And we're another year older, another year wiser and for those of you in permanent lock-up, maybe another year hornier. And you may have noticed some changes to the site itself. That's because a lot of the code is now one year more modern - we rolled out a big update. Most of the changes aren't all that visible, but in terms of code, about a third of it is now brand-new.
Of course there are visible changes, too. Completely new front page, reworked tease browser. Just check it out and perhaps post your feedback here.
The Urge is now a fully functional and featured section. We're still barely scratching the surface though. The U in Urge stands for Ultimate and we do plan to do that title justice. There are seven hundred entries live already, with another 900 in the pipeline. And features, features, features: there will be more ways to participate and new kinds of content very soon.
The tease browser has gotten a new search function. And the interface is now built around it. The search used to search just the title. Now it's searching the title, the description, the author and - blimey! - the entire content of the tease. Except FlashTeases, which we will make searchable soon as well.
The new front page contains but a hint of the new content and blogging system. Here at Milovana we have a lot of folks with itchy fingers and they need one thing above all else: Room to write. We will start out by creating a few official blogs to improve on keeping you up-to-date, but eventually the idea is to really open the system up and let you create your own content on all topics around sexual exploration.
So this update is really a foundation. The next weeks will be about building on it and - of course - fixing some of the inevitably existing bugs. Make sure you report every problem either here or via email to [email protected] - thanks a bunch!
Finally, the most important part. Let me say
to:- Our authors! 2009 has been an incredible year, doubling the size of our tease archive. We have long surpassed the number of teases in our classic archive and it just keeps growing. A good part of today's update has become necessary so we can continue to cope with the amount of content you are submitted. I and everyone in this community is deeply grateful and one of my resolutions for 2009 is to write a tease or two of my own to honor this extraordinary effort. Thank you!
- The wonderful Alison Building an encyclopedia from literally nothing is something very few people are capable of doing. I'm glad to have found one of those people and I can't wait to see the heights we'll take the Urge to in 2009. Thank you!
- Kink.com San Francisco has been amazing and I truly appreciate the support we've received from everybody we met - especially the folks at Kink. Special thanks to Terry and very special thanks to Pockit of course. Thank you! (For anybody who is slightly confused right now - stay tuned, we have some major announcements over the next week or so.)
- And finally... YOU, the readers, the Milovanians. You're the centerpiece, the cornerstone, the foundation - you're the whole goddamn building. Thanks for stopping by, you're the reason and purpose for this site's existance. Thank You and a Happy New Year 2009!
Seraph0x
