Wedding Blog
We’ve got three new features to announce… well, two new ones and one upcoming feature!
1. Bee Levels on the blog
We have a bit more room with the wider design… so now we’re showing Post Counts and Bee Levels on the blog! You can see it here, to the right of each username:
Bee Levels have been really popular on the boards (plus we promised we’d add them to the blog). The levels count up all the comments from both the boards and the blog…
Our software doesn’t let us count up comments by Anonymous commenters… so please register here!
2. Comment highlights for Busy Bees and beyond
We were amazed to discover that 44 Weddingbee readers have commented over 500 times!
And within the next week, we should see our first Honey Bee with over 2500 posts!
We wanted to reward our top commenters… so we’re trying an experiment. Once you become a Busy bee, we’re going to highlight your comments with a very light shade of green. As you become a Bumble bee, Honey bee, or Bee Keeper, your comment highlights will become slightly darker shades of green.
Example: AliCherri1 is one of our Bumblebees!
Comment highlights are meant to be a subtle but fun way to reward commenters who contribute so much to the Bee community. Let us know what you think.
3. Avatars are coming!
You may notice that we have gray and green bee icons for our anonymous commenters and registered members. They are placeholders for an avatar feature we hope to launch very soon. 
Soon you’ll be able to upload your own avatar, if you’re registered with the site!
In the meantime, a few of the Bee icons might look a little bigger than ideal (Mrs. Penguin’s icon is gigantic!). Please give us a few days to work out the kinks with the gigantic icons… and to get avatars out the door.
Ok just to review:
What do you think?
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This is a great idea and I’m SO excited to be in this post!
I can’t wait for all the changes, great work!
I love all the new changes! I also love the wider look. Plus it is fun to see how much everyone is on the very addicting site of yours!!
The wider look makes the pictures look amazing, I’m loving it! And the different colored highlights will be very helpful. Nice work, Bees!!
I love the changes!! The highlighting is a little hard to distinguish one level from another but other then that it looks awesome!
Love it! And I think la Sea Breeze is just the right size… but then again I have also drank 60 oz. margaritas… on more than one occasion. 
i’m totally loving all the updates!! the site is getting cuter and cuter! not that it wasn’t cute before!!
How exciting is this? I love it love it love it! Looks amazing.
Hurray!
Too cool!
I love this site! It just keeps getting better and better
I love all the new changes you’re making to the site Mrs. Bee!!!!
I can’t tell too much by the highlighting, but I’m really enjoying all these great new features!
Now I want to see Mrs. Penguin’s icon!
and holy crap i am like a quarter serving of da breeze!
OM NOM NOM. PENGY EAT ICONS. You can even see Pengy’s evil eyebrows when she’s this big. Some say she’s got eyelashes. Some say she’s just pure evil.
Look closely
dayam pengs you’re almost lifesize!! and dude, why are we still up?!
@Miss Snapdragon: I’m with you Snapdragon, it’s a good thing there are two seabreeze icons on here; one for you and one for me!
@Mrs. Penguin: Thank gosh Penguins don’t wear shoes…otherwise peep toe, ballet flat and I might be in trouble with your giant avatar feet
I am loving all of the comments by the bees!
This post motivated me to finally register rather just read all the wonderful posts via Google Reader. These new modifications and upgrades sound great!
Love the new changes! It definitely makes you want to post more often….so you can get those green boxes. hehe.
I like the new changes and adding avatar makes thing look cuter and easy to identify ppl
Things like this are making it SO hard to cut back on weddingbee after getting married!
First, I second what Twalison said!
Second, I love the new changes!! I can’t “sign on” at work (you know how that goes) but am anxious to sign up at home and even have my own avator in the future!
I think the changes are great! Wow..Pengy and Seabreeze are enormous!
wowee!!!
Peng, your icon really looks like you DID eat other icons! haha
He he, well it gives me a reason to login now!
I think it’s gonna look great
I’m loving the new features! Although, I am a wee bit frightened by giant Pengy!
Holy Cow!
@Mrs. Penguin: I hope you like Pinot Noir! I think you’re the only one big enough to enjoy without alcohol poisoning!!
I love this idea… it makes us non featured bloggers really feel part of the nest
I think these are all great advancements for the site! I love being part of the hive. =)
Seabreeze, Peng & Pinot - I am kind of afraid of you. Perhaps you like it that way?!
Oh yeah, & I love all the changes! The site looks amazing!
Love it! I’m also totally just commenting so I can see how big my cupcake is
Damn…. Pinot, Sea Breeze and Pengy are gonna trample my puny cupcake.
OMG, I just totally laughed ridiculously loud at Pengy’s icon and comment. Om nom nom…classic
Looks great, Bee!!
Aw look…I’m just the right size of corn for Pengy to eat me. Crunch, crunch.
lol at the huge bee icons!
and yea for adding another post to my count! i’ve been waiting awhile for this!
what a great idea!
Mrs. Bee - this is such a fabulous idea and a great addition to the site!
The gigantic seabreeze and pinot are getting me ready for happy hour. Too bad it’s only 9 am!
I love all the new features!
I love all the new changes Bee! The icons are cute and I can’t wait for the avatars, I am sure they are going to be cute.
dang, I suck, I’ve been a Weddingbee addict for 3 years, and I’m nowhere near 1000 posts. Need to step it up, haha
This is great- can’t wait to add an avatar. p.s. I see the evil Pengy!
I don’t come on the site for 2 days and look at what happens…. crazy new stuff (that I’m digging - by the way)
Might I add… pengy has a huge icon… lol
@Mrs. Green Tea: High Five WAPSHHHH
@Mrs. Flamingo: Yours is pretty big too!!!
I’m loving all the new features that keep popping up! Good work Weddinbee crew!
Pengy- do you need some shoes for those huge feet!! And I could really use that giant SB or PN right no!! Holy cow.
Great job Mr. and Mrs. Bee, and BIL Bee. Everything looks great!!
Can we keep the uber humgo pengy? I think her jumbo penguin fits her jumbo personality!!
LOOL! All the huge icons are cracking me up! I want a huge Sea Breeze or Pinot Noir right now too
@AliCherri1: Ask and ye shall receive! TA-DA!!! (Happy Friday!)
I love how huge Pengie is… I think the changes are great. Way to keep it fresh, Bee!
This is a great addition! I love how much you bees are fostering growth in the hive. It’s really encouraging and welcoming!
PS - Will Hive Hostesses have some kind of cool way to differentiate their posts? They should!
yay, that’s awesome. weddingbee is just getting better and better.
@Mrs. Sea Breeze: Thank you You rock! (Happy Friday to you as well) Now tell us more about your wedding we’re on pins and needles!
@driftslikesmoke: hive hostesses will have a snazzy title under their icon, designating them as hive hostesses. we’re working on some other cool community features that we’re really excited about. 2009 is going to bee a great year for Weddingbee — we hope!
Wow, seems 2009 is a BIG year for all of us!! I love the new additions!!
PS-Pengy looks AWESOMELY!!
i busted laughing out loud at pengy’s gigantor icon! i was not expecting it to be that big!
Haha, I just had to read out Mrs Penguin’s OM NOM NOM comment to my hubby. I think he kinda got why it was so funny…I think.
Mrs Bee, all the changes are fantastic! I can’t believe how you keep coming up with this new stuff that totally makes what I thought was a great site even better!
okay i just came back to check the icons and i’m drunk just LOOKING at pinot noir!!
am i the only concentrated drink here? where is espresso coz if she’s towering me too imma be starting a cat fight… except i’ll lose for sure since the new kitten is probably 4X my size!
@Mrs. Bee: and bee. woman it was like 1am for me and pengz but 4am for you!! do you ever sleep?!?
only the tall icons are ginormous. so espresso would be the same size as you gt!
I just realised how much I always comment when I’m not logged in. Doh.
How cool! And I’ve been working on a digital avatar for my blog the last couple days! Perfect place to use it!
I tried to register but never received a confirmation email?
This is a great idea…although the giant icons make me laugh!
You have outdone yourselves!! Fantastic job! I love the new layout and LOVE the Bee Levels and Comment Highlights. Can’t wait for Avatars!! Keep up the wonderful work!
GT I’m the same size as you! And I’ve been laughing at everyone’s banter! LOVE IT!
This is going to be waaay too much fun because I am going to start challenging myself to post more now!
Ya… Im huge too… a huge pink bird. Whats better than that?… oh ya a huge penguin lol. Love the icons. So much better….
I’ve been lurking here for yonks and the magic word ‘avatars’ has compelled me to register as an actual bee…
love it! and i love how everything lines up so nicely! yay for spiffy new changes!
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Mrs. Bee, New York
Age and Occupation: 29, Weddingbee Publisher
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Internet
Engagement Date: May 7, 2004
Wedding Date: March 5, 2005
Venue: Westside Loft, New York
About Me: Yes, my name really is Bee! I love my blogging, wikis, and tabasco sauce!
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