Evidently there were some problems earlier with the server. The following email was sent out to the members.
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Soapaddict.com
http://www.soapaddict.com
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The reason the site was down today for a few hours -
I'm on a shared server with hundreds of other clients. This site has so much traffic on the forums that the resources on that server get used up and it slows down all those hundreds of clients' sites. So they suspended the site.
I talked to them and they were kind enough to put it back up. But if this occurs again (which I feel it probably will)... I will have to move up to a semi-dedicated server. Meaning my monthly bill for the hosting company will rise from $24.95 to $64.95 a month. That's an arm and a leg for me to pay monthly on my own. It's actually pretty crazy to pay for a fansite, my own personal site dedicated to this show. I don't make money off this site and the only thing that brings me a few CENTS each month is the Google ads on the bottom of the page. So all of this is out of my own pocket.
I'm already in debt on my credit cards as it is, which I am trying to control this year. It's about $20k on my cards with the moving and extra things I've had to take care of. I'm in barely no position to pay such an amount for hosting this site.
I'm going to see how long it takes before it is brought down again. If it does go down again, I will have to move it up to the $64.95 a month deal.
If it gets to that, I may have to remove some extras from the site and make it subscription based (examples: to use avatars, sigs, etc) that charge like $2 a month to at least help pay this. Or if you'd like to donate money to keeping the site up and running, you can send it via paypal to jessica@soapaddict.com.
I would appreciate your patience and help with this you guys! I don't want to take the site down, that's the last thing I ever want to do because you all are amazing and this has been my baby since 1999.
Take care.
Jessica
Soapaddict.com
http://www.soapaddict.com
