The Just Words! website is due to close in a weeks time. The site host, Lycos, is cutting out all unprofitable activities, and although they promised site hosting would remain until at least the end of March they have now brought the closure forward to 15th February.
I have been investigating alternative hosts with the intention of making the site a little more professional and until this weekend was intending to relaunch the site as soon as possible. I am now having serious second thoughts and may keep the site permanently closed. Rewriting the site for a new host will be a time consuming task given the numerous links that have to be changed and I have to consider whether the usage of the site - 9 people per week - justifies this time investment. QL activities take up much of my time that could be devoted to other things. In particular I have a number of family history projects that are on permanent hold. I have still not kept a promise to a niece that I made 3 years ago. It is very tempting to abandon the QL to be able to spend more time on family history. The last time I wrote anything for one of the family history magazines I was paid generously for my work. The article produced a large number of reactions including one from a distant relative I had never heard of before and who had masses of family photos. In return she got a mass of detail from me that peviously she had known nothing about. The QL prevents from doing more work like this. If you want something from the Just Words! website, download it in the next 7 days, Best wishes, Geoff _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
