FAQ

What is tipstip?

tipstip is a tips sharing service. Have you ever seen articles like "10 ways to make your life fun"? Let's make it together! Post your tips to share and give more efficient and convenient life for people.

How can I get the high position at ranking?

Ranking is calculated from rating of each tips. The more you post tips, The more you get rating. However, you could get bad rating. Then your rank will fall down.

How can I post topics or tips?

Join and make an account. It's completely free and easy. Go to sign-up page.

I forgot my password. What should I do?

You can change your password at this page. We will send an email to your registered email address to reset your password.

How can I change my email address?

You can change your email or password at account page after signing in. The email address cannot be duplicate so change to unused email address

Can I use html tag?

Html tags are not permited. Still you can add links,images and videos.

How to make links:
Just put "link:" before URL you want to make link to

link:http://www.google.com/

then

http://www.google.com/
How to add photos:
To add images, put "img:" before source URL of image

img:http://static.tipstip.com/service/www/ipn9.jpg

then


How to embed videos:
To add images, put "video:" before source URL of video sharing services

video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ

then


easy! Not many services are supported at this time.
Currently support youtube, dailymotion, Google video(must be video.google.com. not video.google.co.uk nor video.google.co.jp), vimeo, nico video です。
How to embed maps:
To add images, put "maps:" before source latitude and longitude

maps:38.897596,-77.036562 (latitude,longitude without any space)

then


This is Whitehouse.
Use Bookmarklet to get coordinate on Google Maps.

Can I post examples of code and make it highlighted?

We know sometimes people post examples of codes as tips so we are ready to highlight them.
How to highlight your code:

***php***
print "Hello, World!";
***end***

As you can see, begin from ***LANG*** and end to ***end***. The codes between them will be highlighted.

e.g.:


my code is
  1.  
  2. function yourBrowser(browser){
  3. if(browser == "firefox"){
  4. alert("Good! You are using firefox!");
  5. }else{
  6. alert("Boo. You are still using IE6?");
  7. }
  8. }
  9.  
  10. yourBrowser("firefox");
  11.  
which are you using?

Supported languages(use short names in ()):

AppleScript(applescript), ASP(asp), Bash(bash), C(c), C#(csharp), C++(cpp), COBOL(cobol), ColdFusion(cfm), CSS(css), Delphi(delphi), DOS(dos), Fortran(fortran), GetText(gettext), HTML(html), Config ini(ini), Java(java), Java5(java5), Javascript(javascript), MySQL(mysql), ObjectiveC(objc), Oracle8(oracle8), Oracle11(oracle11), Perl(perl), PHP(php), Python(python), Ruby(ruby), RubyonRails(rails), Smarty(smarty), SQL(sql), VB.NET(vbnet), VIMScript(cim), VisualBASIC(vb), XML(xml)

Hey! Design is broken! What is going on?

Aren't you using IE6? IE6 is not supported here because it has so many bug(unexpected issues). Many developers suffer from the issues. So, we strongly recommend you the other web browsers. firefox, Chrome or upgrade to IE8!

What is language setting?

tipstip supports some languages. Choose a language you like.

Language for Interface

This is a language for interface like explanation, buttons, header or footer.

Language for Contents

This setting filter contents by language. If you want to see only contents written in Japanese, choose "Japanese". To see all contents without any filtering, choose "All languages".

What can I do with favorites?

Favorites allow you to check latest tips on your favorite page. If you add faorites with notification option, you will get email when someone adds new tip.