Written by Smoke Signals | 15 August 2010

After a few months of experimentation with the new Smoke Signals Community, and with some feedback from you, we realized that some changes would be necessary..

Those changes have now been made.

We understand that the messageboards, which for more than a decade had been the centerpiece of our site, were hard to find and hard to use.

They are now on the front page of the site - and perhaps more importantly, no longer require site registration. They are open to everyone, members and visitors.

We also understand that people have come to depend on us for news and updates from the Smoke Signals family of sites as well as the smoking fetish world at large. For that reason, we've made two other major changes.

You're already aware of one, because you're reading it. The latest news and opinion from the Smoke Signals editor/publisher's desk will always be featured in this spot on the site - and the very latest from our Smoking Fetish Blog will always be featured "to our right."

The other should also be pretty obvious when you check out the rest of the site. We have moved the online Smoke Signals Magazine to the Smoke Signals Community site. For the first time since we began the magazine in 1994, it will be available to everyone, without a fee. Articles from the latest issues will be highlighted on the front page; articles from the entire magazine can be accessed from the "Table of Contents" to your left.

Finally, the areas of the Smoke Signals Community that let you make friends and share messages, photos and video are still here. They're all available from the "Table of Contents" and the "User Menu" and we hope you'll use them.

Thoughts? Opinions? Feedback? Please, let us know.

And thanks for your patience :)