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A lot of you beautiful Bees stepped in to help answer the influx of newly written posts with no replies.  The Hostess Team is very grateful for all the help.  There were a few comments about helping the NewBees with writing a post that gets the answers they are looking for.  Here are a few tips to help.

• Title of your post - Be specific, be accurate, be interesting.  Instead of saying "BM Dresses"  say "What do you think of these BM dresses?"  Or "Would this BM dress go with my rustic theme?"  Please try not to post in all capital letters, it helps the Mod team keep the boards clean.

• Content - Keep is as specific as possible.  With more specific content, your fellow Bees can better assess what information you are looking for.

  • If there is a lot of content, like when you need to explain a specific issue, break it up into paragraphs and use proper capital letters.  Posts that are one huge paragraph, lots of misspellings, and lack capital letters are very difficult to read and some Bees that could possibly help may skip something that is difficult to read.

• How to add photos (actual photos are WAY better than links) - daydreamwanderer wrote "5. How do I post a photo? Look for the green button that looks like a polaroid of a tree. Clicking it will bring up an upload box where you can upload and manage photos.

• Select a topic for your question.  At the bottom of writing a post, there is a drop down menu that will give you a choice of topics.  Be specific.  If you are asking a question about a venue in Dallas, please post to Dallas/Fort Worth.  If you just post to Venues, you will not be getting targeted replies.  (Don't forget to check your local boards, you may have an answer for someone in your area).  If you are posting to a local board, it may take a few days for a useful response, so keep checking your back on your posts.  If you are asking a not wedding related question and there is no topic for your post, please post to The Lounge.  Again, this helps the Hostess team keep the boards orderly.

• Check back to your posts.  There is nothing worse than leaving, what you think is, great advise or something helpful and the Original Poster never returns.  We all love to know that something was helpful, so make sure you check back and let them know.

• Timing - If you post in the middle of the night (or during the days for our European and Aussie Bees), you may not get responses right away.  Don't be afraid to come back to your post and "bump" it for the daytime Bees.  This puts it back to the top of the boards.  Don't do it too often, but if you haven't gotten a helpful response or you have useful information to share, don't be afraid to "bump" your thread.

• Tag you post.  If you tag your posts, it will be easier for future bees to go back to your post to find some useful information that may help them.

• Editing - If you see something in your post that you would like to change, you have one hour to change it. 

• MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE COMMENTING AND DELETION POLICIES!  This is so important. 

• Do Not put your email address in the content.  Remember, this is a public board and Google/Bing searchable.

• Flagging Posts - should you come across an answer that violates the ToS or WBs Comment policies, flag it and leave a description of the infraction.  Should you come across some really helpful information, or a Bee has gone out of her way to help, FLAG IT, and tell the Mod Team about it!  They just love good flags too!