Covered in this article:
Finding spots
Fans of spots and users
Ratings
Favorites
Sharing
Reporting
Finding a spot
There are three primary ways to find spots that fit your interests, which is really the whole point of the site.
The sekunde way to find a spot (marked with a "2" in the illustration) is kwa using the tafuta function. On every page of the site there is a box in which wewe can type key words and then click a tafuta button to look for content that matches those words. The tafuta will try to find spots which match the words wewe enter. Note: when we talk about any content on the site other than the spots themselves (soapbox makala like this one, images, maswali & picks, fora, et cetera), we refer to them generically as 'links'. When wewe use the tafuta function, wewe may also find viungo that match your tafuta terms. tafuta results are divided into those two categories: spots, and links, so if you're looking for a spot, you'll find that listed first. The viungo are listed in the tafuta results below the first five spots listed. The orodha of link results have ikoni that represent the type of link: images, videos, et cetera, but they are all grouped in the same section. tafuta results can take zaidi than one page, so if wewe don't see the spot au link wewe want, wewe may click the 'more results' link (if available) to orodha another page of tafuta results of that type (spots au links).
An example of tafuta results
Note that the tafuta is a simple search, however, and does not recognize boolean expressions. That means that +”Kaiju Godzilla” +”cat monster” +video will get the same results as Kaiju cat monster video Kaiju Godzilla, as an example. In addition, the tafuta will look for each of the words wewe type separately, so the tafuta results would be the same for cat video Godzilla Kaiju monster. This means that, for our example tafuta above, in addition to getting Godzilla in the results, wewe might also get results of 'Some bila mpangilio plant on a pole', 'Cat says a-ha!' and 'monster truck rally video'. The results are organized in order of accuracy of match, however, so a video of Godzilla fighting a cat monster (if there is one) would come first. If there isn't one, you'll see a message "We couldn't find any exact matches", followed kwa a orodha of partial matches.
The third way to find spots that match your interests (marked with a "3" in the illustration, above) is to use the 'Browse spots' feature on the main page of the site. This is currently found in the bottom right of that page. wewe can click a channel title (for instance, 'Pets & Animals') and then scroll through the different spots in that channel, au wewe can get a orodha of the most maarufu spots, au wewe can orodha just the pending spots.
Fan of a spot
Once wewe find a spot that matches your interest, wewe can add yourself as a shabiki of that spot. To do so, click the link at the upper right of the page, below the link to your profaili and above the 'banner' for that spot.
Fan of another user
As wewe browse the site, wewe will either find Marafiki and family wewe know, au you'll just notice other users who are posting viungo that match your interests. wewe may say that wewe are a shabiki of another user. To do so, click on the user's name au portrait picture. This will take wewe to that user's profile. If wewe want to explore a little zaidi of what this user has done on the site, wewe can select 'activity' in the juu navigation bar. The module on the right will refresh with a orodha of the viungo that the user has added to the site, with the ability to also orodha the videos, images, comments, posts to fora, maswali and soapbox makala that user has entered/created.
Ratings
Please rate content whenever wewe have a reaction to it, positive au negative. At the moment, wewe can rate videos, links, soapbox makala and picha (remember, when we speak of content in general, we refer to all of these types of content as 'links').
Favorites
As wewe find viungo that wewe particularly enjoy, au that wewe want to be able to find again quickly, wewe can save them to your orodha of inayopendelewa links.
Sharing
If wewe find some content that wewe think someone else will really like, there are two handy ways to send them a link to that content in e-mail. In each spot, in the upper right (just under the long horizontal image (called the spot's 'banner'), you'll see a link labeled 'invite friend'. Click that to fill out a form that will send an e-mail message to your friend inviting them to use that particular spot. Note: since this makala was originally written, this feature has been expanded to track the number of new users who have registered on fanpop from your invitations. So while the invitation is primarily a way to get others to see a spot wewe like, it is also serving double-duty as a way to track how wewe have contributed to the increase of Fanpop's registered users.
Report
Sometimes, even on a wonderful site like this one, there can be problems. There are two ways to ripoti such problems. First, if there is a problem with a spot (it's obscene, it violates fanpop's terms of use, au it duplicates an existing spot), click the 'report' link in the upper right of the spot (a little red flag just under the spot's banner). wewe then are aliyopewa a number of choices for what to report: the spot is either inappropriate, offensive, miscategorized (for example, if the Pirates of the Caribbean spot was listed in the televisheni channel – it's not TV, so it shouldn't be there), au duplicates a awali spot. If, on the other hand, a link is not working, wewe should ripoti that link.
Here's viungo to other parts of the guide for your quick reference:
* link
* 1: link
* 2: link.
* 3: link
* 4: Picks: this is the generic name both for the kura ya maoni maswali that wewe see on the site and for the majibu wewe can pick to that question. Papa has created a link.
* 5: link
* 6:
link
* 7: link
wewe may also want to see:
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I'm not afraid of you, Ghost!
I did it again.
I accidentally hit the "start chat" tab again.
And couldn't remember how make it go away.
I've had this problem a few times before and have to re-learn it every time.
For some reason, I'm always under the impression that the solution lies under my profaili settings.
It does not.
So now there is an makala to remind me, and anyone else who needs it, how to get rid of this dang thang.
Step 1: Under the "contacts" tab, click "I am online." The words, not the pencil. If wewe click the pencil, it will complicate things and you'll have to reload the page.
Step 2: Click "Log out."
It's not the most obvious way out, but it's easy once wewe finally remember how to do it, so I hope this helps cut down on some frustration. (If not for you, at least for me inayofuata time I accidentally open it and frantically tafuta for a solution. =P)
I accidentally hit the "start chat" tab again.
And couldn't remember how make it go away.
I've had this problem a few times before and have to re-learn it every time.
For some reason, I'm always under the impression that the solution lies under my profaili settings.
It does not.
So now there is an makala to remind me, and anyone else who needs it, how to get rid of this dang thang.
NOOOOOO
Step 1: Under the "contacts" tab, click "I am online." The words, not the pencil. If wewe click the pencil, it will complicate things and you'll have to reload the page.
LET ME OUT
Step 2: Click "Log out."
Anddd we're back to normal. Carry on.
It's not the most obvious way out, but it's easy once wewe finally remember how to do it, so I hope this helps cut down on some frustration. (If not for you, at least for me inayofuata time I accidentally open it and frantically tafuta for a solution. =P)
dont' leave
kwa the way this is my first soapbox
what it says above
Ok, I usually don't make user guides but this one needs to be made. I have seen a lot of picks and a lot of them are boring au annoying. Here is a orodha of steps to help wewe out.
1. Try to have zaidi than three majibu if possible. If the swali is "Who should Jim be with?" Put, Karen and Pam, and then put an answer like neither au Katy.
2.Always have pictures for the swali if it isn't a yes, no, au maybe question. Pictures bring in zaidi mashabiki and make the picks zaidi interesting.
3. Try to ask maswali that people haven't already asked and maswali that people will be interested in. Don't make it boring.
Now these are the three golden steps to making a good, quality pick on fanpop. If wewe feel I need to add anything, then please leave it in the comments.
1. Try to have zaidi than three majibu if possible. If the swali is "Who should Jim be with?" Put, Karen and Pam, and then put an answer like neither au Katy.
2.Always have pictures for the swali if it isn't a yes, no, au maybe question. Pictures bring in zaidi mashabiki and make the picks zaidi interesting.
3. Try to ask maswali that people haven't already asked and maswali that people will be interested in. Don't make it boring.
Now these are the three golden steps to making a good, quality pick on fanpop. If wewe feel I need to add anything, then please leave it in the comments.
