chime.in

unofficial

user

guide

“Chime.in Or Miss Out”

Compiled by Scott - http://chime.in/user/Scott

chime.in

chime.in is all about interests.

Users post “chimes” about their interests - anything and everything.

You follow certain interests, communities and people, and see a feed of those chimes.

Other users can follow you and see your chimes, too.

Terminology

Chime: a message posted to chime.in

Chimer: a chime.in user

FirstChimer: a new chime.in user (welcome!)

Chimeline: a timeline of chimes

Logo:

Home page / Dashboard link

Arrow:

Quick menu link

Search

Browse People

Notifications

Compose a Chime

Update Your Settings

Let’s start at the top...

Click logo to go to home

page / DashboardClick arrow to see quick menu

Initially, you will only see Home and

Profile links. After you add interests

and join communities, links to these

will be available here as well.

Navigation

Search results are

categorized by

interests, communities

and people.

Also note at the very

bottom of the window

is a link to see specific

chimes for the search

term. You can also just

press Enter to do this.

Search

Browse People

See lists of popular or new

people, or search for people

Click a user name to visit

their profile page

Follow this person. See next

slide for Follow details

Click Follow to follow all

interests for this person.

Follow

Click the “i” / arrow icon to see a list of this person’s

interests, and select which to follow.

Notifications

Click the word “post” to see more information.

The post is displayed inline, with comments

You can view notifications on 4 different types of activities.

“My Chimes” is particularly useful as it shows all likes, comments and shares of your

chimes and comments.

Compose a Chime

Currently you can’t select users; your chime will go to

everyone

Enter a headline / title

(Optional)

Enter the body of your

message

Enter a link, or upload up

to 4 photos, upload a

video or create a poll

Post to Facebook and

Twitter if you like

Click Post to

submit the chimeEnter up to 5 tags; these are interests that

are used to categorize and filter all

chimes. As you type, suggestions are

displayed

Compose a Chime

Headline - 65 characters max

Put an @ symbol in

front of a user’s name

to link to their profile

Body - 2000 characters

max. The counter shows

how many characters

you can add.

Compose a Chime – Add A Link

Click Preview to see what

thumbnail will be displayed

in the chime.

Enter a link to a web page, image, video or

anything else.

Compose a Chime – Add A Picture

Upload one to four images.

Note the maximum file size.

Multiple images will be shown

in a slideshow view

Images are displayed as thumbnails in

the chime, and are displayed full size in

a lightbox when the thumbnail is

clicked.

Videos play inside the thumbnail window

in the chime.

Compose a Chime – Add A Video

Upload a video. Note the

maximum file size.

Click to expand video to full-screen

Compose a Chime – Add A Poll

Fill out the fields to create a poll.

Polls are displayed in the

thumbnail window of a chime.

Update Your Settings

Click the Update Your Settings icon to see a menu of options.

Update Your Settings – Profile Settings

Personalize your experience with options to customize your profile.

Update Your Settings – Account Settings

Modify your email address, password, time zone and more.

Update Your Settings – Notification Settings

Update the types of notifications you receive from the site

Update Your Settings – Edit Following

Change the users and their interests that you follow

http://support.chime.in/home

Help Center

Dashboard

Click the chime.in logo to go to your Dashboard, which is your

home page. You can see a feed of chimes from people, interests

and communities you are following.

Click in here to compose a chime

Dashboard

Link to your profile page

Link to edit your profile settings

Change what you see in your feed.

The default is chimes from people you are following.

Dashboard

Click the Add an Interest link, start typing and

you will see a list of existing interests. Choose

one, or add a new one. Click the Add button to

add an interest to your list.

Dashboard

Click the Browse Interests link to go to a page

that lists interests in many categories. Click the

Follow button to follow an interest.

Dashboard

Communities which you have joined

Link to a page where you can browse and join

communities

Browse popular or all

communities, or search

by interest. Click the Join

Community button to

join one.

http://support.chime.in/entries/20517562-creating-a-community

Dashboard

Create a new community

Support page:

Dashboard

View the most popular content by type

You can sort your chimeline

4 different ways: time, likes,

shares, commentsTime (default)

LikesShares

Comments

Chimes

Click the submitter’s name to go to their

profile page

Click an interest tag to

view a feed of chimes

for that interest

Prefix a term with the # sign to link

to a search page for that term

Chimes - Likes

Click the thumbs-up icon

to “like” this chime

The number above the thumbs-up icon

tells how many users have liked this post.

Click it to see who they are

Chimes - Share

Click the arrow to share a

chime. This is like forwarding

an email – everyone that

follows you will see this just

like when you compose a

chime

The number above the arrow icon tells

how many users have shared this post.

Click it to see who they are

A shared chime

Chimes - Save

Click the bookmark icon to

save this chime

On your Dashboard, click

the Saved link to view saved

chimes

Attachment icons

Link Video Poll One Photo Multiple Photos

Chimes

Click the “X” icon for

options to hide or report

this chime

Chimes – Comments

Sort comments by

time or popularity

Upvote / downvote a comment. The number is how many of

each type of vote the comment received

Hover your pointer

over a comment to

see the “Reply”

option. Replies are

indented under the

original comment

Replying to a comment

200 characters max

Chimes – Comments

In comments, put an @

symbol in front of a

user’s name to link to

their profile page. This

also applies to chimes

you post.

Click “see all” for a

popup window with

all the people

Profile – Following / Followers

Link to your profile

Profile – Filter

On your profile page

you have options to

filter the what you

see

Profile – Media

All the photos and videos you chime are in the media

section at the top of your profile page

Feedback

In the lower right-hand corner of every page there is a

feedback link

http://mobile.chime.in/mobile

Mobile

For community background images, chime in expects 1024x300 pixels dimensions

Tips

The support site is located at http://support.chime.in

Profile background images should be 1200 pixels or wider