About

Modesto Famous is a web site dedicated to cataloging, exploring, and discovering life in Modesto.

We love Modesto, and we know you do too.

Modesto Famous is a place for people who care about Modesto to share news, opinion, and information. Our goal is to capture and organize all the good things about Modesto, in one easy-to-find location. From taco stands to local bands, we want to hear all about your Modesto experiences.

Ours is a community that is rapidly changing. How we change is up to us.

Want a city with cleaner air, better schools? Let's share our visions and talk about how we get there. Let's share news related to our goals. Let's comment on what our leaders are doing. Let's share our knowledge and engage each other in conversation.

Want a city with more entertainment? Let's share all the fun events organized by our bands, businesses, and friends by adding them to the calendar. Let's share a quick review of the great band/dance/theater/film/sports team we saw last night. Let's share the interview we do with our favorite local artist, musician, or dancer, so everyone can get clued in.

Want a city with more culture? Let's share our picks for best Thai food, best Mexican bakery, and favorite shish kebab. Let's share the news of the latest gallery opening, or the hottest new club. Let's keep everyone informed about what's going on in our various communities.

We know our users know more than we do. By pooling our knowledge, we'll discover and explore more. And who wouldn't love that?

How it Works

All the content on Modesto Famous is created by a combination of users and Famous staff. All users are welcome to post comments, stories, images, blog posts and more.

Tags

Content is organized around tags (think keywords), so you'll always find what you're looking for. Some tags, like neighborhood and topic, are created by Famous. Every time you post content, you'll be asked to select a relevant neighborhood (where the restaurant is, what part of the city your post talks about, where you live). You'll also be asked to chose which broad topic your post applies to- like Food and Drink, or Music.

Then you'll be able to create as many tags as you would like. Tags help other people find your content, so it's best to be as specific as possible. Let's say for example you're making a blog post about a restaurant Downtown. You'd select "Downtown" for the neighborhood, "Food and Drink" for the topic, and then add some descriptive, comma-separated tags to help people find your post. You'd start with the name of the restaurant, and add tags like thai and vegetarian. Your post will automatically display whenever someone searches for any of those tags.

Content Types

When you are ready to share your content with the site, you must first decide which content type to use: article, blog, event listing or forum topic.

Article is a content type best suited for an interview or a story. You can upload an image that corresponds to your article, create a subtitle, and offer any relevant disclosures (for example, if you write a rave review of the restaurant your brother owns, you owe it to the community to disclose that). Articles show up at the top of the homepage, and the top of all the tag pages.

Blog posts are great for when you want write a quick review, share your opinion, or link to another page and add your commentary. You can link to images hosted elsewhere in blog posts.

Forum topics are best suited to asking questions of the Famous community, short announcements, and technical help. If you think you've encountered a bug or an error, the forums are the place to report it and get help.

Event listings are for events! Be sure to fill out the complete address so it can be featured correctly on the map. Event listings are displayed on the home page and tag pages, so be sure to add helpful tags.

You maintain ownership and control of all your content, so don't be afraid to start sharing!