Newest Collections

View all Newest Collections

Latest News

February 13, 2025: DSSHosting/Fort Family Community Upgrade!!!
Posted by JeffsFort

Hi Everyone!

 
Just a quick notice to let you know that we are in the process of backing up all our hosting packages for an upcoming migration to newer, faster servers. Of course this means a bump up in the service you are receiving and to the average visitor, just another day at the office. LOL!
 
What is needed from you? In all honesty, I would encourage all Fort Family Site Owners to be sure that all updates to your site get put on hold starting Monday 02/17 as that will be when I plan to do our last full backup and final cleanup of all posted work throughout our network of sites. Then the physical move is planned for 02/20 at which point in time a new snapshot is going to be taken and migrated to the new server. Allowing for 48 hours for DNS servers to catch up, we will be settled in by the end of next week and can resume normal operations.
 
So sit back and watch one of the coolest things to happen to a website, show no real evidence that anything has actually happened by just visiting. That's the plan :)
 
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns and join us in celebrating our new upgraded home for our online family!

November 12, 2024: Fort Family Community Outreach
Posted by JeffsFort

Hi Everyone!

It's Jeff this year asking for your help to keep our sites up and running. You may well know our sites are run almost entirely on your generous donations! When your donations do not cover all of the cost, the difference comes out of our pockets. We have no ADs on our sites and no Premium Tiers and No Pay Walls! There is no charge to our authors for hosting their stories nor any charge for you the readers to read them. That was the original agreement in the beginning and we work hard to keep our promise to keep it that way. Of course we would appreciate it if you could find a way to donate any amount to help us in our mission keep our sites AD-free and running. So please check between your couch cushions and under your car seats any amount will be gratefully accepted. No amount is too small. Seriously!

We thank you very much for all of your help over the years.

So you know, our last offer is still on the table. We are still running the following promotion, simply put, make at least a $10 USD donation and say that you are interested, you'll get a random autographed copy of one of the soft cover Joel Books directly from Ted Luis himself. I don't know how many copies are left but while he has them, he's happy to send them to you all as a thank you. Mine is on a shelf here in my room and it's probably one of my favorite keepsakes.


The Original Offer - Repost:

Have you considered helping to keep these sites up and running? Are you also a fan of Ted Louis' "Joel" series? Well, Ted has informed us that he found a case of assorted Joel books. Yeah, "actual" in print books! He decided that for anyone willing to make a $10 or larger donation within the US to the hosting service paying the bills for the Fort Family Community of sites, he is willing to send you your very own copy of a random book in the "Joel" series, autographed by Ted Louis himself as a thank you! An amazing keepsake from an amazing author!


What to do:


1. Click on https://dsshosting.net/donations/donation-form/ and click on "Donate Now".


2. Make a qualifying donation of $10 or more.


3,. Email your name and mailing address to joel-offer@fortfamilyforums.com (Yes, a P.O. box, relative's address, next-door neighbor, total stranger's address... is fine. As long as you are able to intercept the mail ;)


4. Once the donation has been confirmed, Ted Louis will send a random autographed copy of one of his books to you directly.


(One book per donation. This offer will be withdrawn once the limited number of books has been sent. The early bird gets the worm! Unfortunately, only US residents due to expensive international shipping :( We'll take down the offer as soon as we confirm that no copies remain.)

View all News Posts