A Thing That Can Go Wrong...

It's a safe assumption that you've come here to learn. Here are some questions and answers. Submit new questions to the site administrator.

...Is Usually Possible to Fix

What is girls are pretty?
I only see very few pictures. Shouldn't there be hundreds of them?
Can't you change the size of the picture?
I've lost my password! Can you help me?
I see advertisements! Are those against the rules?
How do I sign up?
Someone is submitting offensive images.
I love this site! What can I do?
I hate this site. Where can I go?
My copyright is being violated. What do I do?
Can I advertise on this site?
I'm an HTML guru. Why do you use TABLEs, not DIVs?

What is girls are pretty?

It's a site where you can put pictures, browse pictures, find the people who made pictures, and in general... spend time basking in the glow of images. When you see a large image, click it to find out more about the creator.

If this site seems a lot like Flickr and Zooomr, you're right. It's just a simplified version of those sites. You cannot leave comments on an image. We don't list trackbacks or anything. Just plain pictures, captions, and tags. We hope to keep it that way. This site is pure Web 1.0.

I only see very few pictures. Shouldn't there be hundreds of them?

Make sure the search box at the top of the screen says only "search" in it. If it says anything else, you're searching for images, and what you're seeing is the results of that search. To clear the box, click on the "all" link underneath the image you're currently viewing (it should be last in the list of links). Then you will see a list of all (popular) images on the site.

If you are searching on a "mature" type of image, say nudity, violence, or religious images, by default you won't see any such images. You must set your maturity preference in your settings. Of course, you must be logged in to set your preferences.

Can't you change the size of the picture?

If you're not logged in, you can only view the smallest picture size. You can sign up for free, if you don't already have an account.

I've lost my password! Can you help me?

Sure. We have a special page for lost passwords. To help with remembering passwords, we recommend making up a phrase, then making the password be the first two characters of each word ("Who likes the internet?" would become "whlithin?") - This makes the password slightly easier to remember, while still being slightly hard to guess. You can change the rules a little bit for yourself, like the first and last letter of the word ("wolsteit?"), etc.

I see advertisements! Are those against the rules?

Professional accounts may post advertisements. For all other members, advertisements violate the terms of service. That said, nothing is stopping you from flagging the ad if it's of poor quality, in poor taste, etc, like any other image. Advertisements are not treated specially. If the members dislike them, they will not be shown anymore.

If the advertisement is well-done, we encourage you to just enjoy the experience. After all, advertising will never go away. The best we can hope for is to make it better and more honest.

How do I sign up?

Go to our signup page and we'll get you started on your free account. A short list of reasons to sign up: choose your image size, keep a list of favourite images, block images by members you dislike, get rid of the text ads on the right.

Someone is submitting offensive images.

Offensive images are not against the terms of service. Whether it's an image of a swastika, nudity, violence, the prophet Mohammed, or a gun. If an image offends you, simply flag the image. If all images by a particular member are offensive to you, go to that member's profile and "ignore" the member. After that, you will not be shown any more images submitted by that member. Furthermore, your fellow members will be less likely to see that image. This will increase the overall quality for both you and your fellow members.

I love this site! What can I do?

If you love this site, the best thing you can do is help make it better. Make some art. Take some pictures. Then, use this site to show the world your creations. Who knows? You could find some friends.

I hate this site. Where can I go?

We understand. Sometimes you just get up on the wrong side of the bed. If you just don't want to be here anymore, here are some other good sites:

GIRLSAREPRETTY dot com
Go there every single day and you will be told what to do.
Wikipedia
All the world's knowledge, accessible to all the world's population.
DOMAI
Simple nudes. Beauty is good, and enjoying beauty is acceptable.
digg
Democratic editorial control.
slashdot
News for nerds. Stuff that matters.

My copyright is being violated. What do I do?

We take copyright violation very seriously here. Please contact the site administrator so that we can take care of it. Include your full legal name, physical mailing address, a phone number, and a list of URLs of the offending works.

If possible, please also include your email address and/or URLs where you've posted your copyrighted works. These will speed up resolution of the matter significantly.

Can I advertise on this site?

We only accept image advertisements on this site. Simply go to our sign up page to sign up for your account. Then contact the site administrator to convert your account to a professional account. Images that contain advertising that are not from professional accounts are against the terms of service, and will be removed from the site.

Your advertising works in two ways. Either you can put your company message into the image itself, and if users don't flag it, your ad impressions are the effectiveness of the ad. Alternatively, if your images themselves don't contain any advertising but are very popular, people will try to find out more information about you via our "contact the creator" mechanisms. You might put your website URL into your profile, or physical address, whatever you want to advertise.

See our maximising your advertising return FAQ page to learn more about how to effectively advertise on this site.

Sometimes what is considered advertising is a subjective judgement. If our members are flagging your items as advertising, then it is considered advertising. If you are unsure, do everything in your power to make it clear that your images are not advertising.

I'm an HTML guru. Why do you use TABLEs, not DIVs?

I keep getting scrollbars. Or other bizarre behaviour. I even found a FAQ-ish page on the vaste interwebbe about these sorts of problems but I tried all they mentioned, and nothing worked. I've done this (tried to convert to using DIVs instead of TABLEs) many times in the past. I give up. Until divs actually become as useful as tables for formatting, and actually, you know... WORK, I'm going to continue to use tables.