I've got a trial. What next?Go to the member section at GS Submission website and authorize yourself (username: demo, password: demo). Then surf to Download section and download the program. See screenshot. After that choose the database you need - download Trial TGP Base. Below we suppose we work with Trial TGP Base (as example).
Unpack downloaded archives to any suitable place and run GSSubmission.exe.
Now you have to download database in the program. Press Open Project
button at the main toolbar then choose the database file - trial_tgp.fsp in our example.
Ok, you've loaded the database - now you need to update it via Internet:
button at the main toolbar.
Read more about database update via Internet in a corresponding section.
Go to the Profiles panel (see screenshot). Here you must specify necessary data about webmaster and gallery.
Modify default profile data:
After we filled gallery properties we need to setup extra settings.
Open Options tab. See screenshot.
If you submit via proxy set Proxy checkbox and specify your proxy's IP address and a port in such notation: proxy:port, for example, 208.34.35.55:8080. You may need proxy to post from more than two virtual webmasters per day, because many TGPs allow to post one or two galleries in a day. See screenshot.
Desired proxy will be used automatically during submitting and confirming. Read more about operating via proxy in a corresponding section.
If you plan to use built-in Confirmer then you have to fill up POP3 and SMTP properties. Click Scan button and program will recognize e-mail addresses used in this profile. Then you should specify login, password and IP addresses (or names) of POP3/SMTP servers. You can setup your mailboxes manually as well using the buttons Add, Del, Edit. See screenshot.
Read more about these parameters in a corresponding section.
At this step we have to choose TGPs that match our gallery. You can easily select suitable TGPs using special filters (on the right at the top of TGP list):
For the ordinary submission we recommend you use Can Submit filter - i.e. pick TGPs that match the conditions of our gallery (see screenshot).
Then press Create Submission and Generate
button. The program will make set of TGP entries (for which gallery will be generated) and open Generator (see screenshot).
You should setup next parameters in the generator:
Now we have to prepare gallery template.
If you already have template then just insert it in Template tab or load by means of Load from File
function. It's necessary to put <#recip#> macro in template - while gallery generating it'll be replaced with reciprocal block (group of reciprocal images and/or text). Read about other macros in a corresponding section.
If you haven't any template and you want to make thumbnails in built-in generator then navigate to Images tab and begin to work with images. Add images using Add Files
, Add Folder
or Load From Output
buttons (see screenshot).
What can you do with images? You can swap their positions (drag mouse with pressed Shift), simply drag them to the desired place, delete them, etc.
Use the Remove Tail
or Remove Tail from Disk
buttons to delete images that have not fitted to the gallery. You can view desired image by double-clicking on its thumbnail or pressing the View Image
button.
Then you need to put <#thumb#> macros in the template (Template tab) - they will be replaced with thumbnail block during gallery generating. There can be a few thumbnail blocks. You can add them using Add Thumb Block
function; move blocks with Drag-and-Drop function. Read about other generator features in a corresponding section.
When all things are ready, press Generate
button and wait while the gallery is generating.
Then check Output directory whether the gallery was generated the right way.
There's no built-in FTP-client in GSS at the time, so you have to upload gallery using external program.
Upload the gallery to FTP.
When you have done your first gallery you need to upload reciprocals. You can do it by special script available in member zone at our web server:
So we have gallery generated and uploaded to the server - go the Submitter panel. Input your username and password, if you are not authorized yet (see screenshot).
Preparing to submit
Clean your Internet Explorer's cache before submission by means Internet Cache Cleaner function in Utilities menu at the main toolbar (see screenshot).
If you use proxy, then check it for anonymity and capacity for work by pressing Set and Check Profile Proxy
button.
To speed up submission:
- Disable image loading. Toggle Load Images
button at the main toolbar.
- Disable Java-applets and ActiveX (Flash-movies, etc.). Toggle Enable Applets and ActiveX Components
button at the main toolbar.
- Disable popups. Toggle Show Popups
button at the main toolbar.
- Disable dialogs (Java-script errors, authorization windows, etc.). Toggle Show Dialogs
button at the main toolbar.
Manual (semiautomatic) submission
Some pages must be submitted manually. These pages are shown in the Manual tab at Submitter panel. Fill them using Open and Fill
button (hotkey: F3) and Fill
(fill currently opened form - hotkey: F4).
During manual submission you can use context menu Recognize function to recognize submit codes (passphrases) - you have to point your mouse cursor over submit code image and click the mouse right button then pick Recognize function. Recognized submit code will be placed as a text into the clipboard. See screenshot. Notice that almost all TGPs whose submit code recognize well, placed in automatic submission queue.
To speed up submission pictures in forms will be loaded automatically, i.e. in case of submission with disabled images in manual queue - images that hold submit codes will be shown anyway.
Automatic submission
Press Start All
button to start automatic submission. Pages will be submitting at the same time in a few different threads. Number of auto queues can be set in Options tab - Queues parameter. See screenshot. You can vary this parameter, because its optimal value depends on your bandwidth. Bigger bandwidth - more pages could be submitted simultaneously.
You can suspend submission by Pause All
button. Then it can be resumed by Start All
.
Detailed description of automatic and manual submission can be found in a corresponding section.
After completion of submission it's necessary to confirm letters.
button). Wait until all letters will be delivered.
New messages will be highlighted in such manner:
You can view messages as the plain text (Text tab), and as a HTML-page (HTML tab). Also you can view all links in selected message (Links tab).
button. To speed up the procedure messages are confirming now in two threads - Auto1 and Auto2.
Confirmation completed.
Read more about confirmer in a corresponding section.
To review and analyze submission's results it's necessary to move submission to the history - press Finish Submission
button.
At the History panel all pages distributed in groups depending on submit page text or result page text.
In the history you can resubmit any particular page using Open and Fill
(F3) and Fill
(F4) buttons.
After review of results submission can be deleted by means Delete Submission
function.