This section of my ファンポップ User's Guide covers links, the lifeblood of Fanpop, and was last substantively edited on 4 June 2013.

So, you've registered on the site and now あなた want to add some content to your お気に入り spots. The vast majority of the stuff on ファンポップ is in the form of リンク which point to content in other places, whether they are articles, galleries, videos, games, または any other sort of content あなた can find online.

Check before あなた add!
Any time that あなた are about to add content to Fanpop, あなた should check first to make sure that the content isn't already linked from the site (at least not in the same spot). The web site will tell あなた if あなた attempt to 提出する the exact same URL as already exists in a spot, but your check needs to be もっと見る thorough than that. If, for instance, あなた want to link to a video of ギター legend link performing on stage in New York, あなた need to do a 検索 such as "link". If あなた get no matching results, you're probably safe. But if あなた get a match within the same spot, あなた need to check it to make sure it isn't the same video from a different source. Not to harp on videos, because the same thing is possible with images. Just to be clear, different 動画 of the same thing are OK (say, screen recordings of different people fighting the same boss battle in a video game); あなた just really want to avoid duplicating the exact same video of the same thing (say, linked from YouTube when a link to the same video on Guba is already present), which is really easy to do in video-heavy spots such as the link and link spots. A simple check should suffice, and helps to protect あなた from the inevitable ファン complaints that あなた have duplicated content that would come up otherwise. Once you've done this check, you're ready to add a link.

Adding a link
There are two specialized buttons to add different kinds of リンク on the site: あなた can "add video" または "add link". Regardless of which type of link あなた wish to add, there are really just two ways to add a link to a spot on fanpop, what I think of as the basic method and the advanced method. The differences are minor; ultimately, あなた are presented with a form to fill out with information about the link. First is the link name, where あなた should put as descriptive a name as あなた can generate for the content あなた are adding.

次 is the actual URL for the content. Once あなた paste または type in that URL, the system will do a simple check to a) make sure that the URL is valid, and b) that the URL doesn't exactly match an existing link in the same spot.

If you're submitting a video link (or if you're using the advanced method, below), you'll 次 have the option of checking a box (multipart video) to specify that あなた are linking to a video in multiple parts. Some video sites put restrictions on how long their 動画 can be, so longer pieces tend to be スプリット, 分割 into many different 動画 which, when watched in the correct sequence, nearly recreate the original piece. The multipart video feature allows あなた to link to all the parts of such a video with one form, rather than creating many リンク (one for each such part). Observant ファンポップ users can still find multiple, separate but related video リンク on the site which were uploaded long before the multipart video feature was implemented.

After the multipart video feature (if present) is the text box for the description of the link: here's where あなた provide a detailed 説明 of what the link is. While it isn't required, this field is your opportunity to provide helpful information to the other fans, and also to "sell" your link - inclining other people to click on it to see what it is after they've found your link. Everyone is strongly encouraged to provide a detailed 説明 for all of their links.

Finally, after the 説明 comes the keywords field. The キーワード are very important - these determine whether your link will be found in a site 検索 または not, as the キーワード are 与えられた priority in searches over words in the description. So, if あなた have キーワード that match a fan's 検索 terms, your link will appear in the 検索 results before リンク that have matches to the 検索 terms in the description. あなた may enter up to ten words または phrases (each one in the 一覧 should be separated によって a comma) in the キーワード field. It's better to have もっと見る キーワード than fewer, as キーワード are so vital for 検索 to work in finding your content.

When you've finished entering information into all of these fields, click the "submit" button to add your link. あなた will either get an error message describing a problem and what あなた need to do to solve it, または confirmation that your link has been 提出されました successfully.

Now, for a brief 説明 of the two methods:

Adding links: the Basic Method
The basic method is to find content that あなた like on a web site, copy the URL for that content into your computer's clipboard, then go to a separate web browser window または tab to load the desired spot on ファンポップ (if あなた didn't have it up already) and submitting the form to add the link. The advantage of this method is that あなた have a window open on ファンポップ separate from the window あなた are using to browse the rest of the web, so that it's easy to do the searches あなた need to do to avoid duplicating リンク without disrupting whatever else you're doing online. The disadvantage is that this method is もっと見る time-consuming.

Adding links: the Advanced Method
The advanced method is to use the "Add to Fanpop" bookmarklet (link) to jump to ファンポップ and add a link from your current browser window. Simply put, once あなた have the bookmarklet in your browser, any page that あなた load in your browser window can be added as a link によって clicking the toolbar button "Add to Fanpop". The only difference is that あなた have to select the spot to which あなた want to add the link from a pull-down menu...and this menu only includes spots of which あなた are already a fan! This method has the advantage of speed, but the disadvantage that it disrupts the flow of what あなた were doing in the first place and can be a mess when あなた try to navigate through your history または use the browser's back button. Also, あなた have to already be a ファン of the particular spot to which あなた wish to add a link before あなた may use this feature.

Myself, while I mostly take the time to use the basic method, I have the "Add to Fanpop" bookmarklet on all my browsers and use it with some frequency on my 'higher volume' spots (that is, the spots to which I add content もっと見る regularly).

Adding リンク to your profile
If あなた wish to 編集 your プロフィール to 一覧 one または もっと見る リンク under such headings as "Favorite TV Show," "Favorite Musician," "Favorite Movie," または "Favorite Book," go to your プロフィール first.
Then click "Edit Profile."
In the resulting page, you'll see many form fields to edit. The section あなた want is section 2, called "2. Fun Stuff About You." Each of the items (favorite book, TV show, film and musician) is listed in a separate field. Put the link または リンク あなた want to add using the text formatting link in the section "Inserting Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)," with a comma separating each one.
Once you've done all the edits, make sure to click the "Submit" button on your 編集 プロフィール page to save your changes.
That's it!


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

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* 1: link

* 2: link.

* 3: link

* 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.

* 5: link

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