Handshake5 is the "virtual handshake" app
- 1. Handshake5 Make friends. Everywhere. www.handshake5.com Available on the Apple AppStore
- 2. Handshake5
- 3. Login with Facebook OR Create an account
- 4. Register and Agree to the general terms and conditions
- 5. Hit Add Picture Choose a picture from Gallery or Capture a picture To set your avatar
- 6. Hit Done
- 7. Please choose one topic of interest. You will be able to choose more topics after registration. Click OK.
- 8. Type one of your favorite topics or hobbies Hit Search
- 9. Choose a Topic from the list You will see the blue confirmation
- 10. Choose a Topic from the list You will see the blue confirmation
- 11. Find your location by - typing in a location - clicking in the zip code - holding your finger on the map for 2 sec You will see the blue confirmation
- 12. Click your zip code
- 13. Hit Done
- 14. Here is your profile, so far... To add more topics, hit the button My Topics of Interest
- 15. Hit the button Manage my topics
- 16. Type your next topic of interest and hit Search
- 17. Find your topic and hit the topic - a blue button will confirm
- 18. Find your next topic and hit the topic - a blue button will confirm Hit the back button
- 19. On the My Topics page, all your topics will appear You can activate or deactivate any topics for your next search
- 20. Let’s say you are going to San Diego next weekend Go to your Profile tab, and hit the Settings button, right top, then Change Location
- 21. Your active setting is GPS auto update ON - this is where you can turn it off
- 22. By multi-touch, expand the map, and move to the area where you want to position yourself
- 23. Hold your finger down for 2 seconds, a red pin will indicate your new location
- 24. A confirmation window will appear Click OK
- 25. For the new location, let’s now find Points of Interest (POIs) where you may want to meet new friends Hit Profile, then Settings, then POIs
- 26. Hit the Add button
- 27. A list or POIs in your new location is presented to you
- 28. If you prefer, you can search a specific point of interest Type the name Hit Search
- 29. You will get a list of similar topics of interest Make your choice by hitting the one you want
- 30. You will get a map of this point of interest Hit the Add button to add this point of interest to your POI list
- 31. One POI added! Add as many POIs as you would like - let’s do one more!
- 33. Click it!
- 34. Add it!
- 35. POI has been added!
- 36. Let’s go and find new friends now! Hit the Search tab!
- 37. Make your elections for * age * sex * distance Hit Search!
- 38. And find your search results!
- 39. When hitting the Map button, you will see the search results on a map!
- 40. On the user profile page, you will find their user name, age, sex and distance from your location. Also, the blue dot shows them being online
- 41. At the top left, you find your common topics with this user. Under the user name, you may find a status message from this user.
- 42. Let’s take a look at the location section, just above Invite for Handshake. Hit the Chat area section of the Location section.
- 43. Three location types show up. Hitting the top location, will highlight this location and show you the closest address.
- 44. Click OK.
- 45. Hitting the middle location will highlight it and show the available POIs.
- 46. Choose your POI. Hit Save.
- 47. Now hit one of the locations, and then Invite for Handshake.
- 48. On the Common Topics page, you can now (un)choose the topic you want to invite this user for.
- 49. A message will confirm that your invitation was sent. Hit OK.
- 50. Hit the Handshakes tab. You will see handshake invites - From Me - To Me You may have to refresh (top left).
- 51. Hitting the blue arrow on the Handshakes profile, will show you Handshake Info: Topic and Location Blue button will show you a map.
- 52. Hitting the Friends tab show you all invites that were accepted. You can sort by Topic, Alphabet, Distance, Online.
- 53. Hitting one of the friends’ thumbnail leads to the profile page. Here you could prioritize, delete, block or report users.
- 54. In the topics section, you can create a meeting. Hit the topic to get to the ‘Set Meeting’ page.
- 55. This page allows you to: - Choose a date and time - Review the POI
- 56. Hitting the Done button will give you Time and POI Hit Send and your friend will receive your meeting request
- 57. You can now see your topic, time and POI . You could always start to chat as well. Hit the Chat button.
- 58. And chat away!