It had to do with a guest book page -- admittedly with code written by some company offering it for "free." I ran my computer's virus checker when the page was on my machine and nothing came up as a problem, so I had no reason -- then or now -- to think the code presented dangers.

The guestbook has been removed and I will install a different BUT VERY SAFE means of getting feedback on the site. I have the old guestbook, being an animated book crafted to present the visitor with names of La Casa's earliest guests (John Loftin, Elias Zandi, Richard Watson, Jeff Zandi, Rand and Robin Miller, etc.) and then can leave a page with a link to my email so folks can send me comments. Clunky but it is artistic, contributes to the story and shouldn't cause TPTB to explode in a rage of random blocking.

Have fun with the site, Kit Fox. We have managed even with the limitations of HTML to hide things for you to find. Of course, once you get into a locked room I suppose you could make a standard bookmark to get there again so you do not have to go through all the pages that lead to it, but where is the fun in that? The "key" to the locked rooms is in the vision dreams that cause sleep-linking.

Aha... I was wondering what the purpose behind the vision dreams were. My Myst-logic was telling me something was up with them. All I need to do now is go back and figure out the mystery.

The stopbadware.org block is still in place -- now over another piece of code that I can not find anywhere on my site. A full scan of my computer shows no invasions, injections, viruses or spyware, and I do not have a clue of what to do about this next. It is very annoying, in particular because the block is instituted without consult to the site's owner and is based on what might happen as opposed to what has happened.

All I can say is that the site is safe to visit and there have been no reports of real problems upon visiting any portion of the site. So have fun. Lots to read, to learn and to find.

I posted the instructions for overriding the security feature on firefox at Friends of Fissure and these are they ...

You have two choices of overriding this. From the browsers menu, choose TOOLS. From the pull down menu choose OPTIONS. In the options box go to SECURITY.

From this page you may either:
uncheck the line "Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected attack site"
or
click the box EXCEPTIONS and put the address http://www.webmousepublications.com





I'm using the feature to check websites I own and maintain, to make sure they aren't being targeted ... but if it wasn't for that, I'd turn it off. What use is feature that isn't properly quality controlled?

I know, tell me about it. Folks are blocking perfectly safe sights... in a sense, crying wolf. How are we to tell the good sites from the bad if there's not a better control of blocking sites that are truly bad?

I suspect the latest code issue may be over my link to the flymode page and its code. However, at this point I refuse to spend any more time dealing with stopbadware.org and their paranoia. I have been very busy working on the Field Guides. We now have guides on La Casa's shelves for all four Prime Ages, and Ahnonay. I am finishing up the book on Aegura and will be tackling Ercana next. Minkata will require some research since I do not have much on it and I see no reason to add Jalak since it is not a true age in any case. I will make some sort of a guide for the pods but there is not much to say on them outside of MOUL.

I would appreciate someone going through the field guides and doing some proofreading. Any takers? Direct links -- thus avoiding that scary "attack site" stuff -- will be provided.

Exploration Basics
Ahnonay
The Tomanha Cleft
Eder Gira & Eder Kemo
Eder Tsogal & Eder Delin
Gahreesen
Kadish Tolesa
Relto
Teledahn

There may still be some problems with the book covers appearing, but I am hoping to fix those tonight. After that I will start work on Ercana.

I can help proofread the texts. My girlfriend's an English major and I'm good with proper grammer and punctuation.

I can't read right now cause I'm just doing the code runs. But are you still doing something with Tomanha Cleft? Doesn't act as if it's linked yet.

Also, Gahreesen ends at the suit room for me.

In case anyone is wondering ... it seems that the block was finally lifted from the site.

If you don't have the game loaded and want to revisit the storyline and the Ages again, this is a good spot to visit.

The lumber has been lifted from our shoulders....Whew, what a relief...I was still fighting off that first monkey........

*comes in all bruised, carrying a monkey over his shoulder* Whew, I think I got them all... *sees the monkey that Gandhar's fighting and knocks it out with one blow* And that makes 253.

Oh man! They REALLY need to open the cavern back up ...

I finally found the bad code, rooted it out, changed my password and re-secured the site. Explore and have fun. Yes, there are things that happen during some visions -- you just have to keep exploring.

Unfortunately, the major FoF archive was lost with the death of my external drive, so what you see on the site now is all there will be until I figure out if any of the data can be retrieved.

BTW, if anyone wants to contribute something to La Casa, just let me know. FoF is open to art, literature, characters, plot lines, whatever. If you have an idea, please share.

If anyone's not sure how to go about participating, but would like to try, I'm willing to take on a partner in my storyline. Or even help guide someone to make their own story.

Myss Terrie has experience creating game storylines, and I'm a fiction writer in my other life. I'm sure either of us or both can help guide you until you feel comfortable taking off on your own. Or work in a partnership, if that's what you would be more comfortable with.

New Addition to La Casa:

If you wander the grounds, you will meet Sophrosyne. At the bottom of that page's encounter the compass gives to the choice to Return to the Front Gate or to Continue Exploring the Grounds. If you choose this latter option you have the choice to inhale or not. Since nothing here is dangerous I suggest that you breathe deeply and see what happens next.

And ms. isis and I are adding more story lines as well as opening up the site to include work from other authors. We do have some technical and legal limitations that I can discuss with you privately via email if you are interested in involving yourself and your characters at La Casa.

Explore and enjoy.