Just seems a shame if we can't find a mutually acceptable way to move the site forward becky.

I don't know much about this sort of thing, but isn't there a way for the current webmaster to transfer ownership?

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

This thread seems to have hit the buffers, but it would be good to know what the future holds for the HOL site.

I hadn't realised, until the other day reading all this, that HOL was basically created by one person. Very well I might add. It has been slow recently in some situations when there is a high level of activity. I just assumed it was a normal volume issue.

In general it seems to hang together pretty well, but if it is built on old protocols, how much longer will it continue to give us service? We can't just wait for it to collapse and fail completely.

Can either Guntrisoft or Penge Eagle give us an idea what, if anything, needs to be done to keep the site running properly for us? It will clearly require funds, but how much I wonder? It would be good if one of you could explain.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

To be honest I haven't noticed any deterioration as it runs fine most of the time.

Match days the site slows to a halt but it has been like that for years due presumably to the weight of numbers.

Do the owners really want to throw money at it to solve a problem that only happens for a few hours once a week.

The site has worked fine for me and I'm on a very slow connection on a Greek island

Guntri does keep an eye on it, and is pretty quick to react if there is a real problem or a crash (as has happened on a few occasions).

It's not really about the money to run the site (although that helps), but it is the time it would take to completely overhaul it and rewrite it in a more modern format, with all the whistles and bells that people want ....... which Guntri simply doesn't have time to do at the moment.

Surfing through Hol is a bit like supporting Palace: it's hard work at times, but you wouldn't want to go anywhere else.

A revamp is on the cards, but I've been hearing that since about 20015.......

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

Thanks becky, reassuring reply. I have to say that I find HOL much easier to navigate than either bbs or Comrades. But not as easy as supporting Palace, that just comes naturally.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

I must disagree with you there as I think that the BBS is much easier to navigate as it has the facility to take you directly to the first unread post in the thread whereas on here you have to scroll through a whole page to find where you last left off.

The main problem with the BBS is that the signal to noise ratio is too low and there is too much waffle and insulting before you actually get to any useful information

Comrades is also built on more modern dedicated forum software but I don't spend time there as it's mainly just a home for people banned from the two major sites