I'm afraid.

[banbury.livejournal.com]

Your site is really helpful and I visit it from time to time not only to download, but to read as well. I'm not sure how you could do it, but maybe everybody who download can donate some money to keep site running?

[arnie1967.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty darn sure you've got other things you can use that £100 for! Maybe a cheaper site or a free site would be the answer. It would definitely solve your streaming worries.

[monkeyfun1.livejournal.com]

can't we all donate or something to keep the site going? I really would hate to lose the downloads as I don't have my external hard drive yet and only have season one still.
HOwever. I do understand the money situation. It it tight for folks all over.
If it isn't too much of a bother why not take rhianne up on her offer until we can help you get the monies together.
T

[snycock.livejournal.com]

Yeesh, that's a lot - I didn't realize this was costing you so much. I love having all my fic together on your site (in a theoretical way, since I haven't done much lately in the way of sending you stuff), but I do feel less needy now that I can put it all at ASR3 (again, in a purely theoretical way since I'm just as behind uploading there). So I definitely wouldn't want you paying that much just for that.

The downloads are really popular and recommended a lot, but that's still an awful lot of money for you. I'd vote for trying to find a cheaper option. How much memory and bandwidth does it take? Because Jason and I have a site that is doing absolutely nothing right now. I might need some technical help with the uploading and all, but it's possible that we could host them.

I'm also happy to help with the taking down and putting back up, if you decide to do that somewhere else.

[betagoddess.livejournal.com]

I have enjoyed your site over the years. The downloads, the fic, the galleries, but that is one HECK of a lot of money! I see others have given you suggestions. I hope something works out for you that doesn't cost so much.

[wneleh.livejournal.com]

ETA. Looking at the comments, it does seem all anyone's really interested in is the fate of the downloads. Maybe some other arrangement can be made to host these on another website (though be aware that it requires a lot of memory and bandwidth)? It does look like the rest of the site can go because it doesn't seem that anyone will miss it at all.

I don't want you to think fic is without value! But I pretty much assume that everyone posts things multiple places...

Have you had any legal-type hassles with the downloads?

Seriously, if you'd posted about this before I wrote a whole pile of checks last week early to get them off my plate before going away this week, I'd have had $150 to send you. But I'm sensing you really want to be out of this aspect of fandom; and while I can program html, every time I try to deal with hosting and all that I end up in tears... (And my font here is about 5 point so I have no clue what I've written so far!)