Yeeka.net
| Website | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Yeeka.net |
| Owner/Maintainer: | carissa_lynn |
| Dates: | 2003–2004 |
| Type: | fansite, canon resource, news, message board |
| Fandom: | A Series of Unfortunate Events |
| URL: | http://www.yeeka.net (Wayback Machine link) |
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Yeeka.net was a Series of Unfortunate Events fansite run by carissa_lynn.
The site name comes from one of Sunny Baudelaire's baby babble words, defined by the narrator to mean "How interesting!"
History
In July 2003, Carissa announced that she was going forward with plans for the site and opened a Yahoo! Group for planning and discussion.[1] caitlyn_mc was involved with working on the site's Sunny pages and spreading word about the site.[2] By September 2003, Carissa had acquired webspace and was working on the site,[3] but encountered technical problems when moving servers.[4]
The Yeeka.net forums were completed in early October,[5] and the main site was opened on October 18, although it was "still under heavy construction".[6] Initial content included Dr. Cornelius's commentary and music fanworks.
The site was updated inconsistently and planned content was apparently never completed.[7] The last update was on April 19, 2004. Around that time, Carissa turned her attention toward the Harry Potter archive Time Turner.net.
The site went offline in September 2004.[8]
Site Contents
- The Daily Punctilio ("News") – Later combined with Updates on the site homepage
- In-Depth Movie News – Information about the upcoming 2004 film
- Lemony Snicket Links – Official sites, fan sites, articles, and movie sources
- Unfortunate Series – Not completed; planned sections were:
- Literary and Historical References
- All About the Characters
- Unauthorized Autobiography Index
- Commonplace Notebook ("Interesting Theories") – Not completed; planned sections were:
- The VFD
- Who is Beatrice?
- The Snicket Family
- Olaf and His Henchmen
- The Anxious Clown ("Fun Diversions") – Not completed; planned sections were:
- Sunny's Words
- Lemony Snicket's Dictionary
- Special Features – Works by Doctor Cornelius:
- The Little Snicket Lad – "Music composed for 'The Little Snicket Lad,' the song featured in the first chapter of The Unauthorized Autobiography." Animation and music, based on the ballad whose sheet music appears in Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography.[9]
- Unintelligible Commentary – "An analysis of The Unauthorized Autobiography. One man's attempt to try to make sense of that very confusing, but highly informative book."
- Forums – Powered by Invision Power Board. Total of 120 posts and 23 registered members as of August 6, 2004.[10]
There were also plans to provide summaries of the each book in the series (up to the most recently published book, The Slippery Slope, and including The Unauthorized Autobiography). Links to each page were provided on a sidebar but it appears that only the summary for The Bad Beginning was completed.
References
- ^ The Yahoo! Group was at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yeeka/. It is deleted as of 09 June 2019 and has not been archived by the Wayback Machine. See carissa_lynn at LiveJournal, Yeeka.net, posted 13 July 2003.
- ^ carissa_lynn at LiveJournal. Yeeka.net and comments on the post, 13 July 2003.
- ^ carissa_lynn at LiveJournal. How do you stop a revolution?, posted 07 September 2003.
- ^ carissa_lynn at LiveJournal. UGH!, posted 13 September 2003.
- ^ carissa_lynn at LiveJournal. Yeeka!, posted 05 October 2003.
- ^ carissa_lynn at LiveJournal, Yeeka, again, posted 19 October 2003; and 18 October 2003 Site Update at http://www.yeeka.net/updates.htm, archived 15 July 2004 by the Wayback Machine.
- ^ For example, the Interesting Theories page stated as of 14 July 2004: "This page is under construction and will be coming soon! (This also means that none of the sublinks for this section will work, so only click on them if you like the looks of your browser's 'File Not Found' page.)"
- ^ The site was last successfully archived by the Wayback Machine on 02 September 2004 and was not found as of 28 September 2004.
- ^ The Little Snicket Lad at the Lemony Snicket Wiki, accessed 09 June 2019.
- ^ http://www.yeeka.net/forums/index.php, archived 06 August 2004 by the Wayback Machine.