Lupinia

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Lupinia is somewhat of a personal trademark for Natasha Softpaw, and is used in multiple contexts. The term originated as both the setting and the title for a furry story series she started, focusing on a society of anthropomorphic canines (mostly wolves, hence the name) living in present-day Virginia/West Virginia, secretly existing alongside human society. The series is currently on an extended hiatus, but may return in the near future.

Lupinia's current internet presence consists of two main sites/divisions, Lupinia Studios and Lupinia Hosting Community, operating as one identity.

• Addresses:
  • Lupinia Studios Main Site - http://www.lupinia.eu/
  • Lupinia Hosting Site - http://hosting.lupinia.net/ (Webmail) (Support)
  • Lupinia Status Twitter Feed - http://twitter.com/lupinia_status
• Founder: Natasha Softpaw
• Staff: LilPup (server co-administrator), FoxCub (server security administrator)
• Ran from/to: August 2004 - Present

Lupinia Hosting Community

One of the current incarnations of Lupinia is in the form of a non-profit community-based hosting provider. Lupinia Hosting is run by a three-person team consisting of Natasha Softpaw, LilPup, and FoxCub, and owns a co-located server (with plans to add more). Lupinia's mission is to provide high-quality ad-free website and email hosting to sites that would have a hard time supporting themselves otherwise. Because of this goal, Lupinia enforces a strict no-advertising policy on sites it hosts; member sites are allowed to advertise themselves on outside sites without restriction, but they are prohibited from selling ad space themselves, or using third-party advertising systems like Google Ads.

Lupinia typically caters to furry websites, particularly forums and artists' homepages. But, it hosts a selection of non-furry sites as well, including small businesses and independant professionals.

Funding for the service is primarily provided by Natasha's personal funds, and augmented by donations (though, she hopes that this trend will reverse at some point in the future).

Notable sites hosted by Lupinia include:

• Furry Teens , a general furry site geared toward a teen audience.
• House Rules, the fan-colored version of Ozy and Millie.
• I Read This, a fan forum dedicated to the political webcomic, I Drew This.
• The Online Babyfur Community, the central babyfur resource site assembled by LilPup.
• Serenity Hollows, a generic furry forum emphasizing peace and friendship.
• ZooFonics, an all-furry web radio station, and our first streaming audio offering.

Lupinia Studios

Lupinia Studios is Natasha's personal portfolio, and is the original site to carry the Lupinia name. Aside from a brief experiment with running a CMS in early 2006, the site has had the same basic appearance and structure since its creation in August 2004. In addition to sections to showcase Natasha's writing, graphic design, and photography, the site itself is a demonstration and test-bed for her web design and PHP projects.