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Getting Started
What is Delicious?
Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows you to tag, save, manage and share Web pages all in one place. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.
Things you can do with Delicious
Bookmark any site on the Internet, and get to it from anywhere
Instead of having different bookmarks on every computer, Delicious makes it easy to have a single set of bookmarks kept in sync between all of your computers. Even if you're not on a computer you own, you can still get to your bookmarks on the Delicious website.
Share your bookmarks, and get bookmarks in return
If your friends use Delicious, you can send them interesting bookmarks that they can check out the next time they log in. Of course, they can do the same for you. As you explore the site and find interesting users, you can use our Subscriptions and Network features to keep track of the Delicious tags and users you find most interesting.
Discover the most useful and interesting bookmarks on the web
See what's hot with Delicious users by checking out our popular tags. By looking at popular bookmarks for a tag, you'll be able to discover the most interesting bookmarks on the topics you're most interested in. Browse bookmarks on just about anything from the bestprogramming tips to the most populartravel sites, all in an easy to read format.
Saving a Bookmark
Saving a Bookmark on Delicious is likely to be a little different than what you're used to. Don't worry, we've made the process intuitive and you'll find that tags and notes will make your bookmarks much easier to manage.
Depending on which buttons you've added to your browser, you can click the "Tag" or "Bookmark this on Delicious" button to save a new bookmark. Regardless of the buttons you've chosen, you'll see the following fields.
URL:
The URL field is simply the address of the page you're bookmarking. This should be filled out for you. Only change this if you know what you're doing.
Title:
If you're using one of our bookmarking tools, this will be prefilled with the title of the page you're saving. Feel free to edit this in any way that makes sense to you.
Notes:
Here's where you may want to write some additional info for yourself or to let others know why you bookmarked this page.
Tags:
Enter one or more tags separated by spaces here. They are optional, but we suggest using them, as they make your bookmarks much easier to organize and navigate. For more on tags, read our tags section.
Send:
People and places you want to share your Bookmark with. This could be the social network Twitter, an email address, or a Delicious user
Message:
A message that will appear with your Tweet, Email, or Delicious message. Limited to 116 characters.

Once a bookmark is saved, this is how it looks in Delicious:
Getting Around
We've organized the site into three main sections: Bookmarks, People and Tags. When you are logged in, these menus give you quick access to your Bookmarks, Network and Tags pages.

Our search allows you to not only search your own bookmarks, but virtually any context in Delicious. For example, you can now search a bundle, a tag, your Network, or another person's bookmarks from our handy search box in the header.

On most pages, our submenus allow you to quickly view Bookmarks, Network, Tags or Subscriptions for yourself or anyone else. Create a public profile, including a display name, to change how you appear in Delicious to others.

Use our Tag Bar to quickly navigate your bookmarks by using tags and tag combinations. Just start typing - autocomplete will help you find the tag you want. You can also sort your bookmarks in a variety of ways to make your browsing easier.

On the right side of the screen, our sidebars help you navigate tags and people quickly and easily.
You can quickly see what a person's bookmark collection is all about by looking at the top ten tags in their sidebar.
From the sidebar, you can now refine your view to show all bookmarks in a specific bundle. You can now bundle your network and subscriptions too!
Confused about who 'stlhood' is? Give any user in your Network a private nickname.
Try it out!
The best way to learn how to use Delicious is to use Delicious. We designed it to be fun and easy to use, and we hope you find that to be the case. If you need help with anything, check out our help pages or contact us.
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