I didn't want to repost until I was convinced that Crosswinds was stable
and everything was fine, but I'm happy to report that the FFML
Mini-Archive has been up with almost no service interruption for the
last two months, and contains over 12,150 stories with more being added
frequently (somewhere between daily and weekly <grin>)
Additionally, while the administrative staff of the web site has been
combing the net for lost and incomplete fics and broken links in the
site, I have been working on adding features and improving the software
engine that processes the FFML emails and generates the web pages.
Improvements thus far have included the addition of a search function to
the site (it's moderately useful; I don't think they anticipated such a
large site when yep.com offered the service for free)
Coming soon will be additional index pages, based on authors, story
types, and series. I also hope to add more commentary by setting up a
system to translate inbound emails into formated pages. Finally, I will
start accepting links by email to post for other fanfic sites.(not yet;
I don't have the software written to parse them out quite finished)
The URL?
http://meridun.tripod.com/index.html
Come see what we've been up to. If you stick around for another week or
so, you'll be even more amazed (if my boss doesn't stick me with a bunch
of work before then <grin>)
Thanks,
Mike Dickinson
Webmaster