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Mrs. Penguin, Northern California Age and Occupation: 27, Weddingbee Editor in Chief Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I love the Spice Girls, dogs with underbites, bean burritos, making messes, high fives, avoiding showers, crossword puzzles, blogs, weddings, and blogs about weddings!
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We’re always working to improve your Weddingbee experience, and wanted to run a few new features by you all!

Launching the wider blog format was a huge improvement—the larger pictures and wider format provide a more visual experience. We hoped to carry that over to the other sections of the site! The bios and DIY sections you’ve gotten used to have looked like this:

Visual Bios and DIY Sections, and Larger, Sized-to-Fit Images :  wedding announcements Oldbios oldbios

Reader Miss Sakura posted a great idea for us last month, requesting that Weddingbee’s DIY section be more visual. It was a great idea! So we’ve incorporated it in both DIY and bios. The proposed redesign features thumbnails from each bio section or DIY entry:

Visual Bios and DIY Sections, and Larger, Sized-to-Fit Images :  wedding announcements Newbios newbios

If the entry doesn’t feature a picture, the default bio or DIY icons show up. We’ve made this proposed new design live, so click on over to the bios and DIY sections to see them in action!

We’re also looking to carry this larger preview image format over to the Gallery and the PRO Folio. Previously, there were 12 thumbnail images per page, with 3 images per row. Now, the images are larger, with 2 images per row, but still 12 images per page. In the previous design, images were cropped to fit the preview box width, so if you had uploaded a portrait image, you’d have seen this:

Visual Bios and DIY Sections, and Larger, Sized-to-Fit Images :  wedding announcements Oldgallery oldgallery

The new larger format accommodates entire images, so they are sized to the box, rather than cropped, giving you a clearer view of the image:

Visual Bios and DIY Sections, and Larger, Sized-to-Fit Images :  wedding announcements Newgallery newgallery

Click on over to the Gallery and the Folio to check it out!

Let us know what you think about the proposed visual bios and DIY sections, and the larger images in the Gallery and Folio sections (all now live)! We’re currently testing these new features out, and would love to hear your feedback!

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13 Responses to “Visual Bios and DIY Sections, and Larger, Sized-to-Fit Images”

1.
Lillindy
Hostess
Lillindy (message)  7,951 posts, Bumble Beekeeper

Once again, your hard work and never ceases to amaze, these are great changes, thanks so much!

 
2.
LatteLove
Hostess
LatteLove (message)  5,590 posts, Bee Keeper

awesome job! I’m so excited about the bio showing photos!

 
3.
evelinej
Member
evelinej (message)  370 posts, Helper bee

Love the big thumbnails!

 
4.
tea
Member
tea (message)  7,278 posts, Busy Beekeeper

i think that looks great! i love seeing all the new improvements to the hive

 
5.
Querida
Member
Querida (message)  1,424 posts, Bumble bee

I’m so happy to see this… I always feel like I’m missing something here because there is so much to check out. This will be a great improvement. Thanks Pengy!

 
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Bee
Miss Ramen (message)  354 posts, Helper bee

i love the new format suggestions. i’d be MUCH more prone to checking them out if i had a little preview. good job pengy!

 
7.
MexicanGirl
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MexicanGirl (message)  724 posts, Busy bee

great improvements, makes me wanna start my own bio!

 
8.
pvaulter718
Member
pvaulter718 (message)  2,116 posts, Buzzing bee

Thanks so much for all your hard work - the thumbnails make it seem like they will make it much easier to decide what we would like to look at! :)

 
9.
Mrs. Mouse
Bee
Mrs. Mouse (message)  5,821 posts, Bee Keeper

Cool! I bet this will be a huge hit. :)

 
10.
Mrs. French Bulldog
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Mrs. French Bulldog (message)  7,706 posts, Bumble Beekeeper

I love the new format :)

 
11.
Miss Poodle
Bee
Miss Poodle (message)  3,386 posts, Sugar bee

Loving the bigger pictures! You guys do such a great job!

 
12.
LeahNHeath
Member
LeahNHeath (message)  121 posts, Blushing bee

I love this idea.. and hey my bio was one of the examples.. SWEET!

 
13.
Miss Buttons
Bee
Miss Buttons (message)  5,056 posts, Bee Keeper

I love the updates! Thanks for keeping things fresh!

 

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Mrs. Penguin, Northern California Age and Occupation: 27, Weddingbee Editor in Chief Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I love the Spice Girls, dogs with underbites, bean burritos, making messes, high fives, avoiding showers, crossword puzzles, blogs, weddings, and blogs about weddings!

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