The Lost Cave [formerly Lost In The Shadows]

The Lost Cave - the oldest active Lost Boys Fansite on the web (10 years old this year!)

Home Forum RPG FAQ Info Fanfic Contact Me
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Welcome to my FAQ (frequently asked questions) page. This is a compilation of my visitors most frequent problems. Here is where you will hopefully find all the answers to your burning Lost Boys questions.

This is a combination of work from Sammy on the original Lost Cave, and my own stuff. Mostly, hers is the stuff concerning the mailing lists and Maria, but anything regarding the site, which I, Sarah, maintain and therefore have to keep updating, is my work.

Pick your poison:

The Movie | The Soundtrack | Who’s Maria? | The Website
The Lost Boys Mailing List | The FanFic Mailing List | List Mumbo-Jumbo

Website FAQ
There's more information on the credit page, that goes into detail on how the site is coded, and which hacks, scripts and tutorials I have used to make this site as dynamic as it is.

  1. What happened to the member profiles?
  2. What happened to the tag board?
  3. If I send you a snotty and threatening email, will you put the tag board back?
  4. I’ve got some Lost Boys pictures for your site, can I send them to you?

Website Answers


  1. What happened to the member profiles?
    Seriously? I couldn’t face dealing with them. I’ve had a similar thing on other sites I’ve run, and I just couldn’t deal with the fiddly html. I’ve looked into automating the process, using php and mySQL, but once the automated archive was in place, it was easier not to. After all, you can fill out your profile on there.


  2. What happened to the tag board?
    The tag board was not put up so you could have a place to chat with all your mates – in the few months that it was up, my bandwidth soared, and it was either lose the tag board, or lose the site entirely. I chose to keep the site and deal with your complaints.


  3. If I send you a snotty and threatening email, will you put the tag board back?
    If I punched you in the face, would you do me a favour? No. Being rude does not help, neither does asking nicely, actually. I found this out when I begged you guys to stop using it as a chatroom, and instead use it as a guestbook, as I intended. In the end, the tag board had to die. Why can’t you just use msn or AIM instead?


  4. I’ve got some Lost Boys pictures for your site, can I send them to you?
    Sure. Though if they’re grainy or small, chances are I won’t bother displaying them. Here’s the important bit though: Do NOT send bitmap files, they are gigantic and take forever to get through. If you have a bitmap (.bmp suffix), open it in any graphics programme and save it as a jpeg (.jpg suffix). Thanks.