As several of you have already noticed, DWG is currently experiencing problems with some of the stories in its archives. Specifically, older stories that are archived on thedwg.com (versus dwiggie.com) lead to dead links. The moderators would like to reassure you that we are aware of the problem and are actively working towards a resolution.
As a bit of background, and for those who may not have even realized that some of our stories are archived on a web domain separate from dwiggie.com, thedwg.com was created by Ann (the founder of DWG) when austen.com, our former domain, was going through a period of instability (i.e., crashed a lot, would go on the fritz, etc.). Ann used thedwg.com as a back-up board and toyed intermittently with the idea of moving everything to that domain. While she never did move everything to thedwg.com, she did move a lot of the older archived stories to that domain, with the thought that it would be a more stable site than austen.com in the long run.
Flash forward several years later, austen.com was growing more and more unstable, and our domain host was not being responsive. That's when the current moderators stepped in, created dwiggie.com, and moved everything that was on austen.com to the new domain. We did not, however, move any of the material hosted on thedwg.com because it continued to be maintained by Ann, and because the stories remained happily online there without any problems -- until now.
Fortunately, Ann is going to help us fix our current problems, but with it being the holiday season and everyone's schedule in disarray, the resolution is not likely to come any time soon. We know that some of you may be mid-story and/or wish to read a new story that you've recently stumbled upon, and are finding the dead links to be a source of frustration. We sincerely regret the disruption.
In the meantime, if there is a story that you wish to read and it is archived on thedwg.com, some of those stories have back-up copies on dwiggie.com. Therefore, try replacing thedwg.com with dwiggie.com in the URL web address. If you're lucky and there's a back-up copy, the new web address will work. If not, take heart, the story will return.
As always, we thank the community for its patience and understanding.
As a bit of background, and for those who may not have even realized that some of our stories are archived on a web domain separate from dwiggie.com, thedwg.com was created by Ann (the founder of DWG) when austen.com, our former domain, was going through a period of instability (i.e., crashed a lot, would go on the fritz, etc.). Ann used thedwg.com as a back-up board and toyed intermittently with the idea of moving everything to that domain. While she never did move everything to thedwg.com, she did move a lot of the older archived stories to that domain, with the thought that it would be a more stable site than austen.com in the long run.
Flash forward several years later, austen.com was growing more and more unstable, and our domain host was not being responsive. That's when the current moderators stepped in, created dwiggie.com, and moved everything that was on austen.com to the new domain. We did not, however, move any of the material hosted on thedwg.com because it continued to be maintained by Ann, and because the stories remained happily online there without any problems -- until now.
Fortunately, Ann is going to help us fix our current problems, but with it being the holiday season and everyone's schedule in disarray, the resolution is not likely to come any time soon. We know that some of you may be mid-story and/or wish to read a new story that you've recently stumbled upon, and are finding the dead links to be a source of frustration. We sincerely regret the disruption.
In the meantime, if there is a story that you wish to read and it is archived on thedwg.com, some of those stories have back-up copies on dwiggie.com. Therefore, try replacing thedwg.com with dwiggie.com in the URL web address. If you're lucky and there's a back-up copy, the new web address will work. If not, take heart, the story will return.
As always, we thank the community for its patience and understanding.