Heelster Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Seems one of our more popular blogs has disappeared. http://highheelspassion.blogspot.com/ Can't seem to find it. Any ideas??
Curt Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 Yeah, I checked it out last week and I think it shut down
Shafted Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Yep, that bites. It was a high heels for men site that had high visibility and lots of Google hits. Shafted, the boots that is! View my gallery here http://www.hhplace.o...afteds-gallery/ or view my heeling thread here http://www.hhplace.org/topic/3850-new-pair-of-boots-starts-me-serious-street-heeling/ - Pm me if you want fashion advice or just need someone to talk to.
alan Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Its a shame it has disappeared. It was a very good website
freestyle75 Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I am thinking about recreating (old entries are lost of course, but we could start from scratch) this blog... what do you think of this name? The name "high heels passion" was already taken, even in different ways of spelling / putting it together. http://heelsformen.tumblr.com/ I am new to blogging, new to tumblr, so... everything can still be changed. Any suggestions?
niknhose Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 If someone wanted to restart it they may want to use the wayback machine to see if they could pull the previous articles. http://archive.org/web/web.php Nikki
Shafted Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 You can try contacting the blog owner at lolla72002@gmail.com . Shafted, the boots that is! View my gallery here http://www.hhplace.o...afteds-gallery/ or view my heeling thread here http://www.hhplace.org/topic/3850-new-pair-of-boots-starts-me-serious-street-heeling/ - Pm me if you want fashion advice or just need someone to talk to.
tishandpun Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 In fact I already started recreating it. I saved many pictures (especially those I liked) from the blog and from other sources as well. In tribute to the original blog name, I called it http://highheelspassion-archive.tumblr.com. Unfortunately, tumblr lets me upload only 75 posts per day, so it will take another few days before I uploaded my complete archive. The idea regarding the web archive and contacting lolla is good, maybe someone can help me with that.
hhboots Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Yeah, I just emailed Lolla yesterday with a query about it, but have not heard back yet. I had a prior email exchange with Lolla Pope earlier in 2012 that was very pleasant, she (I think) seemed really open to comments and suggestions and really enjoyed maintaining the blog and put a lot of work into keeping it updated nearly every day. The blog will definitely be missed.
Shafted Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 she (I think) He Shafted, the boots that is! View my gallery here http://www.hhplace.o...afteds-gallery/ or view my heeling thread here http://www.hhplace.org/topic/3850-new-pair-of-boots-starts-me-serious-street-heeling/ - Pm me if you want fashion advice or just need someone to talk to.
tishandpun Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Seems like his e-mail is deleted as well: This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. lolla72002@gmail.com
Shafted Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Did anyone follow his site on or near a daily basis? Any indications of shutting down his blog? Shafted, the boots that is! View my gallery here http://www.hhplace.o...afteds-gallery/ or view my heeling thread here http://www.hhplace.org/topic/3850-new-pair-of-boots-starts-me-serious-street-heeling/ - Pm me if you want fashion advice or just need someone to talk to.
tishandpun Posted January 6, 2013 Posted January 6, 2013 Yes, I did. There was no indication up to and including the last post on January 2nd. Could be a personal issue, perhaps - we can't do anything about it. Would love to see you following me on http://highheelspassion-archive.tumblr.com/ and maybe even submit Photos you find by clicking on the "+" sign in the lower left corner.
hiheellover23 Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 So did I. I posted a comment about the last picture he posted it was a guy in black Jeffery Campbell Lita boots with spikes and I come back later in the night and it has apparently been deleted. That sucks!!! What ya see is what ya get no more or less!!
Shafted Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Just an additional note. Google appears to have dropped highheelspassion from it's search results. Also lots of other sites use the media from highheelspassion and those sites are experiencing massive missing images. Do a Google search now on the subject of men in heels and a lot more porn sites pop up in the search results. This is the loss of a big positive presence of men in heels on the internet. This loss has affected many other sites as well because a huge amount of the material was linked to highheelspassion. It's a huge blow to men in heels on the internet. It does make it easier to come up with real finds though, like this site. http://pinkpad.alt12...els-why-idk-but I think blogspot has been hacked. I'm seeing malware warnings from what's left of it. Shafted, the boots that is! View my gallery here http://www.hhplace.o...afteds-gallery/ or view my heeling thread here http://www.hhplace.org/topic/3850-new-pair-of-boots-starts-me-serious-street-heeling/ - Pm me if you want fashion advice or just need someone to talk to.
fashionablefun Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 Yes, I did. There was no indication up to and including the last post on January 2nd. Could be a personal issue, perhaps - we can't do anything about it. Would love to see you following me on http://highheelspass...ive.tumblr.com/ and maybe even submit Photos you find by clicking on the "+" sign in the lower left corner. I checked out your tumblr. Well done. You are a little more selective than Lolla and I think it's better, actually. I have to admit I was surprised that near the bottom were 6 or 7 shots of me (mostly with numbers in the upper left hand corner). I don't mind, but they're 4 or 5 years old and I don't think I even own the pictured footwear any more. I've never quit reading HHPlace, but I've mostly quit posting. If I get real motivated, maybe I'll take some new photos and post them. Into fashion, like I am, I think I'm feeling that I don't want to be dated by such old photos!
Histiletto Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 As guys who wear heels, we'll just have to be more dedicated to wearing heels openly in public like many of the guys who posted in the high-heels-passion site. Obviously, some of the pictures were momentary ordeals or one time only stunts to get laughs or to advertise some cause, like "Walk A Mile In Her Shoes". However, there were a lot more examples of guys who really like wearing high heels all the time.
tishandpun Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 I checked out your tumblr. Well done. You are a little more selective than Lolla and I think it's better, actually. I have to admit I was surprised that near the bottom were 6 or 7 shots of me (mostly with numbers in the upper left hand corner). I don't mind, but they're 4 or 5 years old and I don't think I even own the pictured footwear any more. I've never quit reading HHPlace, but I've mostly quit posting. If I get real motivated, maybe I'll take some new photos and post them. Into fashion, like I am, I think I'm feeling that I don't want to be dated by such old photos! Thanks fashionablefun! Well, I save and post those pictures I like, probably like many others here. If you want me to remove any of your pictures, just drop me a line.
ChipsHH Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 I wondered why my stream of posts from blogs I follow felt so empty and missing. This is...pretty dang huge. A ton of things could be said as to what exactly may have happened, but one thing's a certain: Lolla will be missed~ Formally "HHDude"
saudade Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Just an additional note. Google appears to have dropped highheelspassion from it's search results. Also lots of other sites use the media from highheelspassion and those sites are experiencing massive missing images. Do a Google search now on the subject of men in heels and a lot more porn sites pop up in the search results. This is the loss of a big positive presence of men in heels on the internet. This loss has affected many other sites as well because a huge amount of the material was linked to highheelspassion. That is normal. As soon as a site starts returning non http 200's its ranking in search starts to plummet fast. Only makes sense though, the site doesn't exist, no sense in pointing people to it any longer.
malinheels Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 this is no good at all have visited this site many many times in the last 10 years& am so sorry it has gone ( everything comes to an end ) malinheels
Curt Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 I've been to the site a few times. I'm quite new to high heels, not to fashion though. Sad to see it go too. Ashley.
Rick24 Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 looks like people who do not want men to have freedom. nothing more than the fashion police did that. are enemies
dww Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Sadly it's been gone a few weeks now, I used to enjoy going there. life is not a rehearsal
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