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[domtheboy]

Originally Posted by sarettah

lolol...I just noticed that you joined back in February. so, sorry for all the welcome to etc etc... I probably did that back in February....

I hate when I do that

LOL no problem, it's always nice to get a warm welcome even if I've had one before

I've signed up with remote thumbs and am just having a read through the literature now. It sounds interesting but I'm not 100% sure I understand how it works, so probably best if I take a look at the support forum to see where to get started. If you take a look at my domain (name is above) you'll see that at the moment it just displays a list of folders (all the galleries I have submitted so far) - this is probably going to be the dumbest question ever - am I going to need to install and configure some TGP script/software on my server before I can make use of the remote thumbs service ?

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by domtheboy

LOL no problem, it's always nice to get a warm welcome even if I've had one before

I've signed up with remote thumbs and am just having a read through the literature now. It sounds interesting but I'm not 100% sure I understand how it works, so probably best if I take a look at the support forum to see where to get started. If you take a look at my domain (name is above) you'll see that at the moment it just displays a list of folders (all the galleries I have submitted so far) - this is probably going to be the dumbest question ever - am I going to need to install and configure some TGP script/software on my server before I can make use of the remote thumbs service ?

You will not need to install a tgp script per se. You can run the tgp through straight html code no problem. But, you will have to set some permissions on folders, set up some folders and allow remote thumbs to install some stuff on your server.

It looks confusing at first, but once you do it for one niche you will find it easier and easier.

Follow the instructions and then once you think you are all set, there will be "test" button for you for each niche you set up and that will tell you about any issues.

If you want to do it tonight, I will be in and out of the board all night. I am trying to put something together that I promised to a crazy russian guy I would have last Friday, so I will be working, but I take liberal breaks

[sarettah]

For a starting point, you could go to remotethumbs, log in and then start setting up your sponsor codes.

Once you log in, on the left menu you will see a link to "My sponsors" click through and you will be presented a list of sponsors that they have galleries for.

Go through and identify any existing sponsors you have and fill in the info needed so that they get your aff code into the links properly.

I would reccomend you have at least 10 sponsors set up. If you don't already belong to 10 programs that they have galleries for then go through and sign up for some more. The 10 sponsors is so that you will have a variety of galleries feeding the site. The more sponsors, the more galleries for the program to choose from

[sarettah]

I was just reinvestigating remotethumbs and I realized I misspoke earlier, I had forgotten that one of the steps is to download a script at a certain point. This you just ftp up to your server and set the folder with the necessary permissions, so it is not a big deal, but yes, in answer to the first question, there is a script involved. But like I said, it's not a big deal

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by domtheboy

If you take a look at my domain (name is above) you'll see that at the moment it just displays a list of folders (all the galleries I have submitted so far)

while we are doing this, we need to get you some .htaccess protection on your server. You don't want to leave it open like that.