Getting Started GuideFluentYet? is a social language learning resource website. Users like you submit content then rate and review the entries. FluentYet? is a huge learning database for the users by the users. In order to help others get accustomed to the site and to answer any questions you may have we have put togother a comprehensive help page, getting started guide, and FAQ section. We recomend you read through at least once. FluentYet? is easy to use but by reading this guide you will discover ways to really harness the power of this language learning site. Table of contents General Register An Account My FluentYet Forgot Password Feedback/Suggestions User Karma FY Resource Database Browse Filter Entry Summary Entry Detail Resource Bar Voting Points Stars Comments Difficulty Level Submitting Report a Problem Recomendations Language Exchange Getting Started Finding Language Exchange Partners Contact a Potential Language Partner
--------------------------------------------------- GENERAL --------------------------------------------------- FluentYet? is a powerful tool that can be enjoyed without registering an account. However to get the most out of your experience you will see there are limitless benefits for creating an account of your own. Registering an account is simple and shoud take no more then 20 seconds. Don't believe us? Register and give it a try yourself... Once you create an account you can access 'My FluentYet'. My FluentYet is where you manage and view all of your information. Edit your personal information and view all of the resources you have voted for, your starred items, your comments and more. You can also see a list of recommended resources we think you will enjoy! If you forget your password go here - to reset your password. We want to know both the good and bad about the site. We want to hear your suggestions. Please help us improve this site! Use our feedback form here: FEEDBACK FORM. Leave feedback as many times as you want. We do appreciate it. Every user has a number next to their username when it appears on FluentYet?. This number is called 'user karma' and is meant to show how much of an impact the user has made across every aspect of FluentYet?. Karma is based on many things including how other users rate comments made by the user and is also tied into the the entries the user submits. example - the user 'MrLang332' has a karma number of 17: 
A high karma number means the user has positivly influenced many times. To see a list of the highest ranked users check out the top users page.
--------------------------------------------------- RESOURCE DATABASE --------------------------------------------------- When browsing the resources on FluentYet? you get a quick idea of what each resource is about by viewing the entry summary. To begin browsing just click browse on the top of any page. You can see what's popular, what's new, and you can stumble upon something interesting you normally wouldn't encounter. When you know what you are looking for or you want to narrow down a list of resources to meet a specific set of criterion use the filter. Here you can choose to search based on almost anything - keywords, type, language, votes. Then you can sort your results however you want. This makes it so simple to find the texbook you are really looking or an unique audio program that is perfect for you. Filter Explained:
When browsing, you will see summaries for each entry. It is meant to give you a quick overview without taking up too much space. Entry are summarixed in the a resource bar explained below. To see the details for a particular entry, click on the title. You can vote and star items from this summarized view. The entry details page contains everything you could possibly want to know about the entry on hand - and if it doesn't, soon you'll be able to add information to the entry. This view shows the resource bar, a full description as well as highlights and any other pertinent informaiton. On the top right you can view a picture or logo of the entry and view links to purchase the item from popular retailers. The resource bar is where you can get a glimpse of the information for each entry. It contains the points, voting buttons, the star button and more.  * Points - Overall points the entry has. read more about points here * Star - This shows whether or not you have starred an item. Click to star, click again to un-star. read more about stars here * Filed Under - language the entry filed under. * Comments - Number of comments left for the entry. read more about comments here * Difficulty level - shows the difficulty level. read more about difficulty levels here * Type - describes the physical form of then entry. Possible types are below: Audio (audio lesson, music) Book (Textbook, dictionary, flash cards, novels) Video (Video lesson, tv show) Software (Wordprocessor, computer game, computer lesson) Web Resource (e-book, website) Show your love (or not) for each entry by voting up (+) giving the entry a point or by voting down (-) taking a point away. You can also vote up or down for comments as well. You can only vote once and you must be logged in to vote.
This is the sum of the votes cast. An entry with 12 + votes and 4 - votes has 16 votes overall but 8 points (+12 - 4 = +8). An entry can have negative points. The entries with more + votes are the entries the language learning community recommends more. On the resource bar is a small outline of a star. Click it and it will be stored under your stared items in 'My FluentYet'. Think about it like adding it to your favorites so you can quickly come back to it later. To remove an entry from your stared items, simply click on the star again.  
Under each entry on the detail page are comments. Comments are individual opinions related to that entry. Let others hear you - leave comments to tell others what you like (or dislike) about each entry you have experience with. To leave a comment simply put a few sentences into the comment box and click submit. You can vote + or - for individual comments as well. This means that one comments can have a higher amount of points then another comment. This helps when sorting out what comments are the most useful. Points help you determine whether others like or dislike entries but the comments acutally tell you why. The difficulty level is aimed to give users an idea of the level required to get the greatest benefit out of the entry. For instance a Japanese JLPT level 1 (hardest) review guide which is geared towards near fluent japanese learning may not be suitable for someone a a begginner or even intermediate level. The difficulty level will show that in a nice little graphic. It is also nice to view your progression in language learning by what defficulty level suits you best.  Beginner Intermediate Advanced FluentFluentYet? is built for the language learning community by the users for the users. Everybody can submit entries to the site makeing FluentYet? a more comprehensive and useful tool. Before you submit it is always good to take a minute and search the site to ensure the entry is not already part of FluentYet?. Once you are satisfied it is not already on FluentYet?, gather all relvant information related to the entry. The more detail you can provide the better. The submission form is designed to accept a lot of information. It flows very easily and should only take a few minutes to add an entry to the site. Once you enter the information, FluentYet? will check for errors. If no errors are found a live preview will appear. This is how the entry will look once submitted to the site. Once you've double-checked the information, submit the entry to the site. On an entry detail page you will see a section to report a problem. Click on the problem you want to report. You can always undo this bly clicking on 'undo'.  
When you are signed in you will notice a section on the main (start) page. This section has a few quick links to your profile and stars. On the right side is a section where you will find entries we recommend to you. The recommendations are based on your viewing and voting patters on the site. If there are no recommendations that means we do not have enough usage data on your account to provide you with any recommendations. The more active you are and more you vote on items, the more accurate your recommendations will be.
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