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Originally Posted by Klen
I think it's better to make a "universal" open source script, which can be used for anything, and can be even made good money by providing enterprise support. Especialy since there is very little now script which are "adult purpose only". For example TGP used be useful only for adult, but since TGP is dead format now, no more need for it.
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Klen, you'd be surprised how many people still post to TGP sites, build galleries, etc. If not for the traffic, which has obviously shifted to other areas, but rather for other reasons: there's still traffic gained from them, there's the backlinks aspect of it, and there are still sales coming from pic galleries. I know some folks cannot see the value in TGPs, but I can absolutely say without hesitation that there is a very solid demographic that still visit TGP sites and buy memberships based on pic galleries.
Now, TheHun's custom scripting asidem the only real publicly accessible TGP Script is from years ago, JMBSoft's TGPX. AdultKing started a php7.x conversion on it, but don't think he finished it. And there's been nothing as good or as flexible as TGPX since.
Konrad's TGP Script was not a traditional style TGP script so cannot be compared. His was more of a picture gallery display script, but could be used for pplugs, just not traditional partners and gallery link submissions. I think this contributed to it not being as well received / purchased as it otherwise might have.
But yeah, there's a few people, even registered members on this site, who run successful TGP based sites to this day, attracting submitters, hardlink buyers, ad networks, etc. ;)
Frankly, the same can be said for Arylia. There has not been a script as good for building independent template based galleries as Arylia. It's just the best script for that task. It has some flaws and limitations that, if someone took it on, would be quite well received.