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=Header=
=Header=


This page is intended to act as a guide to the BakaBT header visible on all pages. The numbered headings indicate sections of the header. This handy reference image will point out exactly where each of these sections is.  
This page is intended to act as a guide to the BakaBT header visible on all pages. The numbered headings indicate sections of the header. This handy reference image will point out exactly where each of these sections is. <br>
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===1 - Quick links===
!  style=" font-size: 24px;" colspan="3"| BakaBT Header
 
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||'''1 - RSS'''||An RSS feed of recently-granted torrents.  The results are filtered by the default browse options specified in your profile. (Only Power Users)||
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||'''Help Form'''||A form that transmits your problems to BakaBT staff.
|colspan="3"|'''2 - Quick links'''
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||'''Adopt'''||A list of torrents in dire need of adoption.
||'''News'''||The front page, filled with recent news about the site.||
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||'''Top 10'''||Some nice statistics.
||'''Browse'''||Browse all torrents on the site.||
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||'''Banners'''||A display of all of the banners that rotate on reload.
|rowspan="5"| ||'''Offers'''||Recently offered torrents that have either not yet been accepted, or have been rejected.  The number listed in parenthesis is the number of pending offers. Power Users can mouseover provides links to Upload (the page on which you create a new torrent offer), Sandbox (where you can play around with torrent descriptions) and Templates (a list of description templates for offers).
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||'''Forums'''||Go to the forums, where you can ask questions about torrents and the site, or just chat with other BakaBT users.
|| '''Upload'''||Make a upload offer.
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||'''Blog'''||The new BakaBT blog, filled with the rambings of Chiyachan and whoever else he coerces into it.
|| '''Sandbox'''|| For users to try out and preview descriptions before making an offer or work on your old torrent descriptions.
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||'''IRC'''||Information on how to get connected to BakaBT's IRC channel.
|| '''Templates'''||A list of templates to pick from to style your upload offer.
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||'''Web IRC'''||Access via the browser to the BakaBT IRC channel.
||'''Adopt'''||A list of torrents in dire need of adoption.
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||'''Rules'''||Read this.
||'''Forums'''||Go to the forums, where you can ask questions about torrents and the site, or just chat with other BakaBT users.||
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||'''FAQ'''||And this.
||'''BakaSHOTS'''|| BakaBT's image hosting server.||
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||'''Wiki'''||What you're on.
||||'''BakaCOMPARE'''||For release comparisons .
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||'''Random'''||Takes you to a random torrent.
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||'''Wiki'''||What you're on.||
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||'''IRC'''||Information on how to get connected to BakaBT's IRC channel.||


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||'''Store'''||Get your BBT parifinalya here.||
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||'''Donate'''||Make one-time, or set up monthly, donations and get upload credit.||


===2 - RSS===
A RSS feed of recently-granted torrents.  The results are filtered by the default browse options specified in your profile.<br />
(Only Power Users)
===3 - Navigation===
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||'''News'''||The front page, filled with recent news about the site.
||'''More'''|| See below.||
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||'''Blog'''||The new BakaBT blog, filled with the rambings of Chiyachan and whoever else he coerces into it.
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||'''Help Form'''||A form that transmits your problems to BakaBT staff.
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||'''Top 10'''||Some nice statistics.
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||'''Banners'''||A display of all of the banners that rotate on reload.
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||'''Random'''||Takes you to a random torrent.
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||'''Keywords'''||Keywords to help you better search BBT's media.
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||'''Browse'''||Browse all torrents on the site.
||'''3 - Search field'''||Search currently accepted torrents. Searches according to your default browse options.||
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||'''Offered'''||Recently offered torrents that have either not yet been accepted, or have been rejected.  The number listed in parenthesis is the number of pending offers. Power Users can mouseover provides links to Upload (the page on which you create a new torrent offer), Sandbox (where you can play around with torrent descriptions) and Templates (a list of description templates for offers).
||'''4 - Quick Stats'''||"Welcome back, *Username* " Followed by doner icon (if you have donated) & unread message count ||
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||'''Media'''||Jaru's attempt to create a browsing system of recently-granted offers that is based off of images, rather than text.
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||'''Messages'''||Tracker messages (separate from forum messages).  This is where you receive PMs from other users, or notifications from the system about torrent swaps, comments on notified torrents, and torrent approvals and deletions.
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||'''Settings'''||Where you can change account settings.
||'''Settings'''||Where you can change account settings.
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||'''Messages'''||Tracker messages (separate from forum messages).  This is where you receive PMs from other users, or notifications from the system about torrent swaps, comments on notified torrents, and torrent approvals and deletions.
||'''Logout'''||Your username and a logout link.
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||'''Tracker States'''||Your tracker States, overall ratio, the amount you have uploaded, amount you have downloaded, your active torrents green for uploading and read for downloading, and your bonus points.
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=Userpage=


This page is intended to act as a guide to the BakaBT profile page. The numbered headings indicate sections of the page. This handy reference image will point out exactly where each of these sections is.


===4 - Login===
<div class="res-img">[[File:Userpage_2020.png|right|alt=Userpage as seen by other users|Reference image with pointed out sections.]]</div>


Your username and a logout/login link.






===5 - Donate button===
===1 - Avatar===


Make one-time, or set up monthly, donations and get upload credit.
User's [[Site_Rules#Tracker_Avatar_Guidelines|tracker avatar]].  This is the image that appears in torrent offers and comments, separate from the [[Site_Rules#Forum_Ava.2FSig_Guidelines|forum avatar]].
 
 
 
===6 - Search field===
 
Search currently accepted torrents.  Searches according to your default browse options.
 
 
 
===7 - Stats===
 
Your tracker stats.  In order, overall ratio, total uploaded, total downloaded, number of torrents seeding, number of torrents leeching, and number of unredeemed bonus points.
 
 
 
 
 
=Userpage=


This page is intended to act as a guide to the BakaBT profile page. The numbered headings indicate sections of the page. This handy reference image will point out exactly where each of these sections is.


[[File:Userpage.png|right|alt=Userpage as seen by other users|Reference image with pointed out sections.]]


===2 - User info & Friend Controls===


The username and [[FAQ#User_Classes|user class]] of this user.  Also, the doner icon if you have donated. Followed by a flag representing the user's country of residence. NOTE: this is not Dango flag


===1 - Friend Controls===
====Friend Controls====


Add this user to your Friend List, or block them.   
Add this user to your Friend List, or block them.   
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===2 - User info===
===3 - Public user information===
 
The username and [[FAQ#User_Classes|user class]] of this user.  Also, a flag representing the user's country of residence.
 
 
 
===3 - Avatar===
 
User's [[Site_Rules#Tracker_Avatar_Guidelines|tracker avatar]].  This is the image that appears in torrent offers and comments, separate from the [[Site_Rules#Forum_Ava.2FSig_Guidelines|forum avatar]].
 
 
 
===4 - Public user information===


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||'''Donated'''||Amount of the upload credit earned by donating to BakaBT.
||'''Donated'''||Amount of the upload credit earned by donating to BakaBT.
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||'''Freeleech'''||Amount downloaded that was not counted towards total download, due to old [[FAQ#Freeleech|freeleech]] period.
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||'''Bonus Points'''||Number of unredeemed [[FAQ#What_are_bonus_torrents.3F|bonus points]].  "Use" takes you to a page where you can spend your bonus points.
||'''Bonus Points'''||Number of unredeemed [[FAQ#What_are_bonus_torrents.3F|bonus points]].  "Use" takes you to a page where you can spend your bonus points.
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===5 - Tabs===


Tabs to filter torrents based on various criteria.
 
===4 - favorite Anime/Manga===
 
The user's favorite Anime/Manga on BBT.
 
 
 
===5 - Info===
 
Any info the user has chosen to display.
 
 
 
 
===6 - Categories===
 
Torrents that match the filtering applied by the options in [[The BakaBT Website#5_-_Tabs|5]]. You can sort by clicking on the respective category.


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||'''Seeding'''||Torrents the user has finished downloading and is now solely uploading to other peers.
||'''Category'''||The category that the torrent falls into.  One of Anime Series, OVA, Soundtrack, Manga, Anime Movie, Live Action, Artbook, Music Video or Light Novel.
For category-icon See [http://wiki.bakabt.me/index.php?title=The_BakaBT_Website#Category-Icons 7a-7c]
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||'''Name'''||Name of the torrent.  Underneath are the [[How_to_make_an_offer#Keywords|keywords (tags)]] associated with it. If you uploaded this torrent there will be two icons beside the name. The first one is for editing the description, the second one for editing the torrent info.
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||'''S/L'''||Number of seeders / leechers connected to the tracker for this torrent.
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||'''Seeded'''||Torrents for which the user has uploaded more than they have downloaded; their individual ratio for that torrent is greater than 1.
||'''Size'''||Size of the torrent data.
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||'''Leeching'''||Torrents the user is currently downloading.
||'''Up'''||The user's recorded upload for this torrent.  This number '''is''' reset when a torrent is swapped.
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||'''Down'''||The user's recorded download for this torrent.  This number '''is''' reset when a torrent is swapped.
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||'''Ratio'''||The individual ratio of this torrent.  The large, colorized number is up / down; the smaller, gray number is upload divided by torrent size.  Inf indicates that the user has not downloaded any data of this torrent.
|}
 
 
 
===7 - Tabs===
 
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||'''Incomplete'''||Torrents the user has started downloading and is not currently downloading, but have not been recorded as having finished.
||'''Active'''||Torrents the user is currently downloading or has finished and now uploading to other peers.
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||'''Leeched'''||Torrents for which the user has downloaded more than they have uploaded; their individual ratio for that torrent is less than 1.
||'''Inactive'''||Torrents the user has uploaded, downloading or started to download and it is no longer see as active by the tracker. (no longer downloaded or uploading)
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||'''Uploaded'''||Torrents the user has uploaded through [[How_to_make_an_offer|the offer system]]; rejected offers appear here until pruned.
||'''Uploaded'''||Torrents the user has uploaded through [[How_to_make_an_offer|the offer system]]; rejected offers appear here until pruned.
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||'''Bookmarked'''||Torrents the user has bookmarked. Bookmarked torrents are aggregated for the Related Torrents section.
||'''Bookmarked'''||Torrents the user has bookmarked. Bookmarked torrents are aggregated for the Related Torrents section.
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||'''Wishlist'''||Torrents the user has wishlisted. Unlike Bookmarks, Wishlist data is not used anywhere else.
||'''Wishlist'''||Torrents the user has added to their wishlist. Unlike Bookmarks, Wishlist data is not used anywhere else.
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||'''Notify'''||Torrents the user has enabled notification for. A message will be sent to you when someone comments on a torrent you have enabled notification for
||'''Notify'''||Torrents the user has enabled notification for. A message will be sent to you when someone comments on a torrent you have enabled notification for
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===6 - Categories===
===Category-Icons===
 
Note: The icons over the torrents in the picture do not match the actual torrents.
Torrents that match the filtering applied by the options in [[The BakaBT Website#5_-_Tabs|5]]. You can sort by clicking on the respective category.


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||'''Category'''||The category that the torrent falls into. One of OVA, Series, OST, Movie, Manga, Artbook or Music Video.
|colspan="2"|'''7.a'''
Beside the category-icon is a medal icon which states the torrent-status i.e. if it is leeched or seeded. There are six different medals:
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# Green ribbon with golden medal: You have seeded that torrent to a ratio of > 1
||'''Wishlist'''||Torrents that you have added to their wishlist. Unlike Bookmarks, Wishlist data is not used anywhere else.
# Green ribbon with silver medal: You are seeding this torrent and have already a ratio > 1
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# Red ribbon with golden medal: You have leeched this torrent but haven't reached a ratio > 1
||'''Bookmarked'''||Torrents that you have bookmarked. Bookmarked torrents are aggregated for the Related Torrents section.
# Red ribbon with silver medal: You are leeching this torrent
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# Red ribbon with bronze medal: You have leeched a part of this torrent but not all data and haven't reached a ratio > 1
||'''Notify'''||Torrents you have enabled notification for. A message will be sent to you when someone comments on a torrent you have enabled notification for
# Round medal: You have uploaded this torrent onto BakaBT
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||'''Uploaded'''||Torrents you uploaded through [[How_to_make_an_offer|the offer system]]; rejected offers appear here until pruned.
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||'''Name'''||Name of the torrent.  Underneath are the [[How_to_make_an_offer#Keywords|keywords (tags)]] associated with it. If you uploaded this torrent there will be two icons beside the name. The first one is for editing the description, the second one for editing the torrent info.
|colspan="2"|'''7.b'''
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||'''Freeleech'''||A torrent that after downloading was not counted towards total download, due to [[FAQ#Freeleech|freeleeching]].
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||'''Lossless'''||Torrents that have lossless versions of the soundtrack.
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||'''HD'''||Torrents that have at least 720p.
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||'''Hentai'''||Torrents fall under the hentai category.
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||'''Incomplete'''||Torrents seares that are not yet complete.
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||'''Bones'''||Torrents that earned you [[FAQ#What_are_bonus_torrents.3F|bonus points]].
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||'''S/L'''||Number of seeders / leechers connected to the tracker for this torrent.
||'''Multiaudio'''||Torrents that have multiple audio tracks.
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||'''Size'''||Size of the torrent data.
|colspan="2"|'''7.c'''
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||'''Up'''||The user's recorded upload for this torrent.  This number '''is''' reset when a torrent is swapped.
|colspan="2"|These icons only appear for torrents you have uploaded.
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||'''Down'''||The user's recorded download for this torrent.  This number '''is''' reset when a torrent is swapped.
||'''Edit Info'''||Takes you to edit this torrents info.
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||'''Ratio'''||The individual ratio of this torrent.  The large, colourised number is up / down; the smaller, gray number is upload divided by torrent size.  Inf indicates that the user has not downloaded any data of this torrent.
||'''Edit Description'''||Takes you to the sandbox editor for this torrents description.
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|}


=Torrent Details=


This page is intended to act as a guide to the layout used on the torrent pages. The numbered headings indicate sections of the page. This handy  reference image will point out exactly where each of these sections is.


<div class="res-img">[[File:Torrent-details_2020.png|right|alt=Userpage as seen by other users|Reference image with pointed out sections.]]</div>




=Torrent Details=


This page is intended to act as a guide to the layout used on the torrent pages. The numbered headings indicate sections of the page. This handy  reference image will point out exactly where each of these sections is.
===1 - Torrent Icon===


[[File:Torrent-details.png|right|alt=Userpage as seen by other users|Reference image with pointed out sections.]]
Torrent type. One of Anime Series, OVA, Soundtrack, Manga, Anime Movie, Live Action, Artbook, Music Video or Light Novel.






===1 - Torrent icon===
===2 - Torrent Title===


Torrent type.  One of OVA, Series, OST, Movie, Manga, Artbook or Music Video.
Title of the torrent.






===2 - Torrent title===
===3 -Torrent Category Icons===  


Title of the torrent.
See [http://wiki.bakabt.me/index.php/The_BakaBT_Website#Category-Icons Category-Icons].






===3 - Keywords===
===4 - Keywords===


The [[How_to_make_an_offer#Keywords|keywords (tags)]] associated with this torrent.
The [[How_to_make_an_offer#Keywords|keywords (tags)]] associated with this torrent.
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===4 - Swap notice===
===5 - Swap notice===


Date the torrent was last swapped.
Date the torrent was last swapped.
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===5 - Download===
===6 - Download===


Click to download the .torrent file.  Also listed is the size of the torrent.
Click to download the .torrent file.  Also listed is the size of the torrent.
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===6 - User interface===
===7 - Other versions box===
 
Category box with the different [[Format_Preferences#Video Groupings|video format alternatives]].
 
 
 
===8 - User interface===


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||'''Bookmark'''||Keep this torrent listed in your bookmarks. Also used to calculate related torrents.
||'''Report'''||[[FAQ#Report_problems_that_I_noticed.3F|Report this torrent]] for not following the rules.<br />Power users only.
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||'''Notify'''||Sends you notifications when new comments are posted.
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||'''Wishlist'''||A list of torrents to download... sometime.  You're notified when a torrent on your wishlist is swapped.
||'''Wishlist'''||A list of torrents to download... sometime.  You're notified when a torrent on your wishlist is swapped.
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||'''Notify Me'''||Sends you notifications when new comments are posted.
||'''Blacklist'''||Torrent's you choose to add to your blacklist appear as greyed out on browse/search results page.
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||'''Report'''||[[FAQ#Report problems that I noticed|Report this torrent]] for not following the rules.<br />Power users only.
||'''Bookmark'''||Keep this torrent listed in your bookmarks. Also used to calculate related torrents.
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===7 - Other versions box===


Category box with the different [[Format_Preferences#Video Groupings|video format alternatives]].


===9 - Torrent info tabs===


Tabs that provide interesting information about this torrent.  Clicking leads to boxes 10-13.


===8 - Torrent info tabs===


Tabs that provide interesting information about this torrent.  Clicking leads to boxes 9-12.


 
===10 - Statistics===
 
===9 - Statistics===


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||'''Last Seed'''||How much time has passed since a new seed has entered the swarm.
||'''Last Seed'''||How much time has passed since a new seed has entered the swarm.
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|colspan"2"|'''11'''
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|colspan"2"|Only see if you are the torrent uploader
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||'''Edit Info'''||Takes you to edit this torrents info.
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||'''Edit Description'''||Takes you to the sandbox editor for this torrents description.
|}
|}


===10 - Filelist===
 
 
===12 - Filelist===


A list of the files included in the torrent and their sizes.  If contained in folders, you can expand all.<br />
A list of the files included in the torrent and their sizes.  If contained in folders, you can expand all.<br />
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===11 - Peerlist===
===13 - Peerlist===


Detailed information about the swarm.<br />Power users only.
Detailed information about the swarm.<br />Power users only.
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||'''User/IP'''||A link to the user's profile, or an IP address for users connected via the public key.
||'''User/IP'''||A link to the user's profile, or an IP address for users connected via the public key.
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||'''Upl.'''||Total amount uploaded of this torrent.
||'''Upl.'''||Total amount uploaded of this torrent. This is the field that the list is sorted by.
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||'''Downl.'''||Total amount downloaded.
||'''Downl.'''||Total amount downloaded.
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||'''Ratio'''||Uploaded / Downloaded for this torrent.  This is the field that the list is sorted by.
||'''Ratio'''||Uploaded / Downloaded for this torrent.
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||'''Complete'''||How much of the torrent the user has downloaded.
||'''Complete'''||How much of the torrent the user has downloaded.
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||'''Time'''||The time elapsed since the torrent was last started [[http://forums.BakaBT.com/index.php?topic=15188.msg352939#msg352939 verify?]]
||'''Time'''||Total active time. Hts*30/60.
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||'''Idle'''||Time since last announce.
||'''Idle'''||Time since last announce.
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||'''Hts'''||Number of announces.
||'''Hts'''||Number of announces. Time*60/30.
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||'''Client'''||The Bittorrent client being used.
||'''Client'''||The Bittorrent client being used.
|}
|}
===12 - Related===
Other torrents bookmarked by users who bookmarked this torrent.


=Forum RSS Feed=
=Forum RSS Feed=
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First let us start with a look at our default feed URL:
First let us start with a look at our default feed URL:
http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?type=rss;action=.xml
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?type=rss;action=.xml


Simple Machine Forum utilizes this URL similar to a code build. It is the basis for the feed building blocks and is where all the feeds from here on out will begin.
Simple Machine Forum utilizes this URL similar to a code build. It is the basis for the feed building blocks and is where all the feeds from here on out will begin.
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  BakaBT - New Torrent Requests (Board Example)<br />
  BakaBT - New Torrent Requests (Board Example)<br />
  [http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=3.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;<font color="#009900">sa=recent</font>;<font color="#000080">board=3.0</font>;<font color="#660066">limit=20</font>;<font color="#FF3300">type=rss2</font>]
  [http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=3.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;<font color="#009900">sa=recent</font>;<font color="#000080">board=3.0</font>;<font color="#660066">limit=20</font>;<font color="#FF3300">type=rss2</font>]


  BakaBT - Site Feedback & Rules (Topic Example)<br />
  BakaBT - Site Feedback & Rules (Topic Example)<br />
  [http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=news;topic=22306;limit=20;type=rss http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;<font color="#009900">sa=news</font>;<font color="#000080">topic=22306</font>;<font color="#660066">limit=20</font>;<font color="#FF3300">type=rss</font>]
  [http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=news;topic=22306;limit=20;type=rss http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;<font color="#009900">sa=news</font>;<font color="#000080">topic=22306</font>;<font color="#660066">limit=20</font>;<font color="#FF3300">type=rss</font>]


In the above examples you will find that I have color coded the the various parts that will be required in order to obtain the Targeted Feed that we want.<br />
In the above examples you will find that I have color coded the the various parts that will be required in order to obtain the Targeted Feed that we want.<br />
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  BakaBT - New Torrent Requests (Board Example)
  BakaBT - New Torrent Requests (Board Example)
  http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=3.0;limit=20;type=rss2
  http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=3.0;limit=20;type=rss2


This one is labeled "BakaBT - New Torrent Requests".
This one is labeled "BakaBT - New Torrent Requests".
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  So I will go from this:
  So I will go from this:
  [http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=3.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;<font color="#000080">board=3.0</font>;limit=20;type=rss2]
  [http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=3.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;<font color="#000080">board=3.0</font>;limit=20;type=rss2]


  To this:
  To this:
  [http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;topic=22306.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;<font color="#000080">topic=22306.0</font>;limit=20;type=rss2]
  [http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;topic=22306.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;<font color="#000080">topic=22306.0</font>;limit=20;type=rss2]


'''<u>Now here is a kick in the shorts:</u>'''<br />
'''<u>Now here is a kick in the shorts:</u>'''<br />
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Once again I am going to copy and paste "board=41.0" into my prepared URL:<br />
Once again I am going to copy and paste "board=41.0" into my prepared URL:<br />
  So this:
  So this:
  [http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;topic=22306.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;<font color="#000080">topic=22306.0</font>;limit=20;type=rss2]
  [http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;topic=22306.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;<font color="#000080">topic=22306.0</font>;limit=20;type=rss2]


  Becomes this:
  Becomes this:
  [http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=41.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;<font color="#000080">board=41.0</font>;limit=20;type=rss2]
  [http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=41.0;limit=20;type=rss2 http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;<font color="#000080">board=41.0</font>;limit=20;type=rss2]


Now to test and see if the Feed work, we will copy and paste the new code into the Address bar and see if we get a correct feed.
Now to test and see if the Feed work, we will copy and paste the new code into the Address bar and see if we get a correct feed.

Latest revision as of 21:19, 10 April 2020

Header

This page is intended to act as a guide to the BakaBT header visible on all pages. The numbered headings indicate sections of the header. This handy reference image will point out exactly where each of these sections is.

Header_2020


BakaBT Header
1 - RSS An RSS feed of recently-granted torrents. The results are filtered by the default browse options specified in your profile. (Only Power Users)
2 - Quick links
News The front page, filled with recent news about the site.
Browse Browse all torrents on the site.
Offers Recently offered torrents that have either not yet been accepted, or have been rejected. The number listed in parenthesis is the number of pending offers. Power Users can mouseover provides links to Upload (the page on which you create a new torrent offer), Sandbox (where you can play around with torrent descriptions) and Templates (a list of description templates for offers).
Upload Make a upload offer.
Sandbox For users to try out and preview descriptions before making an offer or work on your old torrent descriptions.
Templates A list of templates to pick from to style your upload offer.
Adopt A list of torrents in dire need of adoption.
Forums Go to the forums, where you can ask questions about torrents and the site, or just chat with other BakaBT users.
BakaSHOTS BakaBT's image hosting server.
BakaCOMPARE For release comparisons .
Wiki What you're on.
IRC Information on how to get connected to BakaBT's IRC channel.
Store Get your BBT parifinalya here.
Donate Make one-time, or set up monthly, donations and get upload credit.
More See below.
Blog The new BakaBT blog, filled with the rambings of Chiyachan and whoever else he coerces into it.
Help Form A form that transmits your problems to BakaBT staff.
Top 10 Some nice statistics.
Banners A display of all of the banners that rotate on reload.
Random Takes you to a random torrent.
Keywords Keywords to help you better search BBT's media.
3 - Search field Search currently accepted torrents. Searches according to your default browse options.
4 - Quick Stats "Welcome back, *Username* " Followed by doner icon (if you have donated) & unread message count
Messages Tracker messages (separate from forum messages). This is where you receive PMs from other users, or notifications from the system about torrent swaps, comments on notified torrents, and torrent approvals and deletions.
Settings Where you can change account settings.
Logout Your username and a logout link.
Tracker States Your tracker States, overall ratio, the amount you have uploaded, amount you have downloaded, your active torrents green for uploading and read for downloading, and your bonus points.

Userpage

This page is intended to act as a guide to the BakaBT profile page. The numbered headings indicate sections of the page. This handy reference image will point out exactly where each of these sections is.

Userpage as seen by other users



1 - Avatar

User's tracker avatar. This is the image that appears in torrent offers and comments, separate from the forum avatar.


2 - User info & Friend Controls

The username and user class of this user. Also, the doner icon if you have donated. Followed by a flag representing the user's country of residence. NOTE: this is not Dango flag

Friend Controls

Add this user to your Friend List, or block them. Your Friend List and the Users you have blocked can be found under My friends. After blocking a user the Send Message button on your user page is faded out for him and he can no longer send you any PMs.


3 - Public user information

Join Date Date user registered with BakaBT.
Last Seen The last time they visited a page on BakaBT while logged in.
Uploaded Amount uploaded through BakaBT, and average rate of upload.
Downloaded Amount downloaded through BakaBT, and average rate of download.
Bonus Amount of the upload credit earned by redeeming bonus points.
Donated Amount of the upload credit earned by donating to BakaBT.
Bonus Points Number of unredeemed bonus points. "Use" takes you to a page where you can spend your bonus points.
Share Ratio Uploaded / Downloaded. There are different smilies for different ranges.
Torrent Comments How many times the user has posted a comment on a torrent. The number is a link to a page displaying all of the user's comments.


4 - favorite Anime/Manga

The user's favorite Anime/Manga on BBT.


5 - Info

Any info the user has chosen to display.



6 - Categories

Torrents that match the filtering applied by the options in 5. You can sort by clicking on the respective category.

Category The category that the torrent falls into. One of Anime Series, OVA, Soundtrack, Manga, Anime Movie, Live Action, Artbook, Music Video or Light Novel.

For category-icon See 7a-7c

Name Name of the torrent. Underneath are the keywords (tags) associated with it. If you uploaded this torrent there will be two icons beside the name. The first one is for editing the description, the second one for editing the torrent info.
S/L Number of seeders / leechers connected to the tracker for this torrent.
Size Size of the torrent data.
Up The user's recorded upload for this torrent. This number is reset when a torrent is swapped.
Down The user's recorded download for this torrent. This number is reset when a torrent is swapped.
Ratio The individual ratio of this torrent. The large, colorized number is up / down; the smaller, gray number is upload divided by torrent size. Inf indicates that the user has not downloaded any data of this torrent.


7 - Tabs

Active Torrents the user is currently downloading or has finished and now uploading to other peers.
Inactive Torrents the user has uploaded, downloading or started to download and it is no longer see as active by the tracker. (no longer downloaded or uploading)
Uploaded Torrents the user has uploaded through the offer system; rejected offers appear here until pruned.
Bookmarked Torrents the user has bookmarked. Bookmarked torrents are aggregated for the Related Torrents section.
Wishlist Torrents the user has added to their wishlist. Unlike Bookmarks, Wishlist data is not used anywhere else.
Notify Torrents the user has enabled notification for. A message will be sent to you when someone comments on a torrent you have enabled notification for
Comment Torrents the user has commented on. A torrent will only appear in this list once, even if the user has commented multiple times on it.


Category-Icons

Note: The icons over the torrents in the picture do not match the actual torrents.

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Wishlist Torrents that you have added to their wishlist. Unlike Bookmarks, Wishlist data is not used anywhere else.
Bookmarked Torrents that you have bookmarked. Bookmarked torrents are aggregated for the Related Torrents section.
Notify Torrents you have enabled notification for. A message will be sent to you when someone comments on a torrent you have enabled notification for
Uploaded Torrents you uploaded through the offer system; rejected offers appear here until pruned.
7.b
Freeleech A torrent that after downloading was not counted towards total download, due to freeleeching.
Lossless Torrents that have lossless versions of the soundtrack.
HD Torrents that have at least 720p.
Hentai Torrents fall under the hentai category.
Incomplete Torrents seares that are not yet complete.
Bones Torrents that earned you bonus points.
Multiaudio Torrents that have multiple audio tracks.
7.c
These icons only appear for torrents you have uploaded.
Edit Info Takes you to edit this torrents info.
Edit Description Takes you to the sandbox editor for this torrents description.

Torrent Details

This page is intended to act as a guide to the layout used on the torrent pages. The numbered headings indicate sections of the page. This handy reference image will point out exactly where each of these sections is.

Userpage as seen by other users


1 - Torrent Icon

Torrent type. One of Anime Series, OVA, Soundtrack, Manga, Anime Movie, Live Action, Artbook, Music Video or Light Novel.


2 - Torrent Title

Title of the torrent.


3 -Torrent Category Icons

See Category-Icons.


4 - Keywords

The keywords (tags) associated with this torrent.


5 - Swap notice

Date the torrent was last swapped.


6 - Download

Click to download the .torrent file. Also listed is the size of the torrent.


7 - Other versions box

Category box with the different video format alternatives.


8 - User interface

Report Report this torrent for not following the rules.
Power users only.
Notify Sends you notifications when new comments are posted.
Wishlist A list of torrents to download... sometime. You're notified when a torrent on your wishlist is swapped.
Blacklist Torrent's you choose to add to your blacklist appear as greyed out on browse/search results page.
Bookmark Keep this torrent listed in your bookmarks. Also used to calculate related torrents.



9 - Torrent info tabs

Tabs that provide interesting information about this torrent. Clicking leads to boxes 10-13.


10 - Statistics

Type Type of torrent, one of OVA, Series, OST, Movie, Manga, Artbook or Music Video.
Size Amount of hard disk space the torrent will take up when fully downloaded.
Completed How many people have finished downloading the torrent.
Last activity [Last time downloaded? Last time scraped?]
Peers The swarm overview.
Freeleech Whether the torrent benefits from freeleech or not.
Added When this torrent was added to the pool.
Snatches Number of times the .torrent file was downloaded.
Last Seed How much time has passed since a new seed has entered the swarm.
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Only see if you are the torrent uploader
Edit Info Takes you to edit this torrents info.
Edit Description Takes you to the sandbox editor for this torrents description.


12 - Filelist

A list of the files included in the torrent and their sizes. If contained in folders, you can expand all.
Can be viewed as plain text.


13 - Peerlist

Detailed information about the swarm.
Power users only.

User/IP A link to the user's profile, or an IP address for users connected via the public key.
Upl. Total amount uploaded of this torrent. This is the field that the list is sorted by.
Downl. Total amount downloaded.
Ratio Uploaded / Downloaded for this torrent.
Complete How much of the torrent the user has downloaded.
Time Total active time. Hts*30/60.
Idle Time since last announce.
Hts Number of announces. Time*60/30.
Client The Bittorrent client being used.

Forum RSS Feed

This tutorial will cover how to obtain specific RSS Feeds from Topics and Boards throughout BakaBT Forums.

The BakaBT forums is designed by "Simple Machine Forums", although a pain to initially set up, it is one of the most flexible and capable free forum software's available. That being said; a lot of thought went into how to make it user friendly to the members, but also so that Administration can not only easily moderate, but also obtain a constant flow of information as needed for themselves as well as members, and in certain instances; Of Members. To this end Simple Machines Forum developers created one of the most comprehensive Feed Systems available for forums to date.



Preparation

First let us start with a look at our default feed URL: http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?type=rss;action=.xml

Simple Machine Forum utilizes this URL similar to a code build. It is the basis for the feed building blocks and is where all the feeds from here on out will begin. Simple Machine Forum allows you to build on the initial URL so that it can target Categories, Boards, and Topics, among other things, but for this Tutorial we will concentrate on Boards and Topics, as this is the most relevant to us, and all BakaBT members.

Simple Machine Forum designers kept all available technology in the loop. Although the feed is initially an RSS .91, it can be changed to accommodate any type of feed from Atom to RSS 2.0 The following is the available manipulations to the RSS Feed available to everyone: 

  * ;type=atom - Atom
  * ;type=rdf - RDF
  * ;type=rss - RSS 0.91
  * ;type=rss2 - RSS 2.0

Do not worry if this makes no sense at this time as it will all come together...

Now that we know what type of feeds are available to all of us how can we target Boards and Topics???
Again: Simple Machine Forum Developers were thinking, and gave us a list of options to add to the initial URL.

The following is example expansions to the initial URL that can be added. 

  * limit=x - display the "x" number of posts (if number is less than 5, it will display 5. If number is larger than 255,
 it will display 255).
  * board=y - display only posts from board "y"
  * boards=x,y,z - display only posts from the specified boards
  * topic=y - display only posts from board in which topic "y" is located

There is just a little more information to disseminate before we get to the heart of this tutorial.
The folks at Simple Machines Forum also gave us "Sub-action(s)". Now without listing all of the available Sub-Actions, I will just show the two that immediately affect all BakaBT members: 

  * Recent Posts (displays the most recent posts that you can see)
   sa=recent
  * News (displays the first post from the most recent topics that you can see)
   sa=news



Creating the custom feed

Now that we have all the parts that are required, let's put it all together.
The following are examples of targeted Feeds from the BakaBT forums: 

BakaBT - New Torrent Requests (Board Example)

http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=3.0;limit=20;type=rss2

BakaBT - Site Feedback & Rules (Topic Example)

http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=news;topic=22306;limit=20;type=rss

In the above examples you will find that I have color coded the the various parts that will be required in order to obtain the Targeted Feed that we want.
As you can see in the light blue is the initial Forum URL.

NOTE:
Now as we build the URL coding up, you must add a "semi-colon" ( ; ) after each addition to the URL.

In the above examples:
The Green is the defined "Sub-Action". Most commonly we will utilize "sa=recent" in our URL(s), as this will give a rolling feed, and not just the first post to a topic.

The Navy Blue area defines the the topic or board that we wish to obtain a feed from.

The Purple area defines how many posts will be fed to us via the Feed. I tend to leave this at 20, as this will limit bandwidth load to the forum server, and allow our Feed to load faster as well...You can not do less than a five (5) posts, and you can not request more than 255 at any given time. If you want more than 20 feeds, be respectful of the forum and the server, as this will start introducing a large drain on the bandwidth from the forum server.

The Red represents the the Feed type. In my case, I tend to leave mine as RSS2 as this qualifies for the most information with least trouble from the four available types.


Examples

Now that I have assembled the pieces, how do I define what Board(s) or Topic(s) I want a feed from?

Lets take the example of the first example feed above: 

BakaBT - New Torrent Requests (Board Example)
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=3.0;limit=20;type=rss2

This one is labeled "BakaBT - New Torrent Requests".

If you look at your browser's Address bar you will see something like this:

  • Forum-rss1.jpg

Off all the things in the Address bar we only want a certain part, we want to know if this is a topic or a board and what the number sequence is;
In this case we are interested in "topic=22306.0"

  • Forum-rss2.jpg

Now that I have the information required, I am going to take my Example code and copy/paste the "topic=22306.0" into it: 

So I will go from this:
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=3.0;limit=20;type=rss2

To this:
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;topic=22306.0;limit=20;type=rss2

Now here is a kick in the shorts:
Listing "Topics" will rarely work, if you list a "Topic" in your URL, it will most likely refer to the Board it is posted tom and not the topic directly. If a Child Board is buried to deep from the initial board development, the system will refer to the parent board one layer up. So "Boards" are more reliable.

Since the Child board was buried to deep in the forum structure, you find that the example gives you a feed for the Parent "Board"

So lets, pick a board as an example - Forum/Thread Games:

  • Forum-rss3.jpg

Check the Address bar in your browser:

  • Forum-rss4.jpg

Again: all we are interested in is the Board and the Numbers:

  • Forum-rss5.jpg

Once again I am going to copy and paste "board=41.0" into my prepared URL:

So this:
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;topic=22306.0;limit=20;type=rss2

Becomes this:
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;board=41.0;limit=20;type=rss2

Now to test and see if the Feed work, we will copy and paste the new code into the Address bar and see if we get a correct feed. Indeed we find that this works:

  • Forum-rss7.jpg



Final Notes.

As demonstrated above, it is always better to utilize a Board over a Topic, as the Board reference is reliable. I know this has been a long road, but purposely done for a reason, so that you will understand all of the available options, actions, and consequences you will face as you develop your feed URL.
Experiment a bit, find the boards you want and the topics you desire, and see what works best, and what feeds you require to monitor, everything you need to know is in the tutorial just given.

I hope that the BakaBT members will find this of some use it targeting feeds to their individual needs.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask

Regards
The Sarge

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