Welcome back, Keepers!

We've been working harder than an Ortusi in summer to bring you this update, so we're excited to share this giant update with you all!
First, we want to give a huge thank you to Wisperia for coding and helping us design these wonderful changes, and to our patient and supportive community for your unwavering support and kindness while we tirelessly worked to create a site that's more friendly, fun, and easier to navigate both on desktop and mobile.
We couldn't do this without you!

We have a lot to go over, so let's get trotting!

When creating the look for our site, we knew from the beginning that we wanted Keepers of Eniv to be a fun, comfortable place for people to come when they're feeling stressed or overwhelmed. We knew we wanted people to come here and feel welcome, safe, and have a place they could play primarily low-pressure. We wanted our new look to reflect that.
Simple graphics and a "cozy" look were two of our primary goals for the new layout of the site. 
Something to bring joy and simplicity to your life.
Our design goal was to make the layout easy to read (on desktop and mobile), have information accessible, and to keep the site running smoothly and quickly.

Keen-eyed Keepers likely already noticed the new main page before you log in!
When making our new main page, we wanted to showcase the game, what we're about, and also some of our community.
We've added a section telling a bit about each of the herds, the game itself, and then a showcase of some of our favorite pieces submitted by the community. 
Your creative submissions are the breath in Keepers of Eniv, and we wanted to make sure they get the proper recognition they deserve, and a spot on our front page seemed fitting to show off the "staff picks" - but that's not all.

Once you've logged in, you'll be greeted by your Featured Enivi!
This is a new feature you can access under My Enivi. Choose your Featured Enivi from the drop-down menu and they'll greet you when you log in and sit proudly on your profile page. 
On the new logged-in page, you'll also have a fast pass to some of the most popular features on the site.

• A button to our Prompts is just below your greeting.
• A link to the Discord Server is in the mini-navigation bar.
• A quick link to your Garden is right beside it.
• Following is a link to the Character Creator.
• Next up is a button for the Games Room.
• You'll have an easy time finding the Item Directory in the mini-nav bar next.
• Finally, you'll never forget to enter the Beauty Contest again, or wonder who won first place!

These buttons scale with your browser, so they'll look good no matter what browser or resolution you're on.
These are, by no means, your only links around Eniv and you're encouraged to explore the rest of the site, but they should make for a good springboard for your daily journey into Eniv.
You'll also notice the Recent Gallery Submissions section, where you should most definitely check out, favorite, and comment on the most recent pieces submitted by our wonder Keepers!

If you take a leap over to your User Profile you'll see a whole new look there too!
User profiles are more sleek and show off information our community thought was most important.
The bloated sidebar was removed and instead replaced with icons for your favorite characters, your gallery, your favorite artwork, and your wish lists.
Comments were moved to the bottom of your profile, and links to inventory, armory, and pets were moved into the main navigation bar at the top - where only you have access to them now. If another player were to get the link to your inventory, it would simply redirect them to the main page of the site, because the community has spoken and no one needs access to what your account has, save for you and staff.

You've likely already noticed, but the navigation bar has had a huge overhaul!
It's almost as if a team of Lunaesi have combed through the information and picked out what's most important, organized and categorized it, and finally put it all back together.
You should be able to find what you're looking for much more easily now, and while we do still have some updates to make on individual pages, we feel like this is headed in the right direction.

Finally, an update we don't want to confuse everyone with - "MYO Slots" have been replaced with "Character Slots".
This is a simple wording update, and doesn't change how the Character Creator or "MYOs" work, but the wording was confusing for people who aren't familiar with Art Role-Play Games (ARPGs) and it felt more comprehensive to simply call them "Character Slots". 

Still To Come

There's still more updates to come as we work on cleaning up other pages!
Our next projects include cleaning up the Prompts and Quests page (and redoing many of our prompts and creating mini-quests), as well as cleaning up the new Tutorial Library.
Once those are finished, we'll be working on the NPC updates and a few new features (including Explore, which is a long-term project in the works).

Thank you all again for your continued support! We're so excited to keep working on the site and making it better. We can't wait to keep bringing you more updates and are excited to show you what we have in store for July!