Arylia Gallery Builder v2.0

[Doctor Sticky]

With Arylia Gallery Builder you can create galleries for your TGP or babe blog in under 1 minute.

Acquire Images Using Various Methods
Such as sponsor FHG (free hosted gallery), zip file (either locally from your computer or remotely from your sponsor's website), image sets on your server, and even fusker-style URLS for those hard-to-get sets.

Completely Control Size and Position of Thumbnails
You are not limited to stale square layouts with one size columns and thumbs. With Arylia you can place the thumbnails at any size anywhere on your gallery. The possibilities are literally endless. Here are a few examples:

(Each of these galleries were made in under 1 minute)
http://www.twistyswomen.com/gallerie...lesbian_mania/
http://www.twistyswomen.com/gallerie...es_having_fun/
http://www.freegalleryhome.com/galle...lack_lingerie/

Store Your Sponsor Settings For Repeated Use
Simply setup each site one time - including banner and link code settings - then select the site when building a gallery and all of the settings will be applied to your gallery automatically.

Easy Integration Into Your Site Layout
Arylia uses short identifiers for placing gallery elements such as title, description, and for defining where the thumbnails will be placed.

Quick and Easy Thumbnail Cropper
Before building a gallery you can set image cropping preferences, but that doesn't always mean they will come out perfect. To combat the odd thumbnail, or to simply improve upon the already great thumbs created, use Arylia's quick and easy thumbnail cropper tool. You simply drag a box around the hottest portion of the thumbnail and click "Grab it". Arylia will remake the thumbnail to your new specifications automatically and place it back into the gallery. Nothing could be easier!

Search Engine Optimization
Using all of the latest SEO techniques Arylia builds galleries with search engine optimization in mind.

Low Server Loads and No Query Usage
Arylia generates static galleries which means extremely fast page loads and no SQL queries.

Great Support
We are available every day and night via ICQ and AIM for support. You can also post on our message board and get help from other Arylia users.

Click Here To See The Demo

(Current customers can now download version 2 from the download area)

[PR_Tom]

"Acquire Images Using Various Methods
Such as sponsor FHG (free hosted gallery), zip file (either locally from your computer or remotely from your sponsor's website), image sets on your server, and even fusker-style URLS for those hard-to-get sets."


I guess that I think it looks decent, but there is absolutely no (good) reason to include functions that aquire images from anywhere but the local hard drive, or password protected server on the machine where the script resides.

[Doctor Sticky]

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

"Acquire Images Using Various Methods
Such as sponsor FHG (free hosted gallery), zip file (either locally from your computer or remotely from your sponsor's website), image sets on your server, and even fusker-style URLS for those hard-to-get sets."


I guess that I think it looks decent, but there is absolutely no (good) reason to include functions that aquire images from anywhere but the local hard drive, or password protected server on the machine where the script resides.

Hi PR_Tom,

We certainly don't condone ripping galleries of fellow webmasters, however, acquiring images from a sponsor FHG is no different than downloading their content ZIP file because they both contain the same images. Arylia also allows for building galleries directly from zip files, so wether you grab the images from the sponsor FHG, or from the downloaded zip file, the results will still be the same.

The good reason for allowing this is quick and easy building of galleries from FHGs your sponsors provide to your for promotion.

We also discourage promoting sponsors other than the owner of the content you are displaying in your gallery - as stated in our EULA

Originally Posted by Arylia EULA

You agree to use the software in all manners fitting the terms and rules of your individual sponsors. Specifically meaning that you will only rip (acquire) images from a sponsor's FHG (free hosted gallery) with intent to promote that sponsor with the acquired images. MoltenSoft vehemently discourages cross-promotion of sponsors with unmatched content.

[PR_Tom]

OK well see, you're wrong. At PimpRoll and Adult Elite, our FHG's are hosted on our servers because we own the license to display them from our servers. Only our servers. They are not free content! There is NO affiliate license to use them on your own server, and we terminate accounts that violate that obviously. We have no choice.

You should modify your wording, because it's a huge error. It's "Free HOSTED Gallery" for a reason We host it, you do not For a really good reason. It's legal for us to, and illegal for anyone else who does not hold the same content license.

Our Free Content is an entirely other issue. It's free content for affiliates because the content licensing allows for it to be.

We're not the only sponsor like that.

[Doctor Sticky]

Tom, if you re-read the first sentence of the EULA section I quoted it states: "You agree to use the software in all manners fitting the terms and rules of your individual sponsors."

Just to make sure we are extra clear in expressing that fact to our users, we have added the following statement in bold to that section of the EULA. Here it is again:

Originally Posted by Arylia EULA

You agree to use the software in all manners fitting the terms and rules of your individual sponsors. Specifically meaning that you will only rip (acquire) images from a sponsor's FHG (free hosted gallery) if that sponsor has granted permission for you to do so and only with intent to promote that sponsor with the acquired images. MoltenSoft vehemently discourages cross-promotion of sponsors with unmatched content.

There are a lot of sponsors who do allow images in their FHGs to be used for promotion on their affiliate's websites. It is up to the individual webmaster using the script to know which images they have the rights to host.

[Toby]

And just what percentage of your customers do you think actually read the EULA? I'd guess it's less than 10%.

I have to agree with Tom, if the software has the feature available then it will be used and abused. There's no valid reason for that function to be there other than to facilitate unethical if not illegal conduct on the part of affiliates.

[Doctor Sticky]

Guys,

Thanks for the concern. We created the script the way we did because we are adult webmasters ourselves and we want to be able to acquire and post content rapidly on our own sites. We agree that very few webmasters who purchase the script will read the EULA, however placing the message where we did, in the terms we did, is as much warning as we can reasonably offer. There are dozens of sponsors which provide to their affiliates usernames and passwords for the actual members section of the paysite and the only way to acquire that content without a script like this is your right mouse button and a great deal of patience. So rest assured that there is a legitimate purpose for this feature being in place.

To address the problem more directly, consider a webmaster who does not have a script like this. He can either act in accordance with his sponsors' rules and grab a zip file, unpack it, upload it, and make a gallery in HTML, or he can illegitimately take some content from an FHG or a members' area, upload it, and make a gallery in HTML. The amount of time required to do these two tasks is comparable and the webmaster may very well choose either one, but he knows ahead of time that one is legitimate, while the other might very well cause his account to be terminated.

Now consider a webmaster who does have this script or one like it. Like before, he can either acquire images from a zip file or he can break the rules and snag them from somewhere else. Neither one is particularly difficult, but one of them is allowed and the other isn't. Nothing really changes here -- it still takes the same amount of effort to create the gallery either way and the only difference is ethics.

So I guess I really fail to see how the script can encourage its users to break the rules when it simplifies legitimate gallery creation just as much as it facilitates unethical conduct, and the features which do make "breaking the rules" easier also in many cases simplify acceptable behavior.

Again, there are pleny of sponsors who allow affiliates to use images from FHGs in galleries on their websites. There is nothing unethical or illegal about that. It is up to the individual webmaster to know which images they have the rights to post.

[Surfn]

I have to agree with Tom. The only right way to use a tool is from data in the program or on your computer. Any kind of harvesting is subject to abuse and there is a greater negative potential then positive.

If we lived in a perfect world everyone would read and abide by rules. Unfortunately this just isn't true at this time.

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Doctor Sticky

...acquiring images from a sponsor FHG is no different than downloading their content ZIP file because they both contain the same images. Arylia also allows for building galleries directly from zip files, so wether you grab the images from the sponsor FHG, or from the downloaded zip file, the results will still be the same...

If your thought process is that the images on the galleries are the same as the images in the zips, then your argument falls short, because there's no need for the program to grab the pics from the galleries, since they are in the zips.

I almost equate this to selling bongs with stickers on them that read "For Tobacco Use Only"

[Doctor Sticky]

Originally Posted by Surfn

The only right way to use a tool is from data in the program or on your computer. Any kind of harvesting is subject to abuse and there is a greater negative potential then positive

There are plenty of sponsors - especially in the babe blog market that our script was created for - that do not offer free content for affiliates to download and use. They only offer FHGs, and they give their affiliates the right to use the images on their own website in order to promote the content.

Our software and the relationship with the warnings supplied in the EULA are no different than any other company. Most software could be used to perform illegal activities when the terms of the EULA the customer agreed upon are broken.

Originally Posted by Greenguy

If your thought process is that the images on the galleries are the same as the images in the zips, then your argument falls short, because there's no need for the program to grab the pics from the galleries, since they are in the zips.

If every sponsor provided zips for their galleries you would be correct, but in reality they don't. There are a lot of sponsors who only offer FHGs - and who give their affiliates the rights to use the images on their website. If we did not include this function in the script the users would not be able to build a gallery based on these sponsors' content.

Originally Posted by Greenguy

I almost equate this to selling bongs with stickers on them that read "For Tobacco Use Only"

Yet, that's still perfectly legal.

[Doctor Sticky]

Alright guys, I'm done discussing the legality of our script. Our EULA clearly states our opposition to acquiring images from sponsors who do not allow it. At this point it's up to the individual webmasters to decide if they want to break the rules of their sponsor.

If anyone has any other questions about the script please let me know

[kryptx]

Originally Posted by Greenguy

If your thought process is that the images on the galleries are the same as the images in the zips, then your argument falls short, because there's no need for the program to grab the pics from the galleries, since they are in the zips.

I almost equate this to selling bongs with stickers on them that read "For Tobacco Use Only"

No disrespect to you, greenguy. You run a tight ship here and it looks like you've been very successful. But if you're not sure what Doctor Sticky's thought process is, you must not have read the thread very closely. That's fine -- you probably just skimmed it, but he's made his thought process(es) abundantly clear.

Yes, in his first post he said "they both contain the same images". And for many sponsors (danni and twistys come to mind) this is the case. So why would I rip from the FHG instead of using the zip? Maybe the FHG contains fewer images and those are the ones I want (twistys zips are massive). Maybe they are ordered differently and I want to use the FHG order. Maybe I want to check out the content before I make my own gallery, and after I've done that, I don't want to have to go find the zip with those exact images (that's a pain in the ass sometimes on dannicash). The point is that an honest webmaster might want to do this, and it'd be perfectly ethical.

Second:

Originally Posted by Doctor Sticky

There are a lot of sponsors who do allow images in their FHGs to be used for promotion on their affiliate's websites.

The fact that PimpRoll and AdultElite (and some other sponsors) do not allow this is not a very good reason to exclude useful functionality from a gallery script.

Third:

Originally Posted by Doctor Sticky

There are dozens of sponsors which provide to their affiliates usernames and passwords for the actual members section of the paysite and the only way to acquire that content without a script like this is your right mouse button and a great deal of patience.

And last (emphasis mine):

Originally Posted by Doctor Sticky

To address the problem more directly, consider a webmaster who does not have a script like this. He can either act in accordance with his sponsors' rules and grab a zip file, unpack it, upload it, and make a gallery in HTML, or he can illegitimately take some content from an FHG or a members' area, upload it, and make a gallery in HTML. The amount of time required to do these two tasks is comparable and the webmaster may very well choose either one, but he knows ahead of time that one is legitimate, while the other might very well cause his account to be terminated.

Now consider a webmaster who does have this script or one like it. Like before, he can either acquire images from a zip file or he can break the rules and snag them from somewhere else. Neither one is particularly difficult, but one of them is allowed and the other isn't. Nothing really changes here -- it still takes the same amount of effort to create the gallery either way and the only difference is ethics.

So I guess I really fail to see how the script can encourage its users to break the rules when it simplifies legitimate gallery creation just as much as it facilitates unethical conduct, and the features which do make "breaking the rules" easier also in many cases simplify acceptable behavior.

Finally, this hasn't been brought up, but often a webmaster has more than one site. I personally have used arylia to copy the content from one site to another, and put it into my new gallery template. If they're on the same server it could be done by retrieving from a local folder, but if they're not, why should I have to copy all of the files myself or repeat the work I've already done? Arylia does it just as easily as it'll do anything else. That saves me time, allowing me to spend more time promoting my sponsors and less time manipulating image and HTML files.

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Doctor Sticky

...Yet, that's still perfectly legal.

Tell that to Tommy Chong

I could really give 2 shits what this script does, because I'm a big fan of not being lazy & making my sites by hand. Cookie cutter template sites suck ass IMHO.

But the being lazy part is a good example - let's say the sponsor says you can use the images that are on their galleries & they do not have them in a zip file - how lazy are you that you can't go & save 15-20 pics by hand?

[Doctor Sticky]

Originally Posted by Greenguy

But the being lazy part is a good example - let's say the sponsor says you can use the images that are on their galleries & they do not have them in a zip file - how lazy are you that you can't go & save 15-20 pics by hand?

So you prefer walking to the store instead of driving? Do you calculate things on scratch paper instead of using a calculator? I bet you don't even own a microwave.

You are definitely an exception if that is your arguement.

Point being, why would you want to do something manually when you have a tool that can do the exact same thing and save you tons of time... time to use on other things that do have to be done manually like networking with partners and promoting your site.

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by Greenguy

Tell that to Tommy Chong

I could really give 2 shits what this script does, because I'm a big fan of not being lazy & making my sites by hand. Cookie cutter template sites suck ass IMHO.

But the being lazy part is a good example - let's say the sponsor says you can use the images that are on their galleries & they do not have them in a zip file - how lazy are you that you can't go & save 15-20 pics by hand?

My thoughts exactly.

If there were any useful shortcuts everyone would already be using them. Depending a script to do what you should be easily doing without it is ludicrous to say the least.

I could care less who uses it for their hubs or their sites. But you better believe I can spot a gallery made with a gallery maker every time. They will not get accepted at any of my traffic pumps.

[kryptx]

Originally Posted by surfn

But you better believe I can spot a gallery made with a gallery maker every time. They will not get accepted at any of my traffic pumps.

That makes me wonder what sort of galleries you approve, because I can't recall ever having seen a gallery that this script couldn't have made.

Arylia doesn't make your template for you. Yes, sample templates are included with the script, but I don't think anybody uses them. And you can make a different template for each gallery if that's how you want to spend your time. What it does is acquire all of the images (which we've discussed now at length), prune them if there are too many or duplicate if there are too few, rename them all for SEO, generate all of the appropriate thumbnails, link them to the images, build html pages for each (if you choose that option), and place the title, description, linked text and banners, and any other text strings you want on your gallery according to where you put them on the template.

[Surfn]

I approve sites and galleries built by webmasters that actually put an effort into their work and take the time to submit by hand. I doubt that you can understand that.

I'm done here since you two seem to want to argue and could care less about anyone's point of view than you own. Good luck and have a nice day

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by Doctor Sticky

So you prefer walking to the store instead of driving? Do you calculate things on scratch paper instead of using a calculator? I bet you don't even own a microwave.

You are definitely an exception if that is your arguement.

Point being, why would you want to do something manually when you have a tool that can do the exact same thing and save you tons of time... time to use on other things that do have to be done manually like networking with partners and promoting your site.

If it took me a minute to walk to the store, then yes, I'd walk.

You're talking about taking a plane to a store that's 2 blocks away.

My point - and the point of others in this thread - is that regardless of what good you think it can be used for, the evil that it will be used for outweighs it.

[Doctor Sticky]

Originally Posted by Surfn

I could care less who uses it for their hubs or their sites. But you better believe I can spot a gallery made with a gallery maker every time. They will not get accepted at any of my traffic pumps.

Here are three galleries I made in under a minute using Arylia. Two of them have been plugged on worldsex, and one on the hun:

http://www.twistyswomen.com/gallerie...lesbian_mania/
http://www.twistyswomen.com/gallerie...es_having_fun/
http://www.freegalleryhome.com/galle...lack_lingerie/

Arylia is definitely not your run-of-the-mill cookie cutter template gallery building program. It's much more powerful. You can setup ANY template to work.

[Toby]

All three scroll horizontally at 800 pixel screen resolution. I wouldn't list any of them on my TGPs

[Doctor Sticky]

Originally Posted by Toby

All three scroll horizontally at 800 pixel screen resolution. I wouldn't list any of them on my TGPs

Wow, that's a very trivial reason to deny a gallery. Have you seen the latest percentage of users' screen resolutions? Obviously not if your rules are still based on 1999 standards.

[Toby]

My own stats show that 25% to 30% of the visitors to my sites still use 800x600. I don't consider 25% to 30% to be trivial.

[Doctor Sticky]

Originally Posted by Toby

My own stats show that 25% to 30% of the visitors to my sites still use 800x600. I don't consider 25% to 30% to be trivial.

LOL, that's because you only link to galleries under 800 width resolution. All the old timers who still have their 15 inch NEC monitors love your site. Good for you, you found a niche.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by Doctor Sticky

LOL, that's because you only link to galleries under 800 width resolution. All the old timers who still have their 15 inch NEC monitors love your site. Good for you, you found a niche.

Why do you think most sponsor hosted galleries are under 800 pixels wide? Why do you think that most link lists reject sites that scroll at 800 pixels wide? Keep talking, show us how much more you don't know.

[Doctor Sticky]

Originally Posted by Toby

Why do you think most sponsor hosted galleries are under 800 pixels wide? Why do you think that most link lists reject sites that scroll at 800 pixels wide? Keep talking, show us how much more you don't know.

Man, you're really reaching aren't you?


If anyone has any questions relevant to the Arylia Gallery Builder please let me know.