I wanted to ask the same thing but I didn't want people to take it up the wrong way. A lot of work was put into it, it would be such a shame if it was offline permanently.

Didn't that one girl who recently passed in a car accident(?) run the site?

Bus factor = 1
So yeah

There are multiple people involved in the making and running of lolibrary.

The site will be fine.

They were already probably already planning upgrades before the tragedy happened. The front page had listed something about changes in registration and a future update due to the spam bot problem for a while now.

>>6952568
Not any of the previous anons, but the fact that they had been planning upgrades is why I'm concerned, because my understanding was the deceased is their programmer. Without the programmer, no upgrades.

>>6952647
My understanding is that the deceased was not the programmer, but I could be mistaken. Either way, it appears to be a Drupal site, so maintaining it in the absence of a programmer should be a peace of cake.

>>6952651
>peace of cake
Ugh, a piece of cake. Peace of cake sounds like a Utopian paradise though.

Give it time. I doubt they give many fucks about the site atm since their friend passed.

>>6952568
>>6952647
They all have some kind of programming knowledge... The deceased passed Friday night, and the updates started Thursday.

Just fuck off, all of you.

Hellolace is better anyways.

>>6953516
How so? Never updated and an absolutely tiny selection of stuff compared to lolibrary. Sure, the layout might be prettier, but if you're trying to look for the name of an obscure dress, you're most likely out of luck.

>>6953516
I tried to check hello lace for an ap dress yesterday, only to find out that no ap has been updated since like 2011. Totally better.....

>>6953457
Please, put down the computer and go be with your loved ones. You're just hurting yourself by lashing out at harmless strangers and not giving yourself more opportunities to heal. No one here is speaking ill of your friend's memory, we're just asking about a website which has been part of the international lolita vocabulary for years and is now, likely coincidentally, offline.

>>6953526
Different anon. I completely agree with your sentiment, but you came off pretty condescending. Especially considering there were several shitty threads about her before they were thankfully removed.

Personally, I'd drop /cgl/ for at least a couple of weeks. It just won't make you feel better to be here.

I didn't know her, but I'm really sorry for your loss.

>>6953516
I like their layout way better, and that their images are downloadable, but I really like lolibrary's search function. Plus the fact that lolibrary actually stays current.

>>6952545 (OP)
I can confirm that lolibrary will be back. It is completely unfortunate that Amy's passing happened right as this update was planned so all of the people involved literally dropped everything to be where they needed to be. As this was her legacy everyone involved (I'm not personally all that involved, but I personally know the folks who are) feels very strongly that they want lolibrary to continue on in perpetuity as a memorial to her. I myself plan to add more entries than I did before as I was pretty terrible at that. Please give everyone a little more time to work on it, we've had one of the worst weeks of our lives. It will be back as soon as possible.

>>6953546
oops. meant to trip.

The site's up for me now, it looks the same but there are no pictures.

Btw, what happened exactly?

>>6953561
Can you really not figure it out from this thread alone?

>>6953542
Just drag the image up to the URL bar

>>6953546
Thanks for the update, especially for even bothering to keep us posted when you're going through what you are and we're not exactly known for being the most empathetic of people. I've been seeing your posts about her on Tumblr and I think your friendship with her is extremely beautiful and touching. She'll definitely be remebered by the lolita community.

>>6953584
No problem. I'm not all that in the loop regarding lolibrary, usually, but we were all in the same room together this week so I was able to catch up on what is going on. I think there will be a more official post tomorrow. And thank you about the tumblr stuff. I just don't want to ever forget any little memory of her I have so pairing the pictures with the words has been a very cathartic process for me this week. She was such a special person and I want to share what she left with me with the world.