Hello Fanpoppers. I know this articulo is late but figured I should still post it in the event that I hit on something that hasn't been covered por one of your fellow fanpoppers in an earlier articulo o foros post (however unlikely that might be).
Here's a little bit of insight into some of the new things that tu might have run into on fanpop in the past few weeks...
Video and image embeds
tu can now embed a video o image in your initial foros post (and all of the subsequent replies). Just look for the "add an image" o "embed a video" link on the foros submission form. Each post is limited to one embedded item per post (we did this to keep things simple).
Hopefully this will help with some of the foros games (caption contests anyone?) going forward.
Save to favorites
tu can already add foros to your perfil actualización "watchlist" (so that future thread activity appears in your actualización event-feed). We have now added a "save" button that allows tu to bookmark the thread to your lista of "favorites". Your personal lista of "favorites" can be viewed from your perfil page.
Most respuestas filter
We added a filter to the "most replies" sort on the foros index page. When tu have enabled the "most replies" sort order tu can now view items with the most respuestas in the last day, last week and for all-time.
respuestas launched a few weeks back at the beginning of March 2009. There are already several guides out there that are superior to anything I might write :-)
I will refer folks to the following unofficial user guides:
* link
* link
(though I differ with Harold in that I think that preguntas with single valid respuestas are valid)
For the most part we had anticipated respuestas being an area where a continuously updated preguntas frecuentes could take shape. The preguntas would fall in that area between opinion/preference preguntas which would be asked in picks and the fact-based game that is the quiz. If tu want to stump your friends por testing their knowledge, use the quiz. If tu want to find out what your fellow fanpoppers' preference is for a dado issue, make a pick. If tu have a specific pregunta that tu don't know the answer to, tu can use answers. It's really a way of allowing fans to tap into the deep knowledge-base of other expert fans. Wondering what the song at the end of an episode was? Ask a question! Want to know when a movie's release fecha is? Sure, that's a valid pregunta (imho). Want to know the best way to poach an egg? Also a good question.
Of course if tu want to know "Who is the hottest?", I personally think this is better served as a pick. And no, for those of tu still wondering, the actual stars aren't lectura and answering our preguntas (at least as far as I'm aware). So preguntas like "Miley Cyrus can tu correo electrónico me?" o "John Krasinski will tu marry me?" are probably not going to ever be answered to your satisfaction :-)
Note that each user may select a single answer as "best" for a dado question. Once a response has sufficient user feedback it may be elevated to "best answer" status so that future visitors to the site might benefit from particularly good responses.
Also, in time certain respondents with a solid track-record may be recognized as experts in their field of expertise in a dado spot in the "top answerer" module.
Finally we added some new content sharing functionality to the site that allows tu to better share cool content tu find on fanpop with your friends on other social networks and social bookmarking sites. Just click on the "share" button on a video page o an image o a examen and tu will see a larger popup menu with a host of choices (Facebook, MySpace and Twitter among others).
That's it for this latest update. Keep fanpopping and sending us feedback! And be sure to send apoyar out to Michael and Cliff for all their hard work on these new features.
Here's a little bit of insight into some of the new things that tu might have run into on fanpop in the past few weeks...
Video and image embeds
tu can now embed a video o image in your initial foros post (and all of the subsequent replies). Just look for the "add an image" o "embed a video" link on the foros submission form. Each post is limited to one embedded item per post (we did this to keep things simple).
Hopefully this will help with some of the foros games (caption contests anyone?) going forward.
Save to favorites
tu can already add foros to your perfil actualización "watchlist" (so that future thread activity appears in your actualización event-feed). We have now added a "save" button that allows tu to bookmark the thread to your lista of "favorites". Your personal lista of "favorites" can be viewed from your perfil page.
Most respuestas filter
We added a filter to the "most replies" sort on the foros index page. When tu have enabled the "most replies" sort order tu can now view items with the most respuestas in the last day, last week and for all-time.
respuestas launched a few weeks back at the beginning of March 2009. There are already several guides out there that are superior to anything I might write :-)
I will refer folks to the following unofficial user guides:
* link
* link
(though I differ with Harold in that I think that preguntas with single valid respuestas are valid)
For the most part we had anticipated respuestas being an area where a continuously updated preguntas frecuentes could take shape. The preguntas would fall in that area between opinion/preference preguntas which would be asked in picks and the fact-based game that is the quiz. If tu want to stump your friends por testing their knowledge, use the quiz. If tu want to find out what your fellow fanpoppers' preference is for a dado issue, make a pick. If tu have a specific pregunta that tu don't know the answer to, tu can use answers. It's really a way of allowing fans to tap into the deep knowledge-base of other expert fans. Wondering what the song at the end of an episode was? Ask a question! Want to know when a movie's release fecha is? Sure, that's a valid pregunta (imho). Want to know the best way to poach an egg? Also a good question.
Of course if tu want to know "Who is the hottest?", I personally think this is better served as a pick. And no, for those of tu still wondering, the actual stars aren't lectura and answering our preguntas (at least as far as I'm aware). So preguntas like "Miley Cyrus can tu correo electrónico me?" o "John Krasinski will tu marry me?" are probably not going to ever be answered to your satisfaction :-)
Note that each user may select a single answer as "best" for a dado question. Once a response has sufficient user feedback it may be elevated to "best answer" status so that future visitors to the site might benefit from particularly good responses.
Also, in time certain respondents with a solid track-record may be recognized as experts in their field of expertise in a dado spot in the "top answerer" module.
Finally we added some new content sharing functionality to the site that allows tu to better share cool content tu find on fanpop with your friends on other social networks and social bookmarking sites. Just click on the "share" button on a video page o an image o a examen and tu will see a larger popup menu with a host of choices (Facebook, MySpace and Twitter among others).
That's it for this latest update. Keep fanpopping and sending us feedback! And be sure to send apoyar out to Michael and Cliff for all their hard work on these new features.