UPDATE--According to Archiveteam, as of April 24, 2026, Tripod has ceased to function. After testing for several days myself, it appears to indeed be the case as the 502 Bad Gateway errors have vanished and both Tripod and Angelfire are well and truly gone.
By the way, this blog is private to authors only (3) and U.S. based. Blogspot is a Google product.
Just sayin'.
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From June 2008 to July/August 2025, Come Into My Parlor/The Mayfair Witches Parlor was hosted by Tripod Lycos. Over time, the web host fell behind competitors and for several years, retained its features and its user interface that it had had since the 2000's. Even I had trouble tracing its corporate structure and journey near the end.
There was a great deal of service interruptions that resulted in an unholy amount of 502 errors that kept site owners from even being able to log in. These interruptions seemed to primarily impact Tripod and its sister host, Angelfire. On top of that, many platforms do indeed have advertising in one form or another to cover costs for services they offered for free, and Tripod Lycos was no different. Unfortunately, they never got past the banners and pop-up ads that scare the bejayzus out of people (with good reason) and were at best an affront to my aesthetic sensibilities.
Unfortunately, the situation became dire enough (I assume) that on March 6, 2026, Lycos placed a notice on their landing page that advised users of Tripod and Angelfire that both services would be shut down within 30 days. Angelfire has more or less been down since January, but for Tripod, it was on or about Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, that the 30 days were up.
Regardless of the difficulties, I still have a digital candle for Tripod on the landing page of the Parlor's new home on Google Sites. I will always be grateful to this pioneer of the early Internet for offering to me the same thing many other website owners through the years gained: a chance to learn new skills while sharing another of my passions that had a profound effect on my life: the Mayfair Witches novels.
On the Parlor's new home is a section called The Archive. You will not be able to view the YouTube video linked under the thumbnail image for now. I will tell you this much: the video shows pages of the Parlor as they appeared when the site was new. They also all used different templates Tripod provided to the point where my brother, who is no tech slouch himself and who contributed significantly to my redesigning my website, howls with laughter to this day.
On the two Pages Locked in Time pages, 2023 and 2025, a link to each page of the original Parlor on Tripod Lycos is provided. At the times stated, I personally archived each and every page of the Parlor that was published at that time as snapshots on Wayback Machine. I believe that is important for you to know--I did not just supervise, request or use anything that would have automated the process (if one even exists). I archived each and every page myself, from my own device.
For those affected, I did discover that the Help Desk sites for Lycos and Tripod Lycos are still active. Lycos Domains is also active. Lycos Mail might also still be active, though I have not checked yet.
*Links for Lycos are unavailable on this page to protect the safety and privacy of Parlor guests.
Despite its archival appearance, be aware that I am still the owner of the site and of all intellectual property on it that belongs to me. The rights of other intellectual property owners, including but not limited to AMC and Anne Rice herself, also remain intact.
Despite the infernal ad banner (AdGuard ad blocker is an excellent one to use, by the way), my website is not and never has been monetized. Not on Tripod Lycos, not on Google Sites, not on YouTube, not here, not anywhere Anyone who tries to monetize the content or otherwise use it fraudulently not only faces the prospect of civil penalties but also potential criminal charges.
There is more you can read on the Parlor's live landing page, including some background and a resource or two if you owned a site hosted by Tripod or Angelfire on Lycos.