Torrent posting guide

Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:56 pm

Given isoHunt's somewhat unusual Releases / Torrent interface, here's a step by step guide to posting:

1. Make a .torrent file out of what you like to share over BitTorrent. I recommend Azureus which includes all the functionality you need, including making and downloading torrents. Here's the Azureus user guide, including a section on how to start seeding.

2. Search for a release you want to post your torrent in here

3. If there's already a release for what you want to post, click it and skip to step 5.

4. If there's no release for what you want to post, click the Post new release at the top left of all the Release pages. Fill in as much useful information as you can for people looking at the releases. Submit the info after you are done. You don't upload your torrent yet on this page.

5. On the Release viewing page, near the bottom there's a BitTorrent section. Check the torrents that's already posted to make sure you are not posting a dupe, and hit the [Upload] link at the end.

6. Upload and fill in the details on the upload page, and you are done Wink

For the description, you don't need to repeat what's already said in the Release, but notes such as the language and format of the torrent you are posting would be useful.

7. If there's more than 1 .torrent for your release, such as multiple iso images, upload them under the same release by repeating step 6.

The reason for why I have this kind of Releases interface is to attempt to give the posted torrents more organization, so please try to avoid dupes and group torrents together in their appropriate Release. You can also vote on torrents uploaded by others.

UPDATE: if these steps aren't clear enough, check out joenobody's illustrated guide.

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:45 am

Thought I would take it upon myself to clean out and update this thread as most current users use utorrent so are more adapt at giving advice for utorrent.

Important - The post above me by IH should be read first as a general guideline

This is for making a release using utorrent which can be found here
http://www.utorrent.com/

General utorrent settings can be found here
http://isohunt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49951

utorrent wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9CTorrent

To make a release with utorrent read this sticky
http://isohunt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=102023

General site rules can be found here
http://isohunt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=231147#231147

Do not post any of the following releases as they will be deleted and the user banned at moderators discretion

Porn (includes Henti)
Hacks or Email/msn exploit type programs
DDoS attack progams
Cheat Bots
Make money quick guides
Dating guides
Encrypted/passworded files
Online multiplayer type games that are free to play but you need to subscribe to get extra features
The product link can only link to a site related to the release, no spam sites, reward sites personal site or any site that is not directly related to the release

Do not link to private sites or dump sites (rapidshare, mega upload etc) in the product link