This part of my ファンポップ User Guide describes some of the basics of using the site, and was last substantively edited on 19 December 2007.

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 first (examples are marked with "1" in the illustration) is によって 読書 the lists on the main page of the site ('fanpop home'): it's entirely possible that some content displayed there is of interest to you, whether it be a spotlit spot, a question, an image, a video, a forum, または even a spot associated with one of the ファン featured on the main page. In general, every time a spot name is listed anywhere on the site, it is a clickable link which will take あなた to that spot. A slight exception is the name of a spot in the "recent images" section, which will take あなた to that image in the spot, rather than to the main page for that spot (just as if you'd clicked on the thumbnail of the picture).

The 秒 way to find a spot (marked with a "2" in the illustration) is によって using the 検索 function. On every page of the site there is a box in which あなた can type key words and then click a 検索 button to look for content that matches those words. The 検索 will try to find spots which match the words あなた enter. Note: when we talk about any content on the site other than the spots themselves (soapbox 記事 like this one, images, 質問 & picks, fora, et cetera), we refer to them generically as 'links'. When あなた use the 検索 function, あなた may also find リンク that match your 検索 terms. 検索 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 リンク are listed in the 検索 results below the first five spots listed. The 一覧 of link results have アイコン that represent the type of link: images, videos, et cetera, but they are all grouped in the same section. 検索 results can take もっと見る than one page, so if あなた don't see the spot または link あなた want, あなた may click the 'more results' link (if available) to 一覧 another page of 検索 results of that type (spots または links).

Note that the 検索 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 検索 will look for each of the words あなた type separately, so the 検索 results would be the same for cat video Godzilla Kaiju monster. This means that, for our example 検索 above, in addition to getting Godzilla in the results, あなた might also get results of 'Some ランダム 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 によって a 一覧 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. あなた can click a channel タイトル (for instance, 'Pets & Animals') and then scroll through the different spots in that channel, または あなた can get a 一覧 of the most 人気 spots, または あなた can 一覧 just the pending spots.

Fan of a spot
Once あなた find a spot that matches your interest, あなた can add yourself as a ファン of that spot. To do so, click the link at the upper right of the page, below the link to your プロフィール and above the 'banner' for that spot. The page will refresh immediately with あなた as a ファン of that spot. Now if あなた click the 'my profile' link, あなた will see your profile, which will include that spot, as well as a running 一覧 of 最近 アップデート made to 'your' spots (the spots for which あなた are a fan).

Fan of another user
As あなた browse the site, あなた will either find フレンズ and family あなた know, または you'll just notice other users who are posting リンク that match your interests. あなた may say that あなた are a ファン of another user. To do so, click on the user's name または portrait picture. This will take あなた to that user's profile. If あなた want to explore a little もっと見る of what this user has done on the site, あなた can select 'activity' in the 上, ページのトップへ navigation bar. The module on the right will refresh with a 一覧 of the リンク that the user has added to the site, with the ability to also 一覧 the videos, images, comments, posts to fora, 質問 and soapbox 記事 that user has entered/created. Once you've satisfied yourself that あなた want to add yourself as a fan, find the box labeled 'about me' on the left side of the user's プロフィール page, which contains the user's portrait picture, whatever biographical information the user has decided to include and a number of quick links. One of these is 'Add to ファン List'. Click this link to 一覧 yourself as a ファン of the user.

Ratings
Please rate content whenever あなた have a reaction to it, positive または negative. At the moment, あなた can rate videos, links, soapbox 記事 and 画像 (remember, when we speak of content in general, we refer to all of these types of content as 'links'). When あなた look at any of these things, you'll see a row of five grey circles with “rate this link” written across them. Click on these to rate the link in question, on a five 星, つ星 scale of 1 ('garbage') to 5 ('awesome!'), moving from left to right. It cannot be stressed enough how important ratings are, since many lists of links, et cetera use ratings as a major part of the algorithm to determine how they are displayed. In addition, the system of メダル is completely based on ratings. If あなた want your content to be recognized または if あなた want to appreciate the content that others have posted, the best thing あなた can do it rate that content!

Favorites
As あなた find リンク that あなた particularly enjoy, または that あなた want to be able to find again quickly, あなた can save them to your 一覧 of お気に入り links. To add a link to your favorites, simply click the 'save' button right under the ratings circles. To look up your 一覧 of favorites, go to your プロフィール page. Your お気に入り are listed in the left, right under the 'about me' box. によって default, the お気に入り are organized in reverse chronological order, with the link あなた added to your お気に入り 一覧 most recently listed at the top. If あなた click the link 'more favorites', あなた can choose to 一覧 your お気に入り alphabetically によって タイトル as an alternative.

Sharing
If あなた find some content that あなた 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 記事 was originally written, this feature has been expanded to track the number of new users who have registered on ファンポップ from your invitations. So while the invitation is primarily a way to get others to see a spot あなた like, it is also serving double-duty as a way to track how あなた have contributed to the increase of Fanpop's registered users.

The 秒 way to share ファンポップ content is to click the link labeled “Share this Link” (or 'Share Video' in the case of videos). This will also bring up a form, which is identical to the 前 form except that the message sent to your friend will contain the URL to the link, rather than to the spot.

Report
Sometimes, even on a wonderful site like this one, there can be problems. There are two ways to レポート such problems. First, if there is a problem with a spot (it's obscene, it violates fanpop's terms of use, または 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). あなた then are 与えられた 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 テレビ channel – it's not TV, so it shouldn't be there), または duplicates a 前 spot. If, on the other hand, a link is not working, あなた should レポート that link. The way to レポート a problem with a link is to click the grey flag just under the ratings circles, and then select which type of problem it is: spam, outdated (if the link is to some event that has come and gone), broken (if the link doesn't work), miscategorized (the link was put in the wrong spot) または inappropriate. In either case, あなた may instead choose to select 'Don't Report' to キャンセル the problem report.

Here's リンク to other parts of the guide for your quick reference:

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* 4: Picks: this is the generic name both for the アンケート 質問 that あなた see on the site and for the 回答 あなた can pick to that question. Papa has created a link.

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