Some years ago, the
GIMP site went through a big setback. Amy went to the rescue and set it up all over again, from scratch. The preferred system was respected, many fans of the forum wanted it that way. It was not Ralphus resisting the change.
Once again the site is going through a rough time because of the activities of useless human beings who have no other purpose in life but to fuck things up for others. I'm waiting to hear about the results of what Ralphus and his hosting service are doing to save the files and reformat it.
Maybe the time to change the format has come. The Guestbook format in use is, still, part of hndreds of thousands of websites. It's basic in its format, even though with time there were some improvements and additions and it works, as long as hacker fuckers don't fuck with it.
The forum format, such as this forum, have the membership system which allows administrators to either accept or reject members. In some cases even approve or reject posts.
It's more difficult but not impossible to hack.
Hosting services, in some cases, are open to hackers. It means, their firewalls are not effective or in place.
I'm sure the
GIMP forum will return in full force, maybe all the posts have been lost, it will have to start from zero. However, the files should still be where they are unless the hackerfuckers deleted them.
I keep all my posts in archive, with the discussions therein. Most of them I share them here. Sometime ago I was experimenting with a section at redfeline.com. I called it Margot's Chronicles. I think I'll revive that concept. The following link will take you there so you'll know what I'm talking about.
Let's hope for the best!