This is part of the [[E-Hentai FAQ: Wiki Edition]].
The [https://e-hentai.org galleries] are the core system of E-Hentai where users may view and submit sets of images such as [[doujinshi]].<br>Latest update: [https://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?showtopic=261743 New Search Engine].
[[Image:EhgExample.png|thumb|The E-Hentai Galleries with the advanced search features enabled, as rendered by Internet Explorer 7. The original dimensions are 1024x1183.]]
[[Image:EhgExample.png|thumb|The E-Hentai Galleries with the [[Gallery_Searching#Advanced_Options|advanced search]] features enabled.]]
== General Overview ==
==Viewing==
The E-Hentai Gallery System is one of the core systems of the [[E-Hentai]] site, where users are able to contribute their own material in the form of one or more user galleries. A user can upload private and public galleries of hentai and anime-related content, which they can use on the E-Hentai Forums and other sites and forums in order to easily to maintain and share content with other people.
*The list of galleries on the Front Page is delayed by 4 hours for non-registered visitors.
*Galleries have their timestamp '''bolded''' if they have not been seen since the user last visited (<span title="Deleting the ''lv'' cookie does this as well" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">requires 30+ minutes of not viewing any galleries</span>).
*[[Tags]] that are not searchable (below 10 [[power]]) are not displayed in any mode.
Sharing content can be done independently on the particular forums and sites on which a user wishes to do so. The system can generate BBCode and CSS-skinnable HTML for direct inclusion as external galleries, and can also host a customizable gallery for the user locally. All that is need for this is to register for an [[E-Hentai Forums]] Account.
===Modes===
All modes display [[categories]], publish dates, [[ratings]], [[torrent]] icons, and [[Renaming|titles]]. Modes without cover thumbnails will display them upon mouseover whilst those with thumbnails will display the gallery's full title.
The User Galleries, by default, have up to four ads of mixed type and content on the main page, and two when viewing a gallery. The locations of these ads are on the top and bottom of the page, and two on either side of the gallery search box, of which the top and bottom ads are persistent throughout the gallery system.
!Mode
!Description
!Full Titles
!Tags
!Page Count
!Uploader
|-
|'''Minimal''' || Single-row list restrained vertically and horizontally. || || || || ✔
|-
|'''Minimal+''' || Same as above but uses another row to show up to 12 [[My Tags|watched tags]]. || || ¼ || || ✔
|-
|'''Compact''' || Default mode. Taller double-row list showing up to 12 tags. [[My Tags|Watched tags]] are given priority followed by non-watched tags until the row is full or 12 tags are shown. [[Toplists]] always use this mode. || || ½ || ✔ || ✔
|-
|'''Extended''' || Cover thumbnails on the far-left, full titles and tag lists. Each listing will extend vertically as needed. || ✔ || ✔ || ✔ || ✔
|-
|'''Thumbnail''' || Tiled list with centered cover thumbnails. Up to 12 [[My Tags|watched tags]] shown. || || ¼ || ✔ ||
|}
These ads can be disabled through [[Gallery Control Panel#Settings | gallery settings]], for which a user must have a [[Auras#Silver | Silver Aura]] or the [[Hath Perks | Hath Perk]] Ads-Be-Gone.
===Defaults===
The following are the default settings and the applicable [[Hath Perks]] that can be purchased to increase them.
== Rules of Engagement ==
{|class="wikitable"
==== Allowed Material ====
!Setting
Users are allowed to:
!Amount
* Post galleries featuring legally drawn characters of any kind, including anime-style drawings and American-style cartoons, both pornographic and non-pornographic. Alternative stuff is allowed, but please mark the gallery appropriately in the title and category.
|Thumbnail rows per gallery || 4 || 40 || More Thumbs
|-
|<span title="Resized versions of PNGs also become JPGs" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">Image size</span> || <span title="Can also be set to 2400x, 1600x, 980x, or 780x" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">1280x, or 780x if on mobile || Original size</span> || Source Nexus (<span title="Requesting original images in this manner costs 5 hits/MB regardless of settings" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">Can also be accessed manually</span>)
|}
* Post real high-quality cosplay and asian porn that complies with US law.
===Popular===
This page shows up to 50 galleries posted within the last 24 hours that are currently popular, sorted by traffic in the last minute. The page's content can be reduced via [[My Tags]] filters.
==== Prohibited Material ====
===Ads===
Users are '''NOT''' allowed to:
There are up to 3 ad banners on the front page and 2 when viewing a gallery. These are located on the top and bottom of the page with 1 more in the middle of the gallery list. Ads are disabled for users with either the Ads-Be-Gone [[Hath Perk]] or a [[Stars#Bronze|Bronze Star]].
* Post any kind of material that contains or depicts people who are or appear to be underage (even if they are borderline), nor galleries that claim to contain this kind of content (using keywords like "lolita", "preteen", "incest", "lolicon" or derivatives, even if they do not contain this). This includes drawings and underage "models" who do not engage in actual sexual activity, as well as normal photos involving children. '''''ANY KIND OF ILLICIT ACTIVITY INVOLVING CHILDREN WILL BE REPORTED ALONG WITH A FULL TRACE OF ALL YOUR ACTIVITY ON THIS SITE'''''.
* To repeat, ANY KIND OF MATERIAL INVOLVING CHILDREN IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT PORNOGRAPHIC OR RISQUE IN NATURE, AND EVEN IF THEY CONTAIN NO NUDITY NOR POSES WITH SEXUAL IMPLICATIONS. JUST A SINGLE VIOLATION OF THIS RULE WILL CAUSE YOUR ACCOUNT TO BE PERMANENTLY BANNED, AND IF THE MATERIAL IS ILLICIT, YOUR DETAILS TO BE HANDED OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT IN YOUR JURISDICTION.
<div id="Gallery Hotkeys"></div>
* Post any depictions of real people that can be considered "obscene" under US law. This includes extreme BDSM, bestiality, scat, and other stuff that is way "out there". This isn't where to come for that stuff, please go away.
===Hotkeys===
These hotkeys can be used when viewing gallery images:
* Post any kind of drawn or virtual material that violates the principles above. This explicitly includes, but is not limited to, computer-generated images ("rendered") and images created based on real people or pictures ("rotoscoped"). If it resembles or was obviously manufactured to resemble the real thing, this rule particularly applies.
* Post material listed in our [http://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?showtopic=19797 E-Hentai Prohibited Content and Artists] thread.
===Customization===
Users wishing to have different color schemes, layout spacing, or remove certain elements from gallery-related pages may do so via user scripts or custom [[CSS]] (using a tool such as [https://github.com/openstyles/stylus Stylus]).
* Post "mixed" real porn galleries, that is, collections of images that do not feature the same model(s). This is primarily due to the workload and difficulty of conclusively verifying the age of the people present in each picture.
===Banners===
In very select galleries banner links will be located at the top of the page and in the description. These are strictly for official storefronts pertaining to the gallery's contents.
* Post galleries of real people that do not fit under the Cosplay or Asian Porn categories.
==[[Making Galleries]]==
'''It is highly recommended to read [[Making Galleries|this guide]] before making any galleries.'''
* Computer-generated or "virtual" child pornography is just as prohibited as the real stuff. Uploading this type of images is a one-strike-and-you're-out infraction.
Users can upload (and update) galleries in order to easily maintain and share content with other people as well as earn rewards. The only requirement is to register an [[E-Hentai Forums]] account.
==== End User Agreement for the E-Hentai User Galleries ====
===[[Gallery Categories]]===
As quoted from the Gallery Help page:
There are 11 categories for galleries to designate their content.
You agree that, upon uploading content to this site, the content you upload is either Public
==Subsystems==
Domain, released under a Creative Commons-type license, or not copyrighted (i.e. it is within
===[[Archives]]===
your rights to publish it here); or you own the copyright to the content and consent to it
A means to [[download]] archived versions of galleries for a fee, either in [[Credits]] or [[Gallery Points]].
being fully published here; or you have a separate license from the copyright holder to make
their content publicly available.
If you do violate these rules, you agree that we can submit your browsing history, uploading
history, posting history, medical history, any and all IP addresses you have ever browsed or
favorite stuffed animals, and any and all other personal information gathered in any way on
E-Hentai.org, E-Hentai Galleries and the E-Hentai Forums, to anyone we damn well please. So
be warned.
== Copyright and Imaginary Property ==
===[[Bounty System|Bounties]]===
As quoted from the Gallery Help page:
Gives users a direct incentive to help others in finding, translating, editing, or decensoring material that can be posted as galleries.
E-Hentai Galleries complies with applicable copyright law. Unfortunately, due to sheer
volume it is impossible for us to verify the copyright status of every single gallery
uploaded to our site. If you find that your copyright has been violated by one of our
members, please report this using the Report Gallery button on the gallery in question,
or email a list of links to the galleries in question to [mailto:ehentai@gmail.com ehentai@gmail.com].
Please make sure to include some proof that you are the copyright holder (your real name
and website address where content may be found/purchased is usually sufficient), as well
as a statement that the copyright on the content has not expired, and that the content
has not been released under an irrevocable license (like Creative Commons) that would have
allowed the content to be made freely available.
You may send it to the specified email address in the form of a DMCA Takedown Notice if
you wish, as it contains sufficient provisions. Normally we respond within the hour, but
please allow six to twelve hours in case there is no qualified staff available to process
your claim.
Please note that using the report button or sending an email to us directly is faster than
whining to our hosts. They are well informed of our takedown procedures, and they will
simply forward the complaint to us with a day or two delay for their own processing.
Please be aware that all copyright claims are made under perjury of law, and false claims
may be prosecuted.
== Current Content Categories ==
===[[Commenting]]===
Currently, there are eleven categories that a user gallery can fall under.
Allows users to leave helpful comments on galleries and to vote on existing comments.
==== Doujinshi [[Image:Doujinshi.png]]====
===[[Gallery Descriptions|Describing]]===
Commonly self published, doujinshi are H-manga that are very often based off of formalized content, such as anime, manga, video games, or other products that have anime-like characters or mascots (such as as the synthesizer Vocaloid).
Uploaders may give descriptions of their galleries to help further inform users about their contents.
==== Manga [[Image:Manga.png]]====
===[[EHTracker]]===
H-manga or just manga for short in the context used on this site, are published works almost always of original content by an artist or circle. It is common to see multiple H-manga serialized in larger magazines, and for these magazines themselves be called H-manga.
A tracker for torrents uploaded by users in order to provide an alternative means for [[downloading]] galleries.
==== Artist CG [[Image:Artistcg.png]]====
===[[Expunging]]===
Computer generated artwork that are generally collections of their respective artists are listed as artist CG. Sometimes an image set is used in place of artist CG, and vice versa.
A form of gallery moderation that allows users to petition for the removal of galleries from the gallery listing, primarily in regards to duplicated / inferior copies of already uploaded galleries.
==== Game CG [[Image:Gamecg.png]]====
===[[Favorites]]===
Computer generated work, often frames from Eroge (erotic games) are listed as game CG, and tend to be very large in the number of files in the actual gallery. Sometimes (but far less common than artist CG) an image set is used in place of game CG, and vice versa.
Allows users to save any number of galleries to a personal list along with notes. These can be sorted via user-chosen colors/customizable names and by posting or favoriting dates.
==== Western [[Image:Western.png]]====
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Western should be used for western-style drawn art of a sexual nature.
===[[My Galleries]]===
Allows users to manage and maintain their own uploaded galleries, including categorizing and sorting them internally with folders.
==== Non-H [[Image:Non-h.png]]====
===[[My Home]]===
Non-H should be used for doujinshi/manga and other anime/manga-style drawings that aren't pornographic in nature.
The primary location of information regarding a user's own activities in regards to the galleries. Included are visits and hits stats, [[power]] information, [[My Settings|settings]], and logs.
==== Image Set [[Image:Imageset.png]]====
===[[Rating]]===
Image Sets are a generic gallery, used more often than miscellaneous when an uploader can't decide what category to place a gallery. They are often galleries of related content that are not manga or doujinshi.
Allows users to rate galleries on a 10-point scale. A gallery's cumulative rating is viewable on the gallery listing as well as within the gallery itself. This is replaced by the user's personal rating should they make one.
==== Cosplay [[Image:Cosplay.png]]====
===[[Renaming]]===
Real people who dress up as characters in anime, manga, and video games for general posing or for sexual purposes belong to this category.
A form of gallery moderation that allows users to petition for the renaming of gallery titles.
==== Asian Porn [[Image:Asianporn.png]]====
===[[Reporting]]===
The Asian porn category exists for users who wish to share their own collections of Asian pornography (non cartoon related). Originally this category was named "Real Porn" but due to rampant uploading content of relative bad taste (such as overweight or obese models, content with little or no nudity, and otherwise ugly looking people) the Administrator decided in August of 2008 to relocate non-Asian porn to the Miscellaneous section. Unlike most other galleries, the amount of GP earned from these galleries is reduced to 50% of what an uploader would usually receive. For instance if a gallery would earn 100 GP, the uploader would only receive 50 GP rather than the full 100.
A form of gallery moderation that allows users to request the removal of galleries; it is to be used only in cases of very serious rule violations. Not to be used as a substitute for [[#Expunging|Expunging]].
==== Miscellaneous [[Image:Misc.png]]====
===[[Searching]]===
Miscellaneous is, for the most part, the dumping place for unrelated content that is put up by an uploader. Sometimes this category is used for very small galleries, or is commonly misused when another category is more appropriate. All 3D and non-sexual western galleries fall under this category. Unlike most other galleries, the amount of GP earned from these galleries is reduced to 25% of what an uploader would usually receive. For instance, if a gallery would earn 100 GP, the uploader would only receive 25 GP rather than the full 100.
An internal search engine for finding galleries based on various properties such as [[tags]].
==== Private [[Image:Private.png]]====
===[[Tagging]]===
'''In order to create a private gallery, you must either have a Bronze Star or higher; or have at least 100 posts on the forums, outside of FSZ/Spamhaus/Test.''' Though not a formal category, private galleries are user galleries that the user has opted not to share with the rest of the E-Hentai Gallery community. Often they are personal galleries, re-uploads of other galleries that the user wanted for him/herself, etc. Unlike most other galleries, the amount of GP earned from private galleries is reduced to 10% of what an uploader would usually receive. For instance if a gallery would earn 100 GP, the uploader would only receive 10 GP rather than the full 100.
Allows users to indicate the content and other properties of a gallery such as its author, language, major fetishes, characters, etc. '''It is highly recommended to read the guide before performing any tagging.'''
===[[Toplists]]===
Listings that showcase users who contribute the most to the galleries in various ways.
There is a limit to the number of misc galleries you can have. Included in this limit are Misc, Non-H, Asian Porn, and Western galleries. The amount of these galleries you are allowed to upload are as follows:
==Alternate Viewing Modes==
*+ 5 base
===[[Lo-Fi Galleries]]===
*+ 1 gallery for every ~8 days registered, up to a maximum of 95 after two years
A mobile-friendly mode with smaller images and a more simplified interface.
*+ 25 galleries per level of "Misc Poster" trained in the HentaiVerse (which was also added), up to a maximum of 500
*+ a star bonus depending on your donation star: 25 for Bronze, 50 for Silver, 100 for Gold, 200 for Tri, 300 for Quint, 400 for Septua and 500 for Catgirl
== Subsystems of the E-Hentai Gallery System ==
===[[Multi-Page Viewer]]===
A more streamlined viewing mode. Images are pre-loaded and continuous scrolling is allowed. Requires the Multi-Page Viewer [[Hath Perk]] or a [[Gold Star]].
*RSS feed (100 most recent galleries): [[Image:rss_icon.gif|20px|link=http://xml.ehgt.org/ehg.xml]]
*Sitemap: http://xml.ehgt.org/sitemap_index.xml
*[[Statistics]]
The User Overview and Control Panel is the primary location of information regarding a users activity on the E-Hentai User Galleries. Included are your visits and hits stats, [[Gallery Point Exchange|GP converision]], settings, etc.
Gallery Moderation (commonly referred to as expunging) allows users to petition for the removal of galleries from the front gallery page, primarily in regarding duplicate and inferior copies of already established galleries.
The E-Hentai Toplists are a set of listings that showcase users who contribute the most to the galleries in many ways. There are currently 6 toplists, for individual galleries, uploaders, taggers, [[Hentai@Home]] participants, [[EHTracker]] seeders, and cleanup participants.
==== Gallery Manager ====
- ''Main Article:'' [[Gallery Manager]]
The Gallery Manager is the most important system of the User Galleries. It allows uses to upload and maintain their own galleries for public and private use. It also allows a user to categorize and sort their galleries using gallery folders.
The rules for when a gallery can be deleted have changed. The deletion limit has been removed, but you can no longer delete galleries that are published and older than three days (same as for making it private), unless the gallery has been expunged or is private.
==== The Bounty System ====
- ''Main Article:'' [[Bounty System]]
The Bounty System is designed to give users a direct incentive to help other users in finding doujinshi, manga, and other material that can be posted on the galleries or in other mediums.
==== The Doggie Bag System ====
- ''Main Article:'' [[Doggie Bag | Doggie Bag System]]
The Doggie Bag system allows users of the site to download archived versions of a gallery for a fee, either in [[Credits]] or [[Gallery Points]]. This system is shared by both the user galleries and the [[E-Hentai Gallery | main galleries]].
==== Gallery Favorites ====
- ''Main Article:'' [[Gallery Favorites]]
Gallery Favorites allow a user to save a large number of galleries to a list of favorites. These favorites are saved a user chosen category which is customizable by the user.
==== Gallery Rating System ====
- ''Main Article:'' [[Gallery Rating System]]
The rating system of the user galleries allow users to rate their own galleries as well as others. A gallery's rating is viewable on the front page of the galleries as well as within the respective gallery.
== Quick Browse in the User Galleries ==
The Quick Browse system is a javascript based prefetching system that loads images of a gallery in the background, allowing faster gallery loading. This can be enabled through [[Gallery Control Panel#Settings | gallery settings]], for which the user must have a [[Auras#Gold | Gold Aura]] or the Quick Browse [[Hath Perks | Hath Perk]].
== Searching System ==
As of April 20th, 2008 the searching algorithm underwent a complete rewrite. Included in the rewrite was:
* A correction of the issue of finding keywords in multiple areas of a gallery, but not all in one area, causing the gallery to not be returned in a search.
* The implementation of exclusion searching (adding a '-' to exclude keywords from a search) as well as exclusive searching (using quotations to allow forced string searches )
* Formal support for pattern matching using '_' and '?' to match any character in a keyword, as well as '*' and '%' to match any character sequence in a search string.
=== In-House Example ===
comic*lo*4? would match everything with a title/tag starting with "comic" followed by any sequence
of chars (including none) followed by "lo" followed by another any-char-sequence followed by a 4
and a wildcard (like 40, 41, 42 and so on)
"comic rin" -2007 -2008 would match "comic rin" (but not permutations of this), that does not also
contain 2007 or 2008 in the title or tag
comic -"comic rin*2008" would match "comic", excluding everything titled/tagged as "comic rin"
followed by any-char-sequence followed by 2008
=== Search by Hash ===
In [http://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?s=&showtopic=17579&view=findpost&p=320563 a post in the forums] Tenboro stated that searching by hashes is possible:
Well you can, just feed the system an URL with the hash like this.
http://g.e-hentai.org/?f_shash=sha1hashhere
== Current Known Issues ==
*Since the event systems and the User Galleries are not actually integrated, a peculiar quirk occurs. The system directs a user to the particular page that would have an event once every hour, but if the user does not have an active event or does not qualify to get a new one it will redirect the user to the ad that would be there.
Currently this issue cannot be fixed without removing events from galleries.
== References ==
* [http://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?showuser=6 Tenboro] and extensive use of the E-Hentai Galleries.
* [http://g.e-hentai.org/help.php Gallery Help]
''Forum Posts:''
* [http://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?showtopic=3224 E-Hentai User Galleries (0.1-0.4 BETA)]
The list of galleries on the Front Page is delayed by 4 hours for non-registered visitors.
Galleries have their timestamp bolded if they have not been seen since the user last visited (requires 30+ minutes of not viewing any galleries).
Tags that are not searchable (below 10 power) are not displayed in any mode.
Modes
All modes display categories, publish dates, ratings, torrent icons, and titles. Modes without cover thumbnails will display them upon mouseover whilst those with thumbnails will display the gallery's full title.
Mode
Description
Full Titles
Tags
Page Count
Uploader
Minimal
Single-row list restrained vertically and horizontally.
✔
Minimal+
Same as above but uses another row to show up to 12 watched tags.
¼
✔
Compact
Default mode. Taller double-row list showing up to 12 tags. Watched tags are given priority followed by non-watched tags until the row is full or 12 tags are shown. Toplists always use this mode.
½
✔
✔
Extended
Cover thumbnails on the far-left, full titles and tag lists. Each listing will extend vertically as needed.
✔
✔
✔
✔
Thumbnail
Tiled list with centered cover thumbnails. Up to 12 watched tags shown.
¼
✔
Defaults
The following are the default settings and the applicable Hath Perks that can be purchased to increase them.
This page shows up to 50 galleries posted within the last 24 hours that are currently popular, sorted by traffic in the last minute. The page's content can be reduced via My Tags filters.
Ads
There are up to 3 ad banners on the front page and 2 when viewing a gallery. These are located on the top and bottom of the page with 1 more in the middle of the gallery list. Ads are disabled for users with either the Ads-Be-Gone Hath Perk or a Bronze Star.
Hotkeys
These hotkeys can be used when viewing gallery images:
Function
Hotkeys
Arrow
Numpad
Letter
Extra
Previous Page
←
4
A
Next Page
→
6
D
Spacebar
Scroll Up
↑
8
W
⇧Shift+Spacebar
Scroll Down
↓
2
S
Reload Image
5
R
Customization
Users wishing to have different color schemes, layout spacing, or remove certain elements from gallery-related pages may do so via user scripts or custom CSS (using a tool such as Stylus).
Banners
In very select galleries banner links will be located at the top of the page and in the description. These are strictly for official storefronts pertaining to the gallery's contents.
It is highly recommended to read this guide before making any galleries.
Users can upload (and update) galleries in order to easily maintain and share content with other people as well as earn rewards. The only requirement is to register an E-Hentai Forums account.
A form of gallery moderation that allows users to petition for the removal of galleries from the gallery listing, primarily in regards to duplicated / inferior copies of already uploaded galleries.
Allows users to save any number of galleries to a personal list along with notes. These can be sorted via user-chosen colors/customizable names and by posting or favoriting dates.
The primary location of information regarding a user's own activities in regards to the galleries. Included are visits and hits stats, power information, settings, and logs.
Allows users to rate galleries on a 10-point scale. A gallery's cumulative rating is viewable on the gallery listing as well as within the gallery itself. This is replaced by the user's personal rating should they make one.
A form of gallery moderation that allows users to request the removal of galleries; it is to be used only in cases of very serious rule violations. Not to be used as a substitute for Expunging.
Allows users to indicate the content and other properties of a gallery such as its author, language, major fetishes, characters, etc. It is highly recommended to read the guide before performing any tagging.
