I think everyone is aware that Caste Football was hacked last year by a spammer. Doing a Google search just now, this is how the site is described: "Non-prescription generic cialis - Purchase the drug you need in no time. Get an opportunity to pay less for your drug. Efficient medical care. . ." The second result is for the discussion forum and says: "Dzpoxetine available in pakistan -- Most trusted pharmacy on the web welcomes you. Highest quality drugs with so side effects. We ship speedy. . ."
This scares away people who might want to peruse the site and contribute to it. Additionally, the hack has resulted in a number of people not being able to sign up and log in and post, while some posters are no longer able to post because their password is no longer accepted.
That's bad enough, but also because of the hack, bot spammers by the thousands have registered as members on the homepage (which is designed for people to comment after articles). A number do on the discussion forum as well but I've been able to delete those on a daily basis. But over time the sheer number of spambots that have registered via the homepage have created a huge database that, along with the site being hacked as a Cialis promotional site, has caused the server hosting Caste Football to slow down considerably, to the point that something has to be done as they will no longer host it the way it is and I highly doubt anyone else would either.
I've been consumed for the past year trying to get my other two sites combined and rebuilt as a single site. After that was done (and it should be very soon now) I wanted to direct my attention to Caste Football as my financial resources are very limited. But the ongoing problems related to the hack have reached a critical point, and the site must be either fixed, rebuilt, or disabled.
So. . . I am asking for your help in getting Caste Football working properly again, so that people doing searches aren't scared away and so that everyone who wants to join and contribute can do so. A solid corps of posters keeps the board going, but all boards need new blood to replace those that fade away and we have had very little of that over the past year.
My idea is to make this as cost-efficient as possible by converting Caste Football into just a discussion forum, and discarding the rest of it. No one has been writing articles for a long time now, and if/when there are new articles they can be posted on the board such as we have now with the forums "J. B. Cash's Column" and "Important Articles and Posts." Many of the articles that are linked via the homepage have themselves been hacked and can no longer be read, especially older ones.
What I need to accomplish this is your help. You came through before several years ago and I'm counting on you again if Caste Football is going to continue because I can't pay for this myself.
Time is of the essence as I have to make a decision on what to do here quickly. Let's rally 'round the site. It's still one of a kind after over a decade of existence and plays an important role in combating the onslaught of one-sided propaganda that props up the Caste System. You can pm me, or post on this thread, which I will post in both the NFL and Happy Hour forums. The paypal address for contributions is mail@castefootball.us. If insufficient support is forthcoming and the site has to be discontinued I will refund your contributions, but I feel confident we can get this done.
This scares away people who might want to peruse the site and contribute to it. Additionally, the hack has resulted in a number of people not being able to sign up and log in and post, while some posters are no longer able to post because their password is no longer accepted.
That's bad enough, but also because of the hack, bot spammers by the thousands have registered as members on the homepage (which is designed for people to comment after articles). A number do on the discussion forum as well but I've been able to delete those on a daily basis. But over time the sheer number of spambots that have registered via the homepage have created a huge database that, along with the site being hacked as a Cialis promotional site, has caused the server hosting Caste Football to slow down considerably, to the point that something has to be done as they will no longer host it the way it is and I highly doubt anyone else would either.
I've been consumed for the past year trying to get my other two sites combined and rebuilt as a single site. After that was done (and it should be very soon now) I wanted to direct my attention to Caste Football as my financial resources are very limited. But the ongoing problems related to the hack have reached a critical point, and the site must be either fixed, rebuilt, or disabled.
So. . . I am asking for your help in getting Caste Football working properly again, so that people doing searches aren't scared away and so that everyone who wants to join and contribute can do so. A solid corps of posters keeps the board going, but all boards need new blood to replace those that fade away and we have had very little of that over the past year.
My idea is to make this as cost-efficient as possible by converting Caste Football into just a discussion forum, and discarding the rest of it. No one has been writing articles for a long time now, and if/when there are new articles they can be posted on the board such as we have now with the forums "J. B. Cash's Column" and "Important Articles and Posts." Many of the articles that are linked via the homepage have themselves been hacked and can no longer be read, especially older ones.
What I need to accomplish this is your help. You came through before several years ago and I'm counting on you again if Caste Football is going to continue because I can't pay for this myself.
Time is of the essence as I have to make a decision on what to do here quickly. Let's rally 'round the site. It's still one of a kind after over a decade of existence and plays an important role in combating the onslaught of one-sided propaganda that props up the Caste System. You can pm me, or post on this thread, which I will post in both the NFL and Happy Hour forums. The paypal address for contributions is mail@castefootball.us. If insufficient support is forthcoming and the site has to be discontinued I will refund your contributions, but I feel confident we can get this done.
