Site Details – Rules

Access the Site Details (Rules) through the context menu in Database ( Database > Show).

Site Does NOT Allow:

• Consoles, Popups, Mouseovers check if the site bans the usage of any such scripts on the gallery;
• .exe Files, ActiveX, Dialers check in case the site prohibits the usage of .exe files, activeX elements or dialers on the gallery;
• Numeric IP Address check if the site rejects galleries with numeric IP addresses;
• Adult Free Host check if the site does not accept galleries located on adult free hosts;
• Non-Adult Free Host check if the site does not accept galleries located on non-adult free hosts;
• Sponsor Host check if the site does not accept galleries located on sponsor hosts;
• Assorted Gallery Content check if the site only accepts galleries with series.

Site Accepts:

• Content Type: Check Softcore and/or Hardcore according to what the site accepts;
• Model’s Age: Check the models’ age ranges (18-22, 23-30 and/or 30+ years) accepted by the site.

Site Requires:

• 2257 Info check if the site requires 2257 Info (18 U.S.C. § 2257 statement) on a gallery or linked from the gallery;
• Big Image URL check if the site requires the URL of the large image (not the thumbnail) which is used to create the sample thumbnail during submit.

Submission Limit:

Set the maximum accepted number of submitted Galleries in a number of Days (per webmaster or domain). If the site does not restrict the number of submits in its rules, leave both values at 0 (unlimited submission).

• Regular Submitters: Enter the number of accepted galleries for regular submitters (non-partners);
• Partners: Enter the number of galleries accepted from partners.
  Some sites offer several types of partner accounts with different numbers of accepted galleries. So if you wish to make sure that your pre-set partner submission limit does not change during the process of Database Update, check Lock.

Sample Thumbnail:

If the site requests a sample thumbnail (mandatory or optional) during submit, select Available Insertion Method in the form. If the site does not require it at all, leave both check-boxes unchecked and all other settings will be ignored (grayed out).

• Check Thumb Upload if the site requires (optional or mandatory) upload of a sample thumbnail directly from your computer, and/or
• Check Thumb URL if the site requires (optional or mandatory) URL of the sample thumbnail on a server.

If the sample thumbnail is mandatory and gallery submit is not possible without it, check Sample Thumbnail is Mandatory.

If the site only accepts 2257 compliant, softcore or “face only” thumbs, check Must be 2257 Compliant.

Finally, do not forget to enter the required Width and Height in pixels of the Pic Thumb and/or Movie Thumb. If the site does not require different sizes of the pic and movie thumbnails, set the same Width and Height in both cases (applies to TGP+, see Type of site in the General tab).

Picture Gallery Content:

When adding/editing TGP, or TGP+ (see Type of site in the General tab), enter the following information:

• # of Pics: Enter the minimum and maximum allowed number of pictures in a gallery as required by the site. If there are no restrictions or no maximum number of pictures is specified, leave the value at 0 (unlimited number of pictures).

Movie Gallery Content:

When adding/editing MGP, or TGP+ (see Type of site in the General tab), enter the following information:

• # of Movies: Enter the minimum and maximum allowed number of movies in a gallery as required by the site. If there are no restrictions or no maximum number of movies is specified, leave the value at 0 (unlimited number of movies);
• Mixed Disabled: Check if the site does not accept mixed content (pics and movies) in a single gallery;
• # of Pics: If the site accepts mixed content (with MGP, TGP+) and also requires a different number of pics in a mixed gallery than in a picture-only gallery (in case of TGP+), enter the minimum and maximum number of pictures allowed for a gallery. If the site does not place restrictions on the number of pics when combined with movies, leave the value at 0;
• Movie Size: Enter the minimum and maximum required size of one movie in kB (0 = unlimited size);
• Total Size: Enter the minimum and maximum total required size of all movies in kB (0 = unlimited size);
• Movie Lenght: Enter the minimum and maximum required length of a single movie in minutes and seconds mm:ss (0:00 = unlimited length);
• Total Lenght: Enter the minimum and maximum total length of all movies in minutes and seconds mm:ss (0:00 = unlimited length);
• Sound Required: Select if the site only accepts movies with sound.

 
Click on Save button whenever you want to store the information entered. Click on the Parameters tab to view further information about the site.
If you do not want to store the information entered or you have made no changes, click on Cancel button.
By clicking on OK button the data will be stored and the Site Details window is closed.

Tips & Tricks:

• The sites in the database do not need to be edited manually, we will do it for you! Just run Database Update (Database > Update) and the sites will be updated automatically.
• If you change any settings in any tab of Site Details (except for Partner Account, Preferred User Settings in General tab and custom categories in the Categories tab), we recommend to Lock the site against automatic Database Update (Database > Update). Otherwise you run the risk that these settings will be overridden during the next update.em>
• You do not need to lock a site you added against Database Update because it will not be automatically deleted during update.
  NOTE! If the same site is added to the central database between updates, your own settings may be overridden during the next update.
• When adding your own site you need to enter the necessary information in all Site Details tabs, otherwise generation in Step 3, and Auto/Manual Submit will not be correct!
• Correct indication of the accepted Content Type and Model’s Age greatly helps to generate correct niche sites for submit (Step 3).
  If, for example, the site only accepts softcore content, uncheck Hardcore. Such site will not be generated when submitting a hardcore gallery.
• In case the site accepts ONLY ONE of these niches: Hardcore or Softcore, Teen or Babe or Mature (or the corresponding Gay categories), you can add categories as sub-categories to these.
  Make sure first that you only checked one of the accepted niches in Model’s Age and/or in Content Type.
  Example: For teens-only sites which offer several categories (e.g. Teen Softcore, Teen Hardcore, Teen Lesbians, …), check 18-23 yrs in Model’s Age and continue by assigning categories in the Categories tab.
  When submitting to such site the appropriate (sub)category is automatically selected.
• The information on size or length of the movies may be set by combining the rules. Example:
  The site accepts at least two movies if each of them has at least 1 MB and it also accepts 500 kB movies, if their number is at least four. In such case set the minimum number of movies to two, minimum movie size to 500 kB and minimum total size to 2000 kB (2×1000 = 4×500 = 2000).
  

1. Sample Thumbnails:
The table contains all current sample thumbnail sizes (both default and 2257 compliant) ranked by the number of sites which require a specific thumbnail size (mandatory or optional).
Check the appropriate box if you wish to display ONLY the sizes of required sample thumbnails.

In case you wish to submit your gallery with a sample thumbnail, enter the path to its File and/or URL in the table, as specified below (point 2-4).
The thumb files/URLs entered in the table will automatically be used for submit.

If you do not wish to use a particular or any sample thumbnail with the submit, leave its row in the table (or the whole table) empty. In such case the site generation in Step 3 will automatically skip the sites where a gallery cannot be submitted without specifying a sample thumbnail.

2. Thumb Upload:
First, highlight those types and/or sizes of thumbs in the table, which you want to create/insert in the table and use for submit:

If you want to create/insert thumbs for sites requiring 2257 compliant thumb separately, click on 2257 Compliant to select all sizes of such thumbs and continue;
If you wish to create/insert other thumbs separately, click on the Default button to select them;
If you wish to create/insert all thumbs (both default and 2257 compliant), click on the All button.

Now select one of the methods for entering Local Files in the table:
a) If you already have prepared your own thumbs, click on “Select the sample thumbnails from your local drive” to find them (you can select all of them). The samples will automatically be assigned to the appropriate sizes;
OR
b) If you want to create them, click on “Select and crop an image from your gallery” to create all selected thumb sizes from a single image automatically.

After clicking on “Select and crop an image from your gallery” the following dialog is opened:

Crop Image

Find an image or movie file which will be used to create samples thumbnails (double-click on the image or movie to display it).

If you want to create sample thumbnails directly from the movie file, just select the desired frame using the seek slider under the movie being displayed – you don’t need to create additional shots!

Optional: Before selecting the area to crop you can define the maximum boundaries of the area in the picture (a new border of the picture). This area will then be used to create the samples. This optional feature is useful if you do not wish some part of the picture (e.g. copyright) to appear on the sample.
To define the boundaries click inside the image and while holding the mouse button draw the pointer to create a border of the desired size. To move the frame just click inside and move it to the desired position. To deselect, click outside the frame.
Confirm the new boundary of the picture by clicking on the Use as Border button and you can continue selecting other areas to crop. If needed, cancel the selection by clicking on Cancel Border.

To create samples select the part of image which you wish to have displayed in ALL samples. The software will automatically resize and add the selected part of the image to the required sample size in the remaining (unselected) part.
To select click on the image and drag the frame which defines the selected area (use Shift to retain proportions if desired).
To move the frame just click inside and move it to the desired position.
To deselect, click outside the frame.
If you are satisfied with the selected area click the Crop button. If you do not wish to continue, click on Cancel.

Enter the path to the local destination folder (terminated by “/”) where you want the new thumbs created after clicking on Create Thumbs to be stored (in “Save the created thumbs in this destination folder“). You can use the Browse button to enter the path.

NOTE: No thumbs have been created at this stage. To complete their creation please continue with the following point 3.

3. Preview / Modify / Finish Thumbs:
Having selected the area in the previous point you will now see a thumb preview where you can set the Quality (85 is optimum) and other adjustments for all selected sizes in one step; before they are actually created!

To view the modifications instantly, check Preview.
You can compare the size, image quality and other adjustments with the original size and quality of the cropped image by checking/unchecking Preview.

If you are satisfied with the settings, click on Create Thumbs / Apply Changes. All selected thumbs will be automatically created and saved in the previously specified destination folder (and the local paths will also be displayed in the sample thumbnail table).

You can view all thumbs in the table by clicking on Check Sample Thumbnails. This will open an HTML with a summary overview. The list contains images and information about their dimensions and filesize.

If you are not satisfied with sample quality, highlight those sample rows in the table which should be changed and repeat the process. Clicking outside the table cancels the selection.

4. Thumb URL:
If you want to submit URLs of sample thumbnails too, the following tool will help you to enter them in the table.
Before using this tool you need to have the Local Files entered in the table!

Enter destination URL of the sample thumbnails (terminated by “/”). The URL is already pre-filled by default and is the same as Base URL (can be changed if needed).
The filenames will automatically be added to this URL after you click on Complete full URLs automatically. The full URLs will also be displayed in the sample thumbnail table.

If you enter both types of sample thumbnail (Local File, URL), ‘Thumb Upload’ is preferred if the submit site supports both types. The reason is to save the bandwidth of your server. If you prefer to enter the thumbnail URL when submitting to such site, check the Prefer URL over Upload box.

Check the data you entered for correctness and click on Save&Continue button. This will store your data and you will be automatically brought to Step 3.
The submit process will not proceed correctly unless the Save&Continue button is clicked in all steps!

Tips & Tricks:

• The table contains all current sample thumbnail sizes (both default and 2257 compliant). Their number and sizes change according to db update and the number of sites in the database.
• You can sort the sample thumbnails in the table by the provided information (number of sites, type, width/height in pixels, aspect ratio, …) by clicking on the respective column’s header. The Ratio column can help you sort them in case you want to create thumbs with different aspect ratios separately.
• A 2257 compliant thumb will ONLY be submitted to the sites requiring a 2257 compliant, softcore or “face only” thumbs. When submitting to sites which do not use this rule a default thumb will be used. Therefore, if you only have softcore or 2257 compliant content, use the All button to create/insert thumbs of all available sizes/types.
• The 2257 compliant thumb must be in accordance with the ‘18 U.S.C. § 2257 statement’ and may not contain any sexually explicit object. If you use a hardcore thumb when submitting to a site which requires 2257 compliant thumbs, you might easily find yourself blacklisted.
• If necessary, you can type the URL or path to files directly into the table – by clicking the desired field.
• If you want the thumbs to be placed in the same local folder as the image to be cropped, check “Copy this path to destination folder” directly in the Crop Image dialog. Its path will then be copied to the “Save the created thumbs in this destination folder” field.
• When you change or cancel the selection of rows in the table after selecting the area, before clicking on Create Thumbs, no thumbs will be created.
• The completed samples in the table can be viewed individually in the preview mode. To view them at the saved quality make sure you have unchecked the Preview box for viewing adjustments.
• If necessary, you can edit the quality and adjustments of an existing thumb entered in the table. Highlight the row with the sample, change the settings to the required effect and click on Create Thumbs / Apply Changes.
  Bear in mind that with every additional adjustment to the thumb the final quality decreases. Therefore we recommend you to create it from scratch (that is, by cropping the original image).
• The samples can be created using the auto cropping tool from the JPEG image and those movie formats for which you have the necessary DirectX and codecs installed in your computer.
• Due to the rules of most sites the cropping tool only supports JPEG samples. For this reason it does not create other formats, e.g. GIF.
• If you only enter mandatory samples then those sites which accept but do not require samples will ALSO be generated (only samples specified in the table will be completed when submitting to these sites).