Welcome to the new Dramabeans!
by javabeans
You may notice that things look a little different around here. We’ve been working really hard to bring you a cleaner, more responsive, more interactive experience, and are very excited to welcome you to the new Dramabeans!
Don’t worry—it’s still really the old Dramabeans, and all of our content is still here… somewhere… maybe in a new corner of the site. We know that we’ve gone into your living room and rearranged all of your furniture while you were out, so we’re here to guide you and tell you where we put all your stuff. We even got your some spiffy new stuff to go with it!
User accounts. You are now able to claim your usernames for good by registering with the site. If you are a longtime user, sign up with the email associated with your comments; we’re doing our best to link your old history to your new account. With your account, you can now create a profile and post things on your fan wall, and also track all the comments you’ve made. (You can still comment without creating a user account, although you won’t get to use any of the account features below.)
Upvoting/Downvoting. The thumbs are back! Comments can now be given thumbs-ups and thumbs-downs, but only to registered users. Thumbs are super fun, so you should totally register.
Featured Beanies. The “Beanies” tab in the header will take you to a page that highlights you guys and your comments. Be an active Beanie and be featured here!
Following. Users can follow each other, reply on each other’s fan walls, and get notifications when your friends post content. You can also follow shows by going to a recap and clicking the “Favorite” button.
Beanie Levels. Every comment upvote you’re given, every user you follow (or are followed by), and every fan wall post you make accumulates points for your account! What is this good for? Not anything useful, but we have implemented point levels, which will change your Beanie status as you accumulate more points. In your profile page, you’ll see that your Beanie level starts off as “Candy” (because everybody starts out as a Candy in dramaland!). We plan to also display the point totals so you can actually see how many you have (this feature is coming soon!), as you work your way up to water maid, noble idiot, and contract girlfriend, among many others. We also plan to add comment counts to the point totals.
Notifications. Your account will notify you when someone follows you, when someone comments on your posts (on your fan wall), when someone likes your post, and when a show you’re following adds a new post (say, posts a new recap). We’re adding email notification capability very soon!
Recaps, News, and Extras. We’ve grouped everything into three overarching categories, as you can see from the front page. “Recaps” includes not only drama recaps but also drama reviews (say, year end reviews), What We’re Watching posts, Spill the Beans, and movie reviews. “News” encompasses all news (drama, movie, variety, celebrity). And “Extras” is where you’ll find Podcasts, Open Threads, Beans of Wisdom, Announcement and meta posts, and anything that’s not a recap, review, or news post.
Blog View. If you don’t like this division of categories and yearn for the olden days when everything was in nice reverse chronological order, don’t worry, we’ve taken care of you. The “Switch to Blog View” button in the header will take you to a simple page that displays all posts.
Glitches. We’ve tested the site extensively and prepared as best we could, but we know there will inevitably be some glitches as we all settle into the new site. If you encounter any, shoot us an email at [email protected]. Screenshots are super helpful, as well as information about what device/platform you are using.
Thanks for all your patience and understanding—we’re beyond excited to present our new site to you, and hope you like it! We promise to work out the remaining kinks as quickly as we’re able. In the meantime, go forth and explore, Beanies!
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151 mika163
April 8, 2017 at 10:40 PM
Thanks for providing the blog view option. When I am away for sometime, I like to catch up in chronological order and not have to search for updates in the various sections. I totally get why you have decided to change the format but then I am old school. Nice bright new look. Keep up with the good work.
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chingu
April 9, 2017 at 12:09 AM
I know, I love the Blog View option, too! It's like a piece of the old DB is still here. :') I also just really like seeing the posts in chronological order, too. Haha.
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Lord Cobol
April 9, 2017 at 12:26 AM
I don't see a "blog view" button. Where is it?
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Lord Cobol
April 9, 2017 at 12:32 AM
Don't worry. I found it. I appears when I control- to shrink the fonts.
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152 wilson
April 8, 2017 at 10:40 PM
Love the new site!!! Congratulations ????
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153 Jasmin
April 8, 2017 at 10:41 PM
Wait a second! There is no privacy button for the profile? That's not okay. I want to decide who is able to see the profile.
And why the thumb up and thumb down feature? It gives crazy fans the opportunity to down vote every comment if somebody dares to criticize their oppas or unnies. :/
Also please add some color to the website. The white is really making this website look sterile. :(
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kimchikay
April 9, 2017 at 12:08 AM
I only agree with there being too much white. I love everything and have been exploring for about an hour. I had to turn my brightness down to the lowest level because of it bothering my eyes now. Hopefully I'll get used to it, but my eyes did prefer the less bright old DB.
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revel
April 9, 2017 at 2:14 AM
You have voiced out my concerns. I don't like the idea of downvotes, which can curb criticism and the lack of privacy for comments/ profile.
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154 kanzcech
April 8, 2017 at 10:41 PM
Since I cannot use my past username because min.5 characters requirement, my username kanz officially changes into kanzcech.
Basically it's clean slate for me and my username as there's no history of comments and I must start anew.
In above comment, I mentioned how I can't register my username. And believe me or not just 2 minutes after I sent my email to DB, gf replied me back and solved my problem! The response is so fast, it's no joke! Thank you thank you very much DB team! Hugs and kisses to you!
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PakalanaPikake
April 10, 2017 at 11:59 AM
*waves at kanz* -- I think we need to have a directory where Beanies can state their new and old handles. Something simple, with two columns. Then we could search for each other. -- Would it be possible to add an "alias" entry to our accounts? Something along the lines of "The Beanie formerly known as ___."
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155 cutie
April 8, 2017 at 10:41 PM
Write a comment...
This look buriful ;D
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156 chococake
April 8, 2017 at 10:42 PM
Been a silent reader for a few years x) loving the layout by the way
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157 cutie
April 8, 2017 at 10:43 PM
This look buriful ;D
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158 nilsche
April 8, 2017 at 10:44 PM
So, apparently there is minimal 5 characters for the acc name. While here i'm simply "nil" (which actually really my nickname) :(
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159 wakimary
April 8, 2017 at 10:45 PM
we made it on the other side! looks so good. though i feel a little like a bit of a noob when i commented on "what we're watching now". ended up deleting my own comment then re-submitting it.
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160 thepurplyhippo
April 8, 2017 at 10:46 PM
The new site looks great!
One request: I really really liked that one page that used to be under About called "Ratings" or "Drama Ratings" where Javabeans and Girlfriday gave a quick review and a rating out of 10 on how much they enjoyed it vs how good it was objectively speaking.
I can't find it under Resources, About, or Extras. Can that page be updated and added again? Just a request! :]
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PurpleTeapot
April 8, 2017 at 11:41 PM
It's still there! Click on Recaps > next to the All Recaps and Master Recap List is "Ratings"
http://www.dramabeans.com/ratings/
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161 Itenoria
April 8, 2017 at 10:49 PM
I love the new layout! I'm a bit bummed though. Was off the radar during the 10th year celebration so I never got to save my username and password. Anyway, nothing wrong with starting from the beginning, and I really really dig the new look. Finally a chance to follow peeps and the shows so I get updates?! There is a god! Hehehehehehe.
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mary
April 9, 2017 at 12:22 AM
You don't need to reserve an account to do that. Just register using the email you used to comment with in the old site. If you register using that email, your old comments will be credited to that account.
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Itenoria
April 9, 2017 at 2:23 AM
Went back to check it out and it turns out that my old comments were credited. Yippee for me! Thanks Mary sama ;).
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162 Lord Cobol
April 8, 2017 at 10:50 PM
So, did we all collectively set a record for total page refreshes in a day?
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163 blurbel
April 8, 2017 at 10:51 PM
Loving the new site! Thanks for all the hard work put into getting this new site and looking forward to many more years of being part of this amazing community :)
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164 keiru
April 8, 2017 at 10:54 PM
Yay ! It's finally here ! I love the colour of the new logo ♥ excited to start our new adventure at Dramabeans community :D
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165 immawish
April 8, 2017 at 10:55 PM
Yaaaayy i love this new looks and i love how i couls easily backtrack my comments now :3
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166 pastmidnite
April 8, 2017 at 10:56 PM
I missed the old logo...I missed the color...I missed the side bar...I missed the rotating headers...Basically I missed the old dramabeans...
*but registered as soon as she sees the login/register button and went around exploring enthusiastically ??
I guess this is called love? ??
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chingu
April 9, 2017 at 12:12 AM
Side bar will make its comeback as soon as DB team figures out how to put it back! Haha. Or at least the drama schedule will make its comeback on the side. Also, rotating headers are still here, last time I was on the new DB on my laptop. I was actually surprised to see the rotating headers still here, too.
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167 camillecee
April 8, 2017 at 11:00 PM
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168 scarlet0729
April 8, 2017 at 11:01 PM
Thank you dramabeans for your amazing efforts! glad for this new look of site!
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169 meera17817
April 8, 2017 at 11:01 PM
Yay!!!!! This new look is sooo cool.....
Good job dramabeans!!!!
Ok going to explore more.....
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170 Duchess Rhea
April 8, 2017 at 11:02 PM
It's so... WHITE. It's so DIFFERENT. It's so CLEAN. Wow it feels like we're starting from fresh now. I actually feel rejuvenated when I look at the site now. Granted, I'll miss the old look (and I admit I'll most likely be going back to the blog view) but this is so lovely!
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171 mochakat9
April 8, 2017 at 11:05 PM
Looks great!
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172 sweettangerine
April 8, 2017 at 11:06 PM
Fun & fab! Love everything about your new site! I feel like a kid in Candyland. Can't wait to explore every nook and cranny.
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173 mango
April 8, 2017 at 11:07 PM
You did a good job !! That's cool
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174 flowerinherhair
April 8, 2017 at 11:09 PM
It looks so pretty. Thank you guys for all the hard work !!!
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175 seoulsister
April 8, 2017 at 11:11 PM
Love the new features!
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176 yumii
April 8, 2017 at 11:11 PM
Congratulations on your new layout.
Your willingness to revision your page just keep things fresh.
This is a whole new look. It's a little overwhelming, but I'm sure I'll get use to it.
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177 frabbycrabsis
April 8, 2017 at 11:11 PM
Honestly, the new site is a little terrifying, but I'm trying to cope...
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purpleowl
April 9, 2017 at 2:45 PM
It's a bit overwhelming but we'll get there.
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178 newbie
April 8, 2017 at 11:12 PM
The new site looks great and I'm looking forward to exploring all the new things aroung here. One first remark. I tried to register with my old name 'Newbie', but the system didn't let me use a capital N, so I had to change it. Hopefully I didn't highjack someone else's name and also my old comments can't be connected to this accound. So a fresh start it is. For you and me.
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179 mightymango
April 8, 2017 at 11:13 PM
wow, what a change from the old DB. as if dramas weren't enough of a problem for me, I'm going to go procrastinate on more work by exploring these fun, new features. the site looks awesome!
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180 chicann7
April 8, 2017 at 11:15 PM
I love the new look!!! Great job with the revamped site!
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181 mysteriousrhain
April 8, 2017 at 11:15 PM
New changes are awesome. Would I be able to check if someone replied to my old comments (before the new features)??
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182 coolbeans
April 8, 2017 at 11:15 PM
Excited to play around with the new site and try out all these new features, it looks great!!! Are we able to edit our own comments now too?
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183 aidane
April 8, 2017 at 11:16 PM
Love it !
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184 Karyn Amado
April 8, 2017 at 11:17 PM
Yes!!!! The wait is over! Love love the new site.
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185 Cinna
April 8, 2017 at 11:28 PM
Javabeans has grown so much since the days of coffee prince recaps. :')
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186 davidmorton
April 8, 2017 at 11:34 PM
Wher is the switch to blog view botton? I cannot see it
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swoosiederkins
April 9, 2017 at 12:23 AM
I was having this problem, too. I realized that the words disappear when the browser window is small. If you expand your window or maximize it, you should be able to see it! Hope that helps.
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Lord Cobol
April 9, 2017 at 12:30 AM
Or, in my case, I was already maximized but I had done too many control+ to make the fonts bigger. Control- fixed it.
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Davidmorton
April 9, 2017 at 2:56 AM
Good counsels. Problem solved.
Thanks
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187 hades
April 8, 2017 at 11:35 PM
Congrats on the launch of the redesign! Looks awesome. One thing. While the majority of the users here seem to be female, it would be awesome if you could bear the male users in mind with the titles of the beanie levels. Maybe you don't have to change the female titles, but include male titles as well, like hyung, oppa, flower boy etc.
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jonny
April 9, 2017 at 6:27 AM
Agreed, would be cool if us males would get titles as well. Would be good if everyone can chose which sequence of beanie levels they want to go through.
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purpleowl
April 9, 2017 at 5:23 PM
Is this "hades.red"
Was that the second part of your name?
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hades
April 9, 2017 at 7:40 PM
You found me out. Didn't like the name without the period as a separator so I opted for short and sweet.
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188 mika163
April 8, 2017 at 11:38 PM
While you are still tweaking this new site, can you please reconsider bringing back the "current airing shows" listing in the sidebar. I frequently refer to it for new shows airing or basically use it as a guide as I sometimes forget (it comes with age) which show is airing on which day and/or when there is a cancellation/postponement of episodes, etc.
How about also putting the page numbers selection at the top so that one does not have to scroll to the bottom of the page to select a number in order to jump to a certain page?
By the way, is DB ads-free now? *keeps fingers crossed* Totally annoying and irritating but can understand the need for it
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chingu
April 9, 2017 at 12:15 AM
Yeah, someone also mentioned the "currently airing" drama schedule on the sidebar and javabeans mentioned that they're working on bringing it back–just gotta figure out how first. :)
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189 jozie
April 8, 2017 at 11:39 PM
It looks and sounds great!
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190 coolbeans
April 8, 2017 at 11:40 PM
And I love how I don't have to choose between my two faves - RJY as my profile pic, and SIG as my cover photo. Win win!
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191 risa
April 8, 2017 at 11:40 PM
Can anyone confirm that if our username has fewer than 5 characters and we tweak it to meet the min. character requirement, we'll lose our comment history even if our email address is the same? (As was reported by kanz in post 154.) If that's the case, I'm not complaining, but I'd like to know before I decide to tweak or start anew. TIA.
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kimchikay
April 9, 2017 at 12:02 AM
Yes, confirmed.
I was "Kay" on the old DB, did not meet requirement to had to tweak but used the same email I always do and my comment history was all there.
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192 chingu
April 8, 2017 at 11:41 PM
Yay! DB's makeover is a success and looks great! I'm still busy personalizing my page/account, so that's gonna be fun. The new features remind me a lot of the Soompi forums side, but it's all good because I love DB and now it really feels like a real community. I'm excited for all these new features and am so happy and proud to be growing alongside DB and all you Beanies! Hwaiting, DB! Thank you DB team for working so hard to providing the very best for us Beanies.
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193 Rosy
April 8, 2017 at 11:48 PM
Write a comment...
I definitely love this layout ..its modern (if u understand what I meant)
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194 his5578
April 8, 2017 at 11:48 PM
congrats to the new site. do you provide weekly dramalist in this new site?
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195 awmarce
April 8, 2017 at 11:50 PM
Loving the 'switch to blog' view. But I do miss the list of recently finished recaps at the bottom, alongside the current recaps.
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196 PakalanaPikake
April 8, 2017 at 11:51 PM
And now I'm logged in to send my first "registered" comment.
Technical questions: Will the character counters reappear? Are posts still limited to 3,000 characters?
Thanks again! There's so much new stuff to explore, I hardly know where to begin.
Once the DB IT team gets through the shake-down cruise, I hope you can all crawl off to a nice jjimjilbang to recuperate. ;-)
You guys are the best!
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197 ivoire
April 8, 2017 at 11:54 PM
Hello Dramabeans Team!
Congratulations on your new site! I apologize if this question has already been asked: I tried to register/create an account, and I was hoping to be able to keep my username, "Ivoire."
Two things happened: it seems that usernames cannot start with a capital letter (I couldn't start mine with a capital "i"), and 2- I need to add a number to my username. I don't seem to be able to register, if I don't do that. I was hoping to be able to keep my previous username, so that it would match, or could be synced with the many previous comments I had written under the same (previous) username up until now. I hope I'm making sense. Would that be possible, or should I just create a new username, and accept that my old comments might not be able to be under the same username (thus I might not be able to find them on my wall)?
Also, when I started commenting here seven years ago, I would enter a different email address than I do now. When I register, should I just write the latest email address I have been writing?
I hope to hear from you, thank you!
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mary
April 9, 2017 at 12:00 AM
A number isn't required. But the system doesn't allow capital letters in the username. :( Just register with lowercase username for now. We're working (asap!) on allowing beanies to set a different nickname from their login. The nickname won't be as strict in format. It's up to you what email address you choose to register with. The new profile will remember all comments attached to that email address and add it to your member page, so maybe choose the one with comments you value more.
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ivoire
April 9, 2017 at 12:18 AM
Hello mary,
And thank you for your response. You know, I tried writing my username all in small caps, no numbers, and it wouldn't let me register, which was the reason why I asked that question.
Would it be okay to enter two email addresses, or can I only enter one? (So maybe that way, all my comments could be on the wall? I was just wondering...) Thank you again!
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mary
April 9, 2017 at 12:29 AM
Nope. Just one email per user.
It's possible your username isn't accepted because the registration went through and you didn't notice? Check your inbox or spam folder for the activation email.
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ivoire
April 9, 2017 at 12:56 AM
Okay, will do so right now. Thank you!
ivoire
April 9, 2017 at 12:52 AM
@ mary, @ Dramabeans Team,
Just to let you guys know that I just tried (for probably the eighth or tenth time) to register/sign up, and I still can't.
When I enter "ivoire," (all in small caps), a message appears saying "Username contains invalid characters, only accept a-z and 0-9."
I'm not sure what to do, so I might just give up for now. I have been at this for an hour and twenty minutes now (or so...)
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ivoire
April 9, 2017 at 1:46 AM
@ mary, @ Dramabeans Team,
I checked all my email addresses, the inboxes, spam boxes, promotions, social boxes and the thrash. I received no messages from dramabeans in any of them.
I also just tried (twice), to register again, and I still can't, and I still get the same notice I wrote in my previous message. After over two hours of trying to register, I guess I should just give up for now. It is not working for me.
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mary
April 9, 2017 at 2:19 AM
Hey, sorry you're having trouble. I'm not sure why you can't register.
I tried registering just now using your wanted username: ivoire
In the email field, I used the email you used for the comment above.
I typed a random password and selected a random birthday for now.
It worked on the first try.
Your account should be awaiting activation status right now. If you wanted to use a different email, write another comment below and use that email in the email field instead, so we can delete the account I registered first.
ivoire
April 9, 2017 at 3:00 AM
Hey mary,
Thank you for following up, I appreciate it. FYI, I still didn't receive the notification in my account, even though the registration seemed to have worked on your first try. I'm really baffled, tbh. I was hoping to be able to use that email account because it is the least full of my email accounts, sigh...
I'm going to try with another account then.
ivoire
April 9, 2017 at 3:09 AM
Sorry, I used the same email address. I am going to change that, so you can disable or cancel the registration you made.
ivoire
April 9, 2017 at 3:30 AM
Sooo... I just tried again four times with the new email address, and I still can't register, and I'm getting no notifications, in either email addresses. And I keep getting the same message I mentioned earlier, about my username having invalid characters. I tried, I really did, for the last four hours.
198 vardinihaeyo
April 8, 2017 at 11:54 PM
This layout is soo cool!! especially the logo and the site in cool blue!1 <3
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199 alert
April 8, 2017 at 11:56 PM
Checking in!
I guess I'm not the only one running to register first just so I could get the same username. It was nice to see the old comments we left on Dramabeans. If it was a chart, I could clearly see how sporadic all my comments were LOL.
Still haven't had the chance to explore other new features, but well, I have a lifetime to do that. Cheers for the new Dramabeans!
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200 ginkovn
April 9, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Congrats on the new start!
Really love all features and the new layout.
However, I have problem to activate my account. There is still no email sent to my registered email address. Is it not instantly sent? I still cannot activate my account.
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ginko
April 9, 2017 at 7:36 AM
Wow, I finally can log-in, without verified email yet!
But hey, I've been using this email and account for many years, I'm amazed I'm able to track my > 5 yrs-old comments.
OMG, this is awesome! Dramabeans team, thank you so much! Beaming with joy being a Beanie member!
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