Published on March 10, 2005 By tjesterb In Internet
A while back Litestep.net had a message saying they were temporarily down, now all you get is a refused connection, not even a 404.
Isearched around a little, and the same question has been asked in some other forums, but no one seems to know.

Comments
on Mar 11, 2005
good question
on Mar 11, 2005
Hmmm, apparently no good answers.
on Mar 11, 2005
I've been poking around on the various LS sites and have not seen anything at all anywhere. It's actually kind of strange and mysterious.
on Mar 11, 2005
http://www.ls-universe.info/news.php
on Mar 11, 2005
it'll be back asap http://sryo.ctech.ca/20050215lsnet
on Mar 12, 2005
sryo: Thanks, (where did you come across that little snippet?) Sounds like those guys need some help from T-Man.
horizon: I didn't see anything there, did I just miss it?

on Mar 12, 2005
that snippet is from #litestep on irc.freenode.net, it's the first place you should check when you have a doubt.
on Mar 12, 2005
To tell the truth, I rarely use irc or any other IM service anymore, but thanks for the info. I hope those guys get their hardware issues taken care of.
As cheap as hosting is these days I'm kind of surprised they don't just have someone host it for them. Oh, well.
on Mar 12, 2005
Thats just the place Jafo sent the last few that asked about litestep
on Mar 12, 2005
Thanks, horiz0n. I'm working on 1st LS theme, and would have liked to poke around their forums for some answers. Usually someone has already asked the newbie questions and saved you the trouble of posting.
Sounds like they (LS.net)may be starting over if they can't get at their backups. I have to maintain the backup tapes for 5 servers at work and I know those tape devices aren't cheap. Looks like LS.net runs on a pretty tight budget.
on Mar 13, 2005
although it seems the backup drive also failed, no data was lost.

the site may return really soon
on Mar 13, 2005

The only constant in Litestep sites is their frequent demise and resurrection.

At least with Wincustomize.com there's some reliability/continuity with accessing our archive of themes....

on Mar 13, 2005
Well, there's only one WC.
And only one Jafo. (Does that make you a Jofo? [Just ONE Fine Observer] )
on Mar 14, 2005
I suspect we better leave it at Jafo.

Wincusto you can can count on.
Unfortunatly LS only sites aren't as stable.