Heliopolis closed in January 2016, after hosting costs for the then 18 year old archive rose beyond my means to maintain them. This site, while a labor of love, was a huge time and monetary commitment. I have maintained the domain ever since, though, because I loved what it represented, what this site was to me, too much to let it go.
I still get regular inquiries about the site and its stories. I am considering throwing up a read-only version of the archive based on whatever backups that I have. It probably won’t be everything, but it will make a few people happy, including me.
OMG hi! What a wonderful and thoughtful thing you’re doing. You might have already seen this, but the Organization for Transformative Works has an initiative called Open Doors, which is “dedicated to offering shelter to at-risk fannish content. We have several subprojects and rescue efforts aimed at archiving and preserving different kinds of fanworks and artifacts of fan culture.” https://www.transformativeworks.org/opendoors/
They’ve helped many other fandom-specific archives preserve the archives or works, and I bet they’d help preserve Heliopolis and its sister sites as well. 🙂
Thank you for all that you have done. I can’t begin to imagine how difficult the decision was to close the site. Please know that I am grateful for all the joy and fun that I had exploring your archive. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Heliopolis back to life again?! This is too good to be true. There are many fans still out there. AO3 still has new stories posted from time to time. “Heliopolis” will make a lot more then ” a few” people very very happy! Thank you for the good news. Can’t wait…