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PaidVacation
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posted June 30, 2007 07:24 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think at least a few of us here posted at the zodiacal forum, which has just closed. The posts have been drying up since last Fall, so it wasn't entirely unexpected, but still sad. Plus, I made a lot of good posts that I wish I could have copied before it was closed =O

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yourfriendinspirit
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posted June 30, 2007 08:20 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
PaidVacation, I'm feeling sad for you...

I personally never had the pleasure of veiwing or participating in this particular site. I do however know how disheartening it feels to have a favorite disappear.

I do have a suggestion as to how to copy previous posts from there that just may work!

You go to Google.com search area
type in your used name at that old site.

Example:
If you went as "Johnnybegood" you would type into the search box:

[johnnybegood zodiacal.com]
or
[johnnybegood zodiacal.com/forum/]
or
[johnnybegood zodiacal.com/post]

or even try the TOPIC?
example:
[aspects zodiacal.com]

Then with a bit of luck, as it make take a few trys with different results. You will be shown search results which are really valid.

Then instead of clicking the direct link they give you in the headlines... look down a bit.... after the description theres a link that says "Cache page" this is where you will click.

You see, search bots such as at google actually take a picture snapshot of pages periodically and these are not stored at the site in which you posted, these will exist sometimes several months after a site has closed down.

I hope that this helps some to ease your sadness? Good luck to you

BTW, I already found that many of their indexes are still intact at the site itself through this method!
Ex: http://www.zodiacal.com/royalty/index.html
and forum tools still available like:

Ephemerides
http://www.zodiacal.com/ephemerides

Moon Calendar
http://zodiacal.com/tools/mooncal_2007.htm

oh, oh, BINGO!!!
Check this out:
http://zodiacal.com/altmenu.htm

And finally, as a last resort, you could plea with the webmaster of the site for more help in retaining copies of old posts by emailing here: zz@zodiacal.com

Sendin' love your way,
"your friend in spirit"

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PaidVacation
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posted July 06, 2007 06:44 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
oooo great idea! Thanks

And apparently she shut it down because posts have been dwindling and the incessant flow of spambots wasn't worth dealing with. I tried opening a forum of my own, but it was deleted by the host site after 60 days passed without a post

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