Finally happening. UKS will go.
Hi all.
Well, it has been a good run, but time to close the doors.
I have been pretty unwell for the last 6 months or so, my weird, rare myositis has been very poorly controlled, despite trying a series of stronger medications and hoping each time, that they would do the trick. I might be on a good one now, but only time will tell.
I have been checking in, and the number of posts when I check via Forum Spy is terribly low. Really really low. So while I get that there are a few people who still pop in now and then, it really isn't active, by any metric. We also have had a couple of odd issues (like the menu disappearing) and frankly, trying to get those technical issues sorted is just too much.
This year, given the exceedingly low traffic, I didn't feel right to ask the few (but incredibly loyal) sponsors who have stuck with us the last 3 years to pay anything to sponsor. So there is ZERO money coming in. I've carried UKS for the members for a few years now but I think the time has come.
I think 60 days is a reasonable amount of time for you to download anything you want from the site. I'll post a banner with the actual date at some point very soon, but if you know people who you think might want to pop back to download their layouts, grab a CyberCrop class or two, or any other resources, please let them know.
I still own the domain so at some point you may find that the UKS url points someplace else. Not sure where yet. I need to look at all of the UKS-related domains we have that point HERE (ukscrapper.co.uk, ukscrappers.com and maybe one or two others) and decide how to handle them. I am not sure what the status of the UKS Facebook page is! What I recall is someone else registered that a decade ago and added me as a moderator but I don't think I have "control" of it so that may still stay around in some form.
I am (of course) a little sad about it all, but I have not been well for a long time and when I am feeling OK there are other things I want to do. I have not been able to give UKS the time it needs. That is also part of the reason I have funded it for so long.
I'm sure this is not great news for some of you who still love this place. I am sorry, but it had to happen someday. I'm not going to waffle on.
Thank you all - it was an honor to be a part of your crafty, creative lives for so long. I hope you all have some lifelong friendships and some amazing memories of this place, and you don your rose-coloured glasses when you think back on it.
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Thanks for the good times
It's always sad to see something disappear but you are correct, it has had it's day and what days they were... you and UK Scrappers kept me sane while I scrapped around the world, replaced friends and family and gave me a reason to get up most days. Thank you for all the fun and learning and all the friendships and classes and mini books.... so many mini books!