TumlOne User Manual

22.4.2013

TUMBLONE

A TUMBLR IMAGE BLOG CRAWLER USER MANUAL IN POOR ENGLISH

Project Homepage can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/tumblone/

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TumblOne is an Image Blog Crawler for Bloghoster Tumblr.com. This short Manual should describe how to Use this Program.

Requirements for use of the program You need to install Microsoft Net Framework 4.0 to use this Program. Net Framework can be found at Microsoft.com. Your Operating System should be Windows VISTA/7 or Windows 8. Windows XP is not supported. TumblOne.exe should store in a separate Folder with enough Harddiskspace to crawl and Download Blog Images. The Space you need depends how much Blogs you crawl and Download. Keep sure that you have enough User Rights on the System.

How to add a Tumblr Blog to TumlOne Library Surf on Tumblr.com, find a Blog you interested in or just google for Tumblr Blog-Sites like “Tumblr cars” or “Tumblr sexy” or whatever. In the Example at the Bottom I show you a Google Result for “Tumblr cars”

Make sure you klick on a Link (not on the google Images to open the Blog on Tumblr.com). Now the Blog should load in your Webbrowser.

Copy the Link of the Blog

into TumblOne

Now click on Button Add Blog, to add the Blog to TumblOne. The selected Blog now is stored within the TumblOne Library. You can store as many Blogs as you Like and they will still remain, even after Program close. If you take a look at the TumblOne Program Folder you can see, that it automatically creates a folder structure for you. Warning: If you delete it the Library of stored Blogs is lost and you have to input and crawl all Urls again!

How to crawl a Blog The next Step is to crawl the Blog. TumblOne automatically crawls the Blog for various Images and download them to your Harddrive (the Images and Library are stored in a Subfolder where TumblOne.exe is saved). Select a Blog from your Library and keep sure it is Highlighted with the Selection Bar (just click on a Blog then Click on Crawl Button that’s all) Click on Button Crawl to start the Crawl and Download Process.

The Results of crawled Images you can see in Blog Files List. It is possible to scroll within the List and watch the downloaded Images at any time (click on a File or scroll with Arrow Keys on your Keyboard).

To Pause, Resume or Stop the Crawl Process Click on the Buttons in Toolbar. In the Blog Library you can double click a Blog with the Left Mouse Button to Load it’s crawled and downloaded Elements into Blog Files List.

Where to find the Crawl Results and where the Images stored? If you right click on a Blog in Library you have additional Functions available. Like “Show Files in Windows Explorer”. After a crawl it shows all you the specific Download Folder for this Blog in Windows Explorer.

You are now able to do whatever you want to do with the Images. Warning: If you delete them in Windows Explorer, they are also lost in TumblOne Blog Library!

The crawld Images are saved by TumblOne in automatic created Sub Folders where TumblOne.exe is located. Example:

Warning: Keep sure you never delete the Blog Sub Folder, because it holds all your Images and the Library.