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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301 monchers
April 9, 2017 at 7:46 AM
Oh my gosh, your new layout looks awesome, plus all the new features -- can't wait to go through all of them! *excited happy dance*
(Also, I didn't receive any verification email after registering, will that be an issue? Just curious!)
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302 vagabondladybug
April 9, 2017 at 7:47 AM
I wish there was the blog view option. It does not show for me at all .___.
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303 makeupmag
April 9, 2017 at 7:50 AM
Thank you for doing this. Love the interactive power-up! All the best to you and your team, JB, as you adjust to this welcome change. Hope you finally get some much-deserved zzz time!
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304 no name #6
April 9, 2017 at 8:01 AM
Whoa, so different! I imagine once things settle and traffic isn't so insane, page load time will be better? And I also never got my verification email, but I can login anyway, so whatever. I miss the # in my username though ;)
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305 croire
April 9, 2017 at 8:02 AM
I really like the new site! (I feel like I'm going to miss the rotating headers, but that's okay the site looks amazing regardless) I've been lurking on dramabeans for years, and I'm going to this site change as an opportunity to actually get involved in this community.
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306 justacookie
April 9, 2017 at 8:07 AM
Thanks for the new features, they are great!
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307 dramamama
April 9, 2017 at 8:12 AM
The layout is beautiful and all the new functions are great. I already started decorating my wall!
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308 sweetsour
April 9, 2017 at 8:15 AM
I just have a question, I am trying to favorite "Queen In Hyun's Man", "That Winter the Wind Blows" and "W Two Worlds", but for some reason it won't give me the option to favorite. I think there is something wrong with the web pages of these 3 shows. So can you please check it out?
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309 yenthi
April 9, 2017 at 8:26 AM
All signed up and love seeing my old comments from back in the day. I forgot that I had l lurked for a few years before commenting in the OT. The new features and layout are great!
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310 pickledplumtree
April 9, 2017 at 8:45 AM
Wahoo! This is a lot to take in!
I made a whoopsie. Before reading this post I registered with my primary e-mail address, whereas I previously used my secondary e-mail address when I posted out of habit. I suppose I can just switch the e-mail address connected to my account?
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311 Question
April 9, 2017 at 8:55 AM
"The “Switch to Blog View” button in the header will take you to a simple page that displays all posts."
Where is that?? It's nowhere on my screen.
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312 chocoroon
April 9, 2017 at 8:59 AM
I love the new look! I'm really excited that now I can have an account. I really think it will encourage me to comment more. I RARELY commented because I found it a lot of work since there was no way to track my comment. But with this new system I think I will be more chatty! Can't wait to test out all the features.
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313 cicciomon
April 9, 2017 at 9:04 AM
Wohooo! thank you for the new layout javabeans and team! I'm loving the new features on this one! However, a tiny request if you guys have time later on, the spacing is kinda tight and the alignment is not justified so it's a little bit uncomfortable to read compared to the old one.
Anyway, thanks again and great job!
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314 Mariama Bah
April 9, 2017 at 9:05 AM
Sweet
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315 juniebug
April 9, 2017 at 9:07 AM
First off, I LOVE this new layout!! It looks great!! But, is anyone else having really slow connection on this site? Or, is it just me because it really could lol I'm trying to navigate this site and part of me really wants the old site back hehe
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316 raine0211
April 9, 2017 at 9:13 AM
It looks lovely. Thank you for the handwork and the devotion to drama and all things that make life better!
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317 yuyuu
April 9, 2017 at 9:14 AM
I love this new DB so much!! I was so excited to see it, that I even had a dream about it last night. hahaha
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318 help
April 9, 2017 at 9:17 AM
Is it not possible to reset the password? When I click to reset, I get the popup that an email was sent but there is no email. I even checked the spam folder. Before that, I put in the info to change my password and I'm pretty sure I typed it correctly both times but after logging out and trying to log back in with the new password (tried the old one too), it's saying that it's wrong. Well, I could've messed up both times but I just need to reset now.
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319 pickledplumtree
April 9, 2017 at 9:18 AM
"Contact us" is presently not working, FYI...
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320 pumpkinattack
April 9, 2017 at 9:26 AM
Wow! Congrats on a great new site!
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321 anneliese
April 9, 2017 at 9:29 AM
thank you so much! i love the color scheme and the layout <3
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322 rocks
April 9, 2017 at 9:35 AM
I normally hate changes but I like what I'm seeing
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rocks
April 9, 2017 at 9:37 AM
Not sure if it's a glitch or what.. I am not receiving emails that I'm supposed to
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323 Jenny Tran
April 9, 2017 at 9:35 AM
Congrats on the website!! It's been long overdue :) I remember when you changed the website ... 5 years ago? Anyways, congrats again!!
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324 rinnykingdom
April 9, 2017 at 9:39 AM
hi, i've been wandering around and wondering, can i change my username?
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325 yoeslee
April 9, 2017 at 9:39 AM
Wow just wow, the new layout looks amazing!
Congratulations guys and thanks for all the hard work
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326 whatsthescenario
April 9, 2017 at 9:43 AM
Hello!!! LOVE IT!!!!
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327 annnsow
April 9, 2017 at 9:44 AM
Thank you for your work. I cannot wait to invest this place even more so than before. I didn't know I wrote so many comments over the years (almost 200! wow).
:)
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328 Dramakid
April 9, 2017 at 10:09 AM
WOW! this is amazing!
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329 sorrynotsorry
April 9, 2017 at 10:15 AM
Love the new look.
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330 annflln
April 9, 2017 at 10:28 AM
its look fresh and clean. Sure, I missed the old blog view. But this new looks is AMAZING!!! Love the new tab..its easier to navigate through posts.
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331 themugen123
April 9, 2017 at 10:31 AM
Really like the new look. Wish I could of had my username without numbers, but when I tried kept getting invalid characters warning. Also, never received verification email. But, all well that ends well.
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332 Gail Mendiola
April 9, 2017 at 10:37 AM
Still finding my way around the new site! Been following this site for years already! I always make sure to check out your review/recap of dramas before I start watching a drama. Because anything dramabeans approve of or do a recap of is worth watching! Congratulations on the upgrade!:)
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333 autumnscribbles
April 9, 2017 at 10:42 AM
Congrats ladies!!! Loving the new site and all the extra features :D
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334 hallyumint
April 9, 2017 at 10:50 AM
Finally
Successfully registered !
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335 Kitty Montgomery
April 9, 2017 at 10:55 AM
I'm so excited about the new site. I think it will encourage me to comment more. Thanks for all of the hard work!
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336 redfox
April 9, 2017 at 11:01 AM
Good job, girls! *applause*
Like (from what I had time to explore):
The new ratings and that each drama has a page
Profile
Connecting to users I know
now the technical:
so if I follow someone, where do I see what they post? havent figured that out
Is there a chance of adding movie reviews and recommendations? Like a movie tab. cause I like to watch movies, but I want to know what my drama buddies thought of it
and the dramas list is a wee bit long with 37 pages. maybe there is a way to add an alphabet up top to choose by individual letter
just ideas. I am cool with the way it is, too.
and thanks for helping me create a proper account! Cheers
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redfox
April 9, 2017 at 11:03 AM
oh and I typed my suggestions on separate lines but now it is all monolith. maybe it is a bit hard to read like this.
great that there is a delete comment option, too!
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redfox
April 9, 2017 at 11:42 AM
looking for where those notifications appear... hmmm
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sicarius
April 9, 2017 at 1:07 PM
literally been waiting for you to turn up all day... :P
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redfox
April 9, 2017 at 1:14 PM
had some derailed registering attempts, couldnt comment for a time ( plus, was working).
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sicarius
April 9, 2017 at 1:20 PM
It's okay haha it was good for my patience lol
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337 aznative
April 9, 2017 at 11:11 AM
Design is excellent and so easy to use. I had no problems setting up my account and I'm looking forward to having fun with the new features. Thumbs up and thank you to those who coordinated and designed the new Dramabeans.
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338 iamdeb
April 9, 2017 at 11:29 AM
I had a bit of a problem registering and signing in. the login/register buttons at the top right of the page seem to work very erratically and I had to login using the comment section.
Apart from that, i had no other problems and the site looks great!!! I can't wait to explore all the new features :D
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iamdeb
April 9, 2017 at 11:30 AM
I forgot to check but does anyone know if we can edit comments now?
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339 darkice712
April 9, 2017 at 11:37 AM
Congrats on the new site. Can't wait to check out its features and get used to it, slowly but surely.
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darkice712
April 9, 2017 at 11:41 AM
Oh and I never got my confirmation email/activation email when I created this account.
I just found out today, while trying to sign in, that I could actually sign in. Also, same as iamdeb, I tried signing in about 3 times; the first couple of times it seemed as if the site just refreshed.
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340 cv
April 9, 2017 at 11:50 AM
This is awesome! I like the new look very much. :)
Is there a lot of beanies on here right now? It's very slow at loading.
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341 Bluecat
April 9, 2017 at 11:53 AM
Nice! Love the lay out but I can't enlarge the page anymore on my Ipad. Hope this is my temporary. Got eye problems
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342 moomoomoondog
April 9, 2017 at 11:55 AM
Wow, this looks awesome! I've been checking out the recaps since I got into kdramas a little while back but never commented, but this seems like a good time to join in haha. I love the new features! Congrats on the new site :D
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343 massani
April 9, 2017 at 12:07 PM
Very pretty design. Me likey! I've been mainly lurking here, but maybe all these new and shiny features will finally inspire some insights worth sharing. :)
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344 cyanoak
April 9, 2017 at 12:16 PM
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345 cyanoak
April 9, 2017 at 12:18 PM
registered and ready to enjoy the new dramabeans!
i like the new look, especially the color theme :]
huh, would the "comment deleted" post stay?
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346 Lena Parodi
April 9, 2017 at 12:25 PM
Hello all! I'm really excited about this new layout and the new features of the site because as soon as I heard about it I had planned to use it as the start of an extra effort on my part to expand my involvement in this site. I've been ghosting around for many years, always reading everything and following this wonderful community but never really participating, which I have always regretted. I am terrible with taking part in social media generally, and this is something I want to remedy. So, I just wanted to take this moment to say, that it is great to meet everyone and I really look forward to chatting with you more and sharing our common passion for all things kdrama!! :)
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mary
April 9, 2017 at 1:02 PM
Hallo~ have fun hanging out :)
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347 mariam
April 9, 2017 at 12:29 PM
Love the new layout. I just created an account and this is actually my first ever comment even though I have been visiting the site for a while now. I'm looking forward to future posts and communicating with other drama lovers.
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348 UmbrellaMan
April 9, 2017 at 12:35 PM
Maybe someone can help me? I noticed that some user profiles have added a banner as well as a profile photo. I cannot figure out how to add the banner to my profile. Can anyone walk me through???
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blo
April 9, 2017 at 12:48 PM
If you hover over the banner (in your case, where it says dramabeans in large letters), the "change cover" should reveal. Put your pointer over the camera for the option to upload a picture.
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UmbrellaMan
April 9, 2017 at 12:57 PM
Thank you!! I realized after I posted that my problem might also be related to the fact that I am doing everything on my phone. I will follow your instructions when I get access to a computer.
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blo
April 9, 2017 at 1:00 PM
ahh haha yea No problem. :)
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349 gukjaladle
April 9, 2017 at 12:35 PM
Congrats on a successful move, Dramabeans! Your new home looks exceptionally amazing!!!
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350 justtacos
April 9, 2017 at 12:40 PM
Loving the new look!! I love that you were keeping all of us in mind in the design process!!
Here's to another 10 years of awesomeness with Dramabeans!!
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