Zappl is the Twitter of the STEEM Blockchain. Its a decentralized micro-blogging platform built complete with an app currently available on the appstore. It has a simple design which is easy for most people to understand but I will still take out time to explain everything in details.

If you want to have a summary of Zappl, go here 7 GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPEN-SOURCE ON THE STEEM BLOCKCHAIN. It was developed by @thedegensloth. Like most of the open-source projects associated with Steem, its still in BETA.

Let's talk about how to use ZAPPL FOR ZAPPing!

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ZAPPL LOGIN/SIGNUP:

• Visit https://zappl.com
• Currently you can only login from Zappl; after Signing up from Steemit/Busy.org
• Use your USERNAME & "POSTING KEY" for that.
• Then Click Login
  

17 STEPS FOR USING ZAPPL

• We will proceed to take each component of the picture below, one by one
  

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1- ZAPPL LOGO

• Its a CAPITAL LETTER "Z" divided into 2 at the middle. Its blue in colour.
• When you click the Logo, you arrive in your home. (The same place as the picture above.)

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2- SEARCH BOX

• Its designed for searching out #hashtags. If you search for other components, they will not appear.
• Eg I searched a username "@ogochukwu" and received this message.
  

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3- HOME

• This is the current place where the Zappl logs into whenever you use the zappl app.
• It contains your feeds etc

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4- COMMENTS

• Here you can see your comments on Zapps via the Zappl webapp.
• Eg I had not Zapped, so I saw this ....
  

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5- WALLET

• Its just like the WALLET of STEEMIT so its essentially the same navigation procedure.
• You can see your balances including for STEEM, STEEM POWER & SBD
• You can also send, receive, transfer, save, and use the market
• Visualize the memo too
• See IMAGE below
  

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6- MESSAGES

• This gives users of ZAPPL the ability to send Private Messages to one another.
• Still being worked on I suppose
• SEE IMAGE for response I got when I clicked on messages
  

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7, 10- PROFILE IMAGE

• When you click the image, it takes you to your profile as shown below
• CONTENTS include: Your bio, date of joining, website and location
• It also enlarges the profile picture for better viewership
• There are Links to POSTS, FOLLOWINGS & FOLLOWERS from here (as in 11, 12 & 13)
  

8- SETTINGS SYMBOL

• Clicking this takes you immediately to the settings page as shown in IMAGE below.
• Its still a work in progress as any of the links still take you back to the HOME PAGE (BUGS)
  

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9- LOGOUT BUTTON

• Clicking that logs you out and takes you to the LOGIN PAGE afresh.

12, 13- FOLLOWING & FOLLOWERS

• FOLLOWING are people that you follow
• Click the 12 button to reveal them
• SEE IMAGE below
  

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• FOLLOWERS are people that follow you
• Click the 13 button to reveal them
• SEE IMAGE below
  

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14- TAGS & TOPICS

• You will be able to see the trending topics / tags on the site
• Notice that Zappl is atop followed by steemitphotchallenge and esteem
• You can click SHOW MORE to see more tags
  

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15, 16- ZAPPING/WRITING WINDOW

• When you click on "WHAT's HAPPENING?", it opens an editing window for you
• You can type in your 240 Characters
• You can also UPLOAD PICTURES & VIDEO via the appropriate icons show
• Click CREATE ZAPP to upload
  

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17- FEEDS

• Here are the trending Zapps as well as the ones from your followings
• SEE EXAMPLES OF ZAPPS ON MY FEED

FROM ZAPPL INC.

FROM @ANKARLIE

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18- SUGGESTED ZAPPERS

• I don't know the criteria they used for selecting these people but I suspect they are frequent Zapplers

19- ABOUT

• Here a shortpiece is written about Zappl together with copyright etcz.

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With these, I believe I have given you a head-start on how to use Zappl effectively. GO & START ZAPPING.

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Cheers!

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I remain me, myself & eye @nairadaddy aka SteemDaddy. My aim is to leave you better than I find you everyday.

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Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors

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