There is a short page about that:0088_ wrote: Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:49 pm ...
btw, maybe not the right thread for this question, but how is Milovana supported? Who pays for the servers etc?
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I too would be happy to pay a small monthly subscription. I already support a couple content creators on Patreon, and being a huge fan of Milovana I would have no problem supporting this site as well.0088_ wrote: Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:49 pm ... how is Milovana supported? Who pays for the servers etc? This seems like a pretty active website, with hundreds if not thousands of active users at any moment. If there were some donation/subscription method, Milovana could be run more professionally, with some kind of compensations for volunteer web devs. It is kind-of insane that all this is maintained by one guy, who might not have the time to fix issues for weeks on end.
I would love to pay a few bucks per month to support and motivate the devs!
Huge respect to seraph0x for maintaining this awesome site!
And I second that!
You really think so? That would be so sadPlayfulGuy wrote: Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:01 pm Unfortunately, given the current situation it's inevitable that one day (maybe soon?) the site will just die and never come back. I really think it's time for the next step in Milovana's evolution, whatever that looks like.
I have known about Milovana for years, but only recently learned to enjoy it. Seems to me there are still a LOT of active users on here and tons of webteases being made. I can't image a site as popular as Milovana just dying.
Waited patiently, but now, I would like to update the Cock Hero Download page, but with so many pages to browse through, I'll have to wait until the issue is fixed. Good Luck, seraph0x!
If so, I suspect that the PHP version of the server may have changed, and this causes issues with the phpBB code that is currently installed.hj9k1 wrote: Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:13 pm Can confirm, very slow and occasional "PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/phpbb/db/driver/mysqli.php on line 326: mysqli_free_result(): Couldn't fetch mysqli_result" errors.
Maybe a database problem causing all the slowness?
I think that first step could be Patreon. Admin doesn't need to integrate any payment method into the site, it's external, it's voluntary and I think that is supports PayPal.fenway wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:40 am This is going to sound like a piss poor excuse but as a guy without any credit cards or online payment options aside from paypal, unless that was integrated, I wouldn't be able to stay on the site... x.x :(
I hope not. Especially EOS editor is a great tool and it would be a shame to loose it.PlayfulGuy wrote: Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:01 pm Unfortunately, given the current situation it's inevitable that one day (maybe soon?) the site will just die and never come back. I really think it's time for the next step in Milovana's evolution, whatever that looks like.
I have my doubts that the problem is the financial part.mangoman wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:07 pm I really hope the Admin lets us contribute a little financially
.... anyway, ... maybe NOW is the time for someone to build up an alternative to Milovana.Honestly, when I read that the first time, I wasn't laughing, ... and I am still not laughing today.
I think that they just don't know what is the problem and how to address that. There is huge difference between creating moderators and server admins.markus wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:01 pm I have my doubts that the problem is the financial part.
If there is only one person who has access to the admin features of the page/forum, then this is the main problem, period.
And now we can see for weeks what's the result.
But well, we are all human, and we all make mistakes, ... but hopefully (if it's not too late already) the admin decides to share his access data to some trusted people.
Now, what really worries me, besides of that mentioned above, is the lack of communication from the MODERATORS of this forum towards the community, we have ONE post from ONE moderator, Shattered (THX for that!), ... but overall, ... I mean there is only ONE moderator who actually takes care of the worries of the community?
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.This. I also have been pondering if I should offer my help, but I highly doubt they would accept it because of trust issues.verynicekojak wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:09 am
So I agree that this is probably not financial problem, but trust and technical one. I'm developer and I have access rights to a server in my company, as all developers have. And I'm sure that any of us could delete a lot. But then he would be in some legal trouble. It's different in community projects like this. You must trust others or have control. And that's difficult
If they dont know whats the issue then they dont have a competent web dev on their team. Any competent web dev would have fixed this already, websites go down occassionaly here and there but majority of the time they get fixed the same day or next day.verynicekojak wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:09 amI think that they just don't know what is the problem and how to address that. There is huge difference between creating moderators and server admins.markus wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:01 pm I have my doubts that the problem is the financial part.
If there is only one person who has access to the admin features of the page/forum, then this is the main problem, period.
And now we can see for weeks what's the result.
But well, we are all human, and we all make mistakes, ... but hopefully (if it's not too late already) the admin decides to share his access data to some trusted people.
Now, what really worries me, besides of that mentioned above, is the lack of communication from the MODERATORS of this forum towards the community, we have ONE post from ONE moderator, Shattered (THX for that!), ... but overall, ... I mean there is only ONE moderator who actually takes care of the worries of the community?
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It's very easy on forum, you just do couple clicks in forum-admin-panel and done.
It's very difficult on the server, because you either give very restricted access rights, but then risking that secondary admins won't be able to fix anything, or you give wide access rights and then you risk that someone can, even by accident, delete whole server, or database or something like that.
So I agree that this is probably not financial problem, but trust and technical one. I'm developer and I have access rights to a server in my company, as all developers have. And I'm sure that any of us could delete a lot. But then he would be in some legal trouble. It's different in community projects like this. You must trust others or have control. And that's difficult
Anyone with a longer membership knows that it happens from time to time 
, and it eventually gets fixed. 
Be patient! Consider this a tease! 
Hello,verynicekojak wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:09 am or you give wide access rights and then you risk that someone can, even by accident, delete whole server, or database or something like that.
Your company should look for a new main-server-admin if that's the case, seriously.And I'm sure that any of us could delete a lot.
Here I agree on the trust, of course it's a whole different case to give some stranger from the internet access to your database as it would be to give that to someone you are working together in a company, even if that access is limited (fine grained).It's different in community projects like this. You must trust others or have control.
That was my main point, ... and better now, as long as this site is still accessible to have the possibility to share such a alternative website-address, than when it's too late.Joey- wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 2:59 pm If it continues like this, I think a Milovana replacement will be inevitable.
This.Bhurk wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:03 pm If they dont know whats the issue then they dont have a competent web dev on their team. Any competent web dev would have fixed this already, websites go down occassionaly here and there but majority of the time they get fixed the same day or next day.
For this to go on this long it just tell me that either nobody is even working on the problem or the person who is doesnt know how to fix it.