NOTE: A number of short and informal instructional videos is included below (requires QuickTime). If you want to see an explanatory video of a certain subject or feature, please let us know.
For the purposes of this article we will be using the Classic Style. All of the features described below are also available in the PV2 Style but the location of various features is somewhat different.
After clicking on a group in the Complete Group Index or your Personal Group List, you will be presented with a thumbnail page (typically, you will be presented with the first page of the most current day with the files listed alphabetically). The number of thumbnails displayed will depend on the thumbnail size you selected (large or small) and the current size of your browser window. Clicking on the thumbnail of an image file will display the full-size version of that image. Clicking on the thumbnail of a video will display a page containing a preview image of the video and links to download or view the video.
Navigating to the Next Page 
Directly below the thumbnails is a list of pages and days available. To advance to the next page of thumbnails, you can click on the Next bar on the right side of the thumbnails, the Next link on the right side of the page numbers listed below the thumbnails, or you can press the right arrow key on your keyboard. If you are on the last page of a particular day, advancing will take you to the first page of thumbnails for the next day (if you are on the last page of the most current day, advancing will take you to the first page of the earliest available day). Clicking on a date will display the first page of thumbnails of the selected day.
Changing Thumbnail Size
Large and Small Thumbnail Sizes
While the number of files available on a particular day remains constant, the number of pages available can change depending on the number of thumbnails displayed. For example, if you change the thumbnail size from large to small (by clicking on the Small link below the list of days), more thumbnails will be displayed on the current page, potentially resulting in less page numbers. (The link for thumbnail size will toggle between Small and Big.)
Selecting Small Thumbnail Size
Adding and Subtracting Rows and Columns
In addition to being able to change the size of the thumbnails, you can also add and subtract rows and columns of thumbnails. Just to the right of the Small link in the image above are links for adjusting the number of rows and columns. Click the +col link to add a column, -col to remove a column, +rowto add a row, -row to subtract a row.
Adding the Current Group to Your Personal Group List
Below the list of days is the group name, day, and page number currently being displayed (they are also displayed in the title bar of your browser window) as as well as a link for adding the group to your Personal Group List (PGL). (If the group is already in your PGL, the link will allow you to remove the group.) Groups can also be added to your PGL from the Complete Group Index using the checkboxes in the PGL column.
Search
Two types of searching are available: basic (see below) and advanced.
NOTE: Please note that searching is currently limited to the last 40 days and that only the first 3000 results will be returned.
Clicking on the Search link will open a new window and display the Advanced Search page, allowing for more complicated searches to be be performed. Please note that advanced searches are slower than simple searches performed using the search box located above the Get buttons.
Complete Index
Use this link to access the Complete Group Index.
Personal Group List
Use this link to access your Personal Group List.
Category Index
Use this link to access the Category Index where groups are organized according to their similarity to each other (e.g., Amateur, Butts, Cartoons, Celebrities, etc.).
Videos Only
If videos exist in the group you are viewing, the Videos Only link will be available (if the link is not present, no videos currently exist in the group). Clicking the link will display the most recent day of the group where videos are present and display thumbnails for video files only (you can also access a videos-only view of a group from the Complete Group Index by clicking on any number link in the Vids Total column). Click the All Postings link to display both images and videos (as well as miscellaneous files) again.
List mode is useful when performing batch downloads. Use this link to turn off the display of thumbnails and expand the text table below the thumbnails to list up to 100 files (see the Text Table section below for more information). To display more than 100 files in list mode, use the List/Table Layout drop-down menu (see below). Click the Thumbnail Mode link to display thumbnails again.
Resize Table to Fit
Use this link to have the rows and columns of thumbnails reset to best fit your current window dimensions.
Save PGL
Use this link to save your current Personal Group List to our server. Please note that this link will not appear if you no PGL currently exists (either because one was never created or your PGL cookie has been deleted).
Load PGL
Use this link to load your previously saved Personal Group List from our server. Use this option if your PGL cookie has been deleted or corrupted in some way.
Save Page Prefs/Load Page Prefs
These options will be implemented in the future.
Personal Group List Menu
If you have a Personal Group List, you can use this drop-down menu to access a favorite group.
Basic Search Box
Two types of searching are available: basic and advanced (see above).
NOTE: Please note that searching is currently limited to the last 40 days and that only the first 3000 results will be returned.
Basic Search Box
To perform a basic subject search, type a search term in the field and click the Search button. To perform a filename or author search, use the Advanced Search feature.
List/Table Layout Menu
Use this menu for additional List Mode and Thumbnail options.
Selecting a 1000 Item List
Get Buttons
The Get Buttons Used for Batch Downloading
The Get buttons are used in conjunction with the text table below to perform batch downloads (i.e., downloading multiple files in a single zip file).
Text Table
Each file represented by a thumbnail at the top of the window is also listed in the text table below the Get buttons. The list of files can be sorted by clicking on any of the clickable labels in the top row of the table (e.g., File Name, Size, Author, Subject).
# Column
The # column lists numbers for each file (file number 1 corresponds to the the upper left thumbnail and file number 2 corresponds to the thubmnail just to right of the first one). Clicking the Show link allows you access the Slide Show mode (click the Previous and Next links or press the left and right arrow keys on your keyoboard to move through the images in the slide show).
Column
The second column provides controls for performing batch downloads.
File Name Column
The File Name link works as a toggle, sorting the list in either alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order. Click on any of the filenames listed below the File Name link to access the selected file. If a movie file is listed, links for both the video itself and a video preview image will be listed.
Size Column
The Size link works as a toggle, sorting the list of files from smallest to largest or largest to smallest.
Author Column
The Author link works as a toggle, sorting the list based on author in either alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order. Click on a name to e-mail the poster of the file (please note that posters often use bogus addresses when posting files). Click the More link to perform a search for other files by the author.
Text Column
Clicking the Text link adjacent to a file will display a text file containg the header information of the selected posting.
Subject Column
The Subject link works as a toggle sorting the list based on subject in either alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order. Sorting by subject can be helpful when there are multiple series with identical filenames posted.
Basket
Below the text table is the Basket drop-down menu, used to perform batch downloads across multiple groups and days.
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