This part of my ফ্যানপপ 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 দ্বারা পাঠ করা 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, অথবা even a spot associated with one of the অনুরাগী 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 আপনি to that spot. A slight exception is the name of a spot in the "recent images" section, which will take আপনি 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 সেকেন্ড way to find a spot (marked with a "2" in the illustration) is দ্বারা using the খুঁজুন function. On every page of the site there is a box in which আপনি can type key words and then click a খুঁজুন button to look for content that matches those words. The খুঁজুন will try to find spots which match the words আপনি enter. Note: when we talk about any content on the site other than the spots themselves (soapbox প্রবন্ধ like this one, images, প্রশ্ন & picks, fora, et cetera), we refer to them generically as 'links'. When আপনি use the খুঁজুন function, আপনি may also find লিঙ্ক that match your খুঁজুন terms. খুঁজুন 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 লিঙ্ক are listed in the খুঁজুন results below the first five spots listed. The তালিকা of link results have প্রতীকী that represent the type of link: images, videos, et cetera, but they are all grouped in the same section. খুঁজুন results can take আরো than one page, so if আপনি don't see the spot অথবা link আপনি want, আপনি may click the 'more results' link (if available) to তালিকা another page of খুঁজুন results of that type (spots অথবা links).

Note that the খুঁজুন 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 খুঁজুন will look for each of the words আপনি type separately, so the খুঁজুন results would be the same for cat video Godzilla Kaiju monster. This means that, for our example খুঁজুন above, in addition to getting Godzilla in the results, আপনি might also get results of 'Some যেভাবে খুশী 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 দ্বারা a তালিকা 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. আপনি can click a channel শিরোনাম (for instance, 'Pets & Animals') and then scroll through the different spots in that channel, অথবা আপনি can get a তালিকা of the most জনপ্রিয় spots, অথবা আপনি can তালিকা just the pending spots.

Fan of a spot
Once আপনি find a spot that matches your interest, আপনি can add yourself as a অনুরাগী of that spot. To do so, click the link at the upper right of the page, below the link to your পরিলেখ and above the 'banner' for that spot. The page will refresh immediately with আপনি as a অনুরাগী of that spot. Now if আপনি click the 'my profile' link, আপনি will see your profile, which will include that spot, as well as a running তালিকা of সাম্প্রতিক নবীকৃত তথ্য made to 'your' spots (the spots for which আপনি are a fan).

Fan of another user
As আপনি browse the site, আপনি will either find বন্ধু and family আপনি know, অথবা you'll just notice other users who are posting লিঙ্ক that match your interests. আপনি may say that আপনি are a অনুরাগী of another user. To do so, click on the user's name অথবা portrait picture. This will take আপনি to that user's profile. If আপনি want to explore a little আরো of what this user has done on the site, আপনি can select 'activity' in the শীর্ষ navigation bar. The module on the right will refresh with a তালিকা of the লিঙ্ক that the user has added to the site, with the ability to also তালিকা the videos, images, comments, posts to fora, প্রশ্ন and soapbox প্রবন্ধ that user has entered/created. Once you've satisfied yourself that আপনি want to add yourself as a fan, find the box labeled 'about me' on the left side of the user's পরিলেখ 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 অনুরাগী List'. Click this link to তালিকা yourself as a অনুরাগী of the user.

Ratings
Please rate content whenever আপনি have a reaction to it, positive অথবা negative. At the moment, আপনি can rate videos, links, soapbox প্রবন্ধ and প্রতিমূর্তি (remember, when we speak of content in general, we refer to all of these types of content as 'links'). When আপনি 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 তারকা 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 পদক is completely based on ratings. If আপনি want your content to be recognized অথবা if আপনি want to appreciate the content that others have posted, the best thing আপনি can do it rate that content!

Favorites
As আপনি find লিঙ্ক that আপনি particularly enjoy, অথবা that আপনি want to be able to find again quickly, আপনি can save them to your তালিকা of পছন্দ links. To add a link to your favorites, simply click the 'save' button right under the ratings circles. To look up your তালিকা of favorites, go to your পরিলেখ page. Your পছন্দ are listed in the left, right under the 'about me' box. দ্বারা default, the পছন্দ are organized in reverse chronological order, with the link আপনি added to your পছন্দ তালিকা most recently listed at the top. If আপনি click the link 'more favorites', আপনি can choose to তালিকা your পছন্দ alphabetically দ্বারা শিরোনাম as an alternative.

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

The সেকেন্ড way to share ফ্যানপপ 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 পূর্ববর্তি form except that the message sent to your friend will contain the লিঙ্ক 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 প্রতিবেদন such problems. First, if there is a problem with a spot (it's obscene, it violates fanpop's terms of use, অথবা 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). আপনি then are প্রদত্ত 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 টেলিভিশন channel – it's not TV, so it shouldn't be there), অথবা duplicates a পূর্ববর্তি spot. If, on the other hand, a link is not working, আপনি should প্রতিবেদন that link. The way to প্রতিবেদন 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) অথবা inappropriate. In either case, আপনি may instead choose to select 'Don't Report' to বাতিল the problem report.

Here's লিঙ্ক 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 মতামত প্রশ্ন that আপনি see on the site and for the উত্তর আপনি can pick to that question. Papa has created a link.

* 5: link

* 6:
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* 7: link

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