What is Fanflux.com?

Fanflux is a community of users, be they friends or strangers to each other, they remain updated through the sending of video, photo, audio or text messages about what they are doing or feeling at certain times in their lives. Finally, all are responding to a main question: What am I doing now? by using video, photo, audio or text to show us.

Through Fanflux you can keep updated on what your friends are doing at that moment or even making friends through it. Bloggers can use it to yielding "mini-blogs" and developers can use its API to develop applications on the Fanflux platform.

Is Fanflux.com free?

Yes, Fanflux.com is completely free, please use any of the services at will.

How does it work?

You can send messages 2 ways: through IM (Instant Messenger or Communicator Snapshot-be it MSN, Gtalk, Jabber, AIM or Yahoo) or through the site Fanflux. Soon we will be allowing the sending and receiving of messages via mobile phone.

Can I use Fanflux with my phone?

Not yet. Soon we will be allowing you to publish your messages from your cell phone and also receive messages from your friends through it. Wait!

Can I use Fanflux with my IM (Instant Messenger)?

Yes Once you have made your login, go to Settings and configure your IM. You will be presented the ID of Fanflux. Add it to your Friends List on your IM and when you want to publish a message is so call him and write as if you are writing to a friend. We support virtually all major IMs existing (MSN, Gtalk, Jabber, AIM, ICQ and Yahoo). Remember that the most characters you can write to your IM are 140. If you write more than that, the text is truncated.

Does Fanflux supports html in messages?

No, for security reasons Fanflux does not allow html in your messages.

Can I follow someone who is a user of Fanflux?

Each user has a link on their page "Follow + Name of the user." When you click on this link, you will be following this person, you will receive new messages from this person in your IM, in your e-mail or via website. At the same time this person comes into your list.

How do I continue to follow a user but not to receive their messages in my IM, e-mail or website?

Go to their page and click NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS. He will continue to be on your list but you will no longer receive notification of their messages.

Can I unfollow a User?

Go to their page and click unfollow user. He will be removed from your list and you also no longer be receiving notices of their messages.

How do I know that someone is following me?

Go to your personal page and click on the link. You will see all the users who are following you. You have the option to also begin following them.

Can I block any user on issues of Abuse?

Yes On page profile of the user you will find a link called "Lock". After he his blocked, he will no longer appear in your list, their messages will not appear in your Home Page and he can no longer follow you. He will not be notified that you blocked him. This blockade is not irreversible, if you change your mind, you can easily unlock this user following the same steps as above.

Can I send a user a direct message?

Yes, in the site, in the user page, click SEND A MESSAGE TO + User Name. "

How do I find my direct messages?

Go to your page. Click "Direct Messaging" on the right side of your profile to see all those messages that you received from users of Fanflux. To see the messages sent by you, click "Outbox"

How do I receive notifications only from direct messages sent to me and no more from all messages written by users I follow?

Go to your page and click on the option that relates only to receive notifications of Direct Messaging.

Do I have the option to choose where I want to receive notifications of new messages from users that I follow?

Yes, go to your page and there you have the option to choose receive notifications directly into your IM in your e-mail or only through the web.

What are Public Answers?

You can respond or comment publicly any message in Fanflux. For this click the "answer" to the end of any message and the response / comment will be received by all those that followed.

Who can read my newly posted messages? Can I do that so that only my friends can read them?

You decide. In Settings, you can make your messages public or accessible only to those people you allowed to follow it. By default, all messages are public. If you do not want your new messages are read by strangers, go to "Settings" and make that only persons authorized by you have access to them. To allow this access, you must also add this person on your follow list. Add, this person and then you can read their messages.

Can I edit my messages after its publication?

No. You can delete them but not edit them.

Can I save messages as Favorites?

Yes, you can save any public post or friends in Your Favorites by clicking on the icon that look like a "heart". If you delete a message in Your Favorites go to the message and click again the icon. You will notice that it will change.

What is the maximum size for my messages?

The maximum limit is 140 characters for text from the web. If you leading a message of their IM above this limit, this message will be truncated. For other media such as video and audio, there is a 10 minutes per video cap.

Is there a limit of new messages that I can read?

No, read as many messages as you want.

I am receiving many messages in my in my IM or email. How do I get less?

You can stop receiving messages from some people that you follow without stoping to receive the rest. Go to the this person's page and click NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS OF + Surname.

What does "Nudge" a user do?

If a person has not published a message on the site for some time and you want to see her, send her a new message, you can send it as a "Nudge" by clicking on the link Nudge + Name on the user's page. This "Nudge" reaches him in an email asking him to create a new message.

Can I customize my pages on Fanflux, changing the background and colors?

Yes, go to SETTINGS and then LAYOUT. There you can change your wallpaper-and colors of various items of your page: balloons, boxes, borders, links and text.

Can I put Fanflux in my blog / site?

Yes You can put the Fanflux badge anywhere that accepts Flash, Javascript or HTML, and can even customize it to accommodate better if in your blog / site. Go to SETTINGS and then badges.

Is there an API for Fanflux?

Yes, you can find it in the bottom of the site.

How do I erase my account and leave Fanflux?

Go to SETTINGS and then REMOVE MY ACCOUNT. Keep in mind that nothing guarantees that you can return to Fanflux with the same surname because from there he will be available for others to use.