Update RE: Hi guys, just a heads up that
http://www.sinful-desire.org/ may very well be shutting down permanently as of now.
morgandawn and I have both been in contact with the webhost for Sinful Desire. Both billing and support and they have said they cannot accept payment or do anything until the site owner contacts them. We have asked them to preserve the data for another month, they have said once an account is terminated we retain backups for 30 days so the account could still be restored if payment is received. As of 12/31/2014 11am EST the site is down with no expected return date. So the ongoing outages were the 60 day termination notice and we are now into the final 30 days
The site did receive an payment extension back in 2012, but that expired in 2013.
Both
morgandawn and I, have reached out to the site owner in hopes we can get the site back up temporarily until a more permanent solution is worked out. I have only heard back from her once at this point a few days ago where she was thinking about what she could do. I have told her of the various offers on the table including transfer of the site and funding and now we have possible (almost) free web hosting offer from
astrozoot and many other offers of funds and support (thank you all). If we hear from her, we will let you know and post updates to this post.
Until then, if you are an author and have not backed up your story, the spnstoryfinders members may be able to assist.
Okay so the very latest is
morgandawn was able to reach the site owner in time and she agreed to keep the site running.
morgandawn paid the $120 (which may end up being two years web hosting instead of what we understood was one years fee previously) and is assessing the site with the owner for export to AO3. She is also backing the site up. We'll see what next steps are re: fundraising for more years, or mod help etc.
As things become clearer and do a new post/update. Thank you so much for all your offers and support. Another tooth in the SPN Smile has been saved!
Happy New Year Everyone and thank you so much
morgandawn for your generosity and persistence