Making Galleries

The following is a guide to uploading galleries.

Checking

• Make sure that none of the content is prohibited by the site's rules.
• Check that the content is not already uploaded. Any gallery that states that it is "Visible" counts as "existing" in the system. This generally isn't necessary for imageset galleries.
  • Ways to check include:
    • Searching for the title, artist, or applicable tags.
    • Performing a file search on at least one of the images.
  • If intending to replace an existing gallery, make sure that the content is genuinely superior. Be wary of posting an upscale.
• Remove any duplicate images before uploading. These can be scanned for using software such as VisiPics.
• There is a risk the gallery being expunged as a compilation if it includes portions of comics or CG sets that do not belong. e.g. An imageset dedicated to an artist can contain all of their works besides their published comics/sets.
• Sort and remove any mixed content (Cosplay, 3D, and 2D content should not be in the same gallery; likewise with Asian and Western content). There are separate categories for a reason.
• It is advisable to double check that the order of the images is correct (where applicable).
  • In addition, it is advisable to rename the files for consistency and ease of viewing (e.g. 001.jpg, 002.jpg, etc.) for those that choose to download the gallery.
• Filenames may only contain alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores. Any Japanese characters will be discarded. Any other characters may result in the file be rejected by the system.

Uploading

1. Click on Upload Gallery.
2. Fill in as much information as possible. All galleries are required to have at least a title.
3. Choose the folder to which the gallery will be placed in the Maintain Galleries screen. The default is "Unsorted".
4. Check the boxes indicating that the rules have been read and agreed upon as well as which category the gallery falls under. Click "Create and continue". Not checking the box for a category will create a private gallery.
5. Add archives or images that make up the gallery's content. Click "Upload and Add More" if more uploads are needed for the gallery, otherwise click "Upload and Continue". Repeat this step as needed.
6. Wait.
7. Once the uploading is complete check for completeness. At this time it is possible to also re-order, add, or remove any images. Re-ordering should be done if the pages are out of order and especially if the cover of the gallery is not the first image of the gallery.
8. Once satisfied, click on "Publish Gallery" to publish the gallery.

Please note that it can take ~1-15 minutes for the gallery to appear on the gallery list depending on server activity.

Limits

• Archives may only be of the following formats: RAR, ZIP
  • Compression word size should generally not exceed 32. Compression method should be Deflate, LZMA, or PPMd
• Images may only be of the following formats: GIF, JPG, PNG
• Individual images are capped at 10MB in size
• Images are capped at 20,000 x 20,000 resolution
• Galleries are capped at 2,000 images
  • For works that include more than 2,000 images it is acceptable to upload 2 galleries (assuming the first fully utilizes its 2,000 image allotment)

Warning

If attempting to upload an existing gallery the following message will appear:

Warning: The gallery you are trying to post has already been published:

Read the Expunge Guidelines or How to Search for Galleries to make sure your gallery won't be expunged as duplicate, or consider keeping it Private.

Updating

All modification to galleries can be done through the Gallery Manager.

• Modifying a gallery's name(s), description, or order of images may be done freely after it is published.
  • Renaming cannot be done if a petition was successful on the gallery. In order to change the name further a new petition must surpass the existing one.
• Once a gallery is published any adding or removing of images will count as an update. This creates a new gallery that immediately replaces the older one (with a new timestamp).
  • Galleries will be expunged if they are updated more than 2 times per 30 days.
    • Exceptions: Any valid additions to artist-specific galleries, ongoing comics, or ongoing translation projects. Any changes for fixes an expungable gallery (e.g. removing prohibited images). These may be done freely without limit.

Bounties

If uploading content with a bounty on it, be sure to contact the bounty poster to claim the reward.

Promoting

• Users are free to promote their uploaded galleries in their forum signature or on other websites.
• Users may choose to make a torrent of their gallery's contents. These torrents may also include non-image files or anything which are not present in the gallery.
  • Note that other users may make torrents for galleries that are not theirs as well.

Rewards

Each hit on a user's galleries rewards GP (users will not be rewarded until after 4 hours have passed and the gallery is not expunged during that time). Getting enough hits can also earn a ranking in the uploader / gallery toplists. Some conditions apply. If a gallery received an Existing Gallery Warning it will earn no GP.

As Published

Any published work such as a CG set should be uploaded "as published" as closely as possible.

Non-supported image files (e.g. PPM) must be converted to PNG of the same resolution as the non-supported file type. Uploading both JPGs along with PPM->PNG files is permitted. File sizes should remain reasonable (e.g. a 250MB PDF zip file should never lead to an 800MB gallery). As there is a 10MB limit on image file sizes, it is permitted to downscale the original image to get it smaller then the 10 MB limit.

See also

• E-Hentai Galleries
• Gallery Manager
• Technical Issues - Your Galleries