The wallet is a memory hog and syncs very slowly. There's a blockchain download a few pages back, that would get you synced a bit faster.
I don't think there ever was an official site.
so, no developers then?
Tranz5 is the main dev for the coin now. There isn't really anything that needs changing or fixing right now.
Here is the Github:
https://github.com/Tranz5/bottlecaps/He also handles HoboNickels.