As usual I'm not delusional enough to think that I can prevent spam- of course not!
But I get so tired of seeing the same things over and over in my mises à jour and then typing the same stuff over and over. Also people dont seem to grasp the use of mots-clés so maybe this will help some in that respect,too.
Now I know the searchbar is scary! I saw it for the first time myself when I was a new user and was reluctant to try it. Who knows what might happen when toi click that chercher button!?! But one jour I summoned all my courage I tried and it didn't hurt. Now there was a surprise! Back then there was only one..now we have TWO chercher options and I know that is even scarier. But be assured I have been using the chercher for ages now and nothing bad has ever happened to me.
Seriously I give toi my word: IT WON'T HURT! PROMISE!!
Searching for content on this site is a little wonky at times I admit that. But over time toi will learn how to get better results AND and this is the w.i.e.r.d.est part (I know its spelt weird but come on..nobody likes a Ted!) toi will also learn how to label the content toi soumettre so that other users can find it as well.
1) The chercher across fanpop
On haut, retour au début of the page on the far right end of the black bar of doom we have the chercher for the whole site. This is a great tool toi can use when toi want to find spots already available. toi hate repeats, toi know toi do, so before creating a new spot toi will use this search.
Also toi want to find all content on fanpop for something/someone in this example Katherine Heigl.
There will be content in the "Katherine Heigl" spot and the "Movies" spot but since she is both on TV and in films toi will also find images of her on the "Grey's Anatomy" spot and the "Television" spot. Maybe there is also content in places toi hadn't thought of: the "Hottest Actresses" spot ou the "Knocked-up" spot. So instead of going to all these spots separately and clicking yourself through all content toi use: TADA!! The chercher across fanpop!!
toi type in Katherine Heigl click "search" and this will lead you- in theory- to all content soumis on fanpop concerning Katherine Heigl.*nods* I KNOW, RIGHT??
It has been neatly organized these days: toi can filter your chercher results par category so if you're looking for images only toi can even choose to get sub-results organized par image type (icons,wallpapers etc). ALL THAT with a few clicks!
toi can also use the advanced chercher to filter answers,links, forums, picks etc
So much for the theory of it.
What toi won't find are images posté but have no mots-clés and "KH <3<3" as the title. The searchbar is friendly but let's face it not very clever. It doesnt recognize Katherine on a picture..it will only give toi results if the image is somehow marked with the words "Katherine Heigl".
That is the reason par the way why people keep moaning aboot keywords! Not to be bossy ou rude but because toi need to add mots-clés so your friend the searchbar can find things!
And toi see in the image above that toi get Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh results, too, when searching for Katherine Heigl..Why toi ask? Because someone added the wrong keywords!
Also just putting "KH <3<3" in the titre of the picture will not result in people being able to find the image when looking for "Katherine Heigl". It just won't! Now maybe toi say: All fans call her KH - like we call "How I met your Mother" HIMYM- but try that, type in KH, and toi might get some Katherine Heigl pictures along the way- but mostly a lot of "Kingdom Hearts" ( I don't even know what that is to be honest) results to click through.
Wouldn't it be MUCH easier if all images with Katherine Heigl on them would pop up when toi want them to and NO Kingdom Hearts results? Isn't that what toi would expect? Why on earth would toi want "Kindom Hearts" results when looking for Katherine Heigl?
( I researched: Its a game..now the woman is busy but I'm pretty sure she isn't in that.)
That is why when submitting an image ou any other type of content think of your fellow fans. Think of new users who come here and want to find things they are a fan of. Mark your content so it can be found with the help of your friend: The dense but well intentioned searchbar!
2) Searching on a spot
Now this chercher hasn't been around as long as the other. On each spot on the haut, retour au début right under the banner there is another chercher one that is restricted to the club you're currently in. (if toi accidentally use it to chercher across fanpop toi can alter the chercher par clicking on "search fanpop" the f4 are clever like that and knew we get confused easily).
It's great for finding things that are restricted to a certain spot.
So for example: toi want to make a REALLY original pick with awesome images.
toi think for a while and come up with "Do toi think Katherine Heigl is hot?"
toi have become close Friends with the searchbar and want to see if anyone else was clever enough to come up with such an unusual question.
Don't try to chercher the whole question, instead use the main words of your question and type that into the clubsearch so in this case Katherine hot . toi probably find *gasp* that 4 people before toi had the same idea and toi rest assured that great minds think alike. Normally toi would leave it at that but that question just HAS to be asked again so toi go to the "Hottest Actresses" club and try again. Just for the sake of the example let's pretend toi try the chercher there and it brings back nothing (*coushyeahrightcough*).
So toi post this question and want some awesome images to go with your options. Again toi can use the clubsearch because most images of Katherine will be in the "Katherine Heigl"spot and plus likely of Katherine alone rather than searching across fanpop where toi will also get a lot of images with her as Izzie (probably together with Alex who really has no business being on your pick.) toi can filter your chercher again par category and choose icones since those will already have the square format toi need.
But what if toi want to ask a plus specific question aboot e.g. a dress she wore? toi want to ask which dress looked better on her the one she wore to the "Academy Awards" in 2008 (no idea if she was invited to that but please play along) ou the one she wore at the "Knocked up" premiere? toi want your options and the images to match of course since people might not remember them both. Also you're pretty sure pictures of both events were posté on the spot but toi really don't remember when and don't want to click through endless results toi get when looking at the images section.
Wouldn't it be just insanely helpful if toi got the results toi needed when searching for "Academy Awards" ou "Oscar" on the Katherine Heigl clubsearch? Just imagine the person who uploaded the images was kind enough to put "oscars" "academy awards" "2008" "kathrine heigl" (and maybe some plus that fit like "red carpet")in the keywords! toi would find what toi need instantly!
So remember when adding stuff to fanpop: think aboot your friend the searchbar! Be kind! Help the poor thing to do its work. It doesn't only operate on mots-clés but also on titles so pay attention to both (for spots/clubs it also works with the submotto for some reason I can't quite grasp :S...just type in "love" and toi will see what I mean.).
Don't PLEASE just don't tag stuff thats NOT in the image/video. If you're uploading "Izzie" icones to the Grey's Anatomy spot don't tag other characters.
Don't use all mots-clés available just to put some. Also and this might to news to some: toi can type your own keywords! So toi can actually type in "oscar" "academy awards" etc yourself separating them par commas! Bulk uploading kills mots-clés as Snerkie once a dit but I won't stop toi from doing that anyway but please at least don't tag things that AREN'T in the picture. That is just frustrating to everyone else.
As for titles: its never a good idea to put "OTH <3<3" ou "LYK OMG SO HAWT" ou any other abbreviations ou textspeak. Try to make the titles simple and "searchable" (why THAT'S not a word in the English language is beyond me..but toi know what I mean). The "KH" example ou putting "GG" which can be Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls ou even GOLDEN GIRLS for that matter shows toi how it might confuse things for people.
I think its fine to post "updated" repeats but be sure to mark them as such. So instead of asking "Is Katherine Heigl hot?" toi could ask "After Katherine Heigl dyed her hair, got plastic surgery and is now a dude: Is she still hot? and it wouldn't really be a repeat.
So suivant time toi want to add something to fanpop please do two things use a touch of common sense and PLEASE use your friend: The Searchbar!
But I get so tired of seeing the same things over and over in my mises à jour and then typing the same stuff over and over. Also people dont seem to grasp the use of mots-clés so maybe this will help some in that respect,too.
Now I know the searchbar is scary! I saw it for the first time myself when I was a new user and was reluctant to try it. Who knows what might happen when toi click that chercher button!?! But one jour I summoned all my courage I tried and it didn't hurt. Now there was a surprise! Back then there was only one..now we have TWO chercher options and I know that is even scarier. But be assured I have been using the chercher for ages now and nothing bad has ever happened to me.
Seriously I give toi my word: IT WON'T HURT! PROMISE!!
Searching for content on this site is a little wonky at times I admit that. But over time toi will learn how to get better results AND and this is the w.i.e.r.d.est part (I know its spelt weird but come on..nobody likes a Ted!) toi will also learn how to label the content toi soumettre so that other users can find it as well.
1) The chercher across fanpop
On haut, retour au début of the page on the far right end of the black bar of doom we have the chercher for the whole site. This is a great tool toi can use when toi want to find spots already available. toi hate repeats, toi know toi do, so before creating a new spot toi will use this search.
Also toi want to find all content on fanpop for something/someone in this example Katherine Heigl.
There will be content in the "Katherine Heigl" spot and the "Movies" spot but since she is both on TV and in films toi will also find images of her on the "Grey's Anatomy" spot and the "Television" spot. Maybe there is also content in places toi hadn't thought of: the "Hottest Actresses" spot ou the "Knocked-up" spot. So instead of going to all these spots separately and clicking yourself through all content toi use: TADA!! The chercher across fanpop!!
toi type in Katherine Heigl click "search" and this will lead you- in theory- to all content soumis on fanpop concerning Katherine Heigl.*nods* I KNOW, RIGHT??
It has been neatly organized these days: toi can filter your chercher results par category so if you're looking for images only toi can even choose to get sub-results organized par image type (icons,wallpapers etc). ALL THAT with a few clicks!
Image results for Katherine Heigl
toi can also use the advanced chercher to filter answers,links, forums, picks etc
Question that has been asked and answered sufficiently now!
So much for the theory of it.
What toi won't find are images posté but have no mots-clés and "KH <3<3" as the title. The searchbar is friendly but let's face it not very clever. It doesnt recognize Katherine on a picture..it will only give toi results if the image is somehow marked with the words "Katherine Heigl".
That is the reason par the way why people keep moaning aboot keywords! Not to be bossy ou rude but because toi need to add mots-clés so your friend the searchbar can find things!
And toi see in the image above that toi get Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh results, too, when searching for Katherine Heigl..Why toi ask? Because someone added the wrong keywords!
Also just putting "KH <3<3" in the titre of the picture will not result in people being able to find the image when looking for "Katherine Heigl". It just won't! Now maybe toi say: All fans call her KH - like we call "How I met your Mother" HIMYM- but try that, type in KH, and toi might get some Katherine Heigl pictures along the way- but mostly a lot of "Kingdom Hearts" ( I don't even know what that is to be honest) results to click through.
Wouldn't it be MUCH easier if all images with Katherine Heigl on them would pop up when toi want them to and NO Kingdom Hearts results? Isn't that what toi would expect? Why on earth would toi want "Kindom Hearts" results when looking for Katherine Heigl?
( I researched: Its a game..now the woman is busy but I'm pretty sure she isn't in that.)
That is why when submitting an image ou any other type of content think of your fellow fans. Think of new users who come here and want to find things they are a fan of. Mark your content so it can be found with the help of your friend: The dense but well intentioned searchbar!
KH= Katherine Heigl?
2) Searching on a spot
Now this chercher hasn't been around as long as the other. On each spot on the haut, retour au début right under the banner there is another chercher one that is restricted to the club you're currently in. (if toi accidentally use it to chercher across fanpop toi can alter the chercher par clicking on "search fanpop" the f4 are clever like that and knew we get confused easily).
It's great for finding things that are restricted to a certain spot.
So for example: toi want to make a REALLY original pick with awesome images.
toi think for a while and come up with "Do toi think Katherine Heigl is hot?"
toi have become close Friends with the searchbar and want to see if anyone else was clever enough to come up with such an unusual question.
Don't try to chercher the whole question, instead use the main words of your question and type that into the clubsearch so in this case Katherine hot . toi probably find *gasp* that 4 people before toi had the same idea and toi rest assured that great minds think alike. Normally toi would leave it at that but that question just HAS to be asked again so toi go to the "Hottest Actresses" club and try again. Just for the sake of the example let's pretend toi try the chercher there and it brings back nothing (*coushyeahrightcough*).
So toi post this question and want some awesome images to go with your options. Again toi can use the clubsearch because most images of Katherine will be in the "Katherine Heigl"spot and plus likely of Katherine alone rather than searching across fanpop where toi will also get a lot of images with her as Izzie (probably together with Alex who really has no business being on your pick.) toi can filter your chercher again par category and choose icones since those will already have the square format toi need.
But what if toi want to ask a plus specific question aboot e.g. a dress she wore? toi want to ask which dress looked better on her the one she wore to the "Academy Awards" in 2008 (no idea if she was invited to that but please play along) ou the one she wore at the "Knocked up" premiere? toi want your options and the images to match of course since people might not remember them both. Also you're pretty sure pictures of both events were posté on the spot but toi really don't remember when and don't want to click through endless results toi get when looking at the images section.
Wouldn't it be just insanely helpful if toi got the results toi needed when searching for "Academy Awards" ou "Oscar" on the Katherine Heigl clubsearch? Just imagine the person who uploaded the images was kind enough to put "oscars" "academy awards" "2008" "kathrine heigl" (and maybe some plus that fit like "red carpet")in the keywords! toi would find what toi need instantly!
So remember when adding stuff to fanpop: think aboot your friend the searchbar! Be kind! Help the poor thing to do its work. It doesn't only operate on mots-clés but also on titles so pay attention to both (for spots/clubs it also works with the submotto for some reason I can't quite grasp :S...just type in "love" and toi will see what I mean.).
Don't PLEASE just don't tag stuff thats NOT in the image/video. If you're uploading "Izzie" icones to the Grey's Anatomy spot don't tag other characters.
Don't use all mots-clés available just to put some. Also and this might to news to some: toi can type your own keywords! So toi can actually type in "oscar" "academy awards" etc yourself separating them par commas! Bulk uploading kills mots-clés as Snerkie once a dit but I won't stop toi from doing that anyway but please at least don't tag things that AREN'T in the picture. That is just frustrating to everyone else.
As for titles: its never a good idea to put "OTH <3<3" ou "LYK OMG SO HAWT" ou any other abbreviations ou textspeak. Try to make the titles simple and "searchable" (why THAT'S not a word in the English language is beyond me..but toi know what I mean). The "KH" example ou putting "GG" which can be Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls ou even GOLDEN GIRLS for that matter shows toi how it might confuse things for people.
I think its fine to post "updated" repeats but be sure to mark them as such. So instead of asking "Is Katherine Heigl hot?" toi could ask "After Katherine Heigl dyed her hair, got plastic surgery and is now a dude: Is she still hot? and it wouldn't really be a repeat.
So suivant time toi want to add something to fanpop please do two things use a touch of common sense and PLEASE use your friend: The Searchbar!
