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Step 2:

Open Azureus (its probably already open cause you are a leeching fool). Go up to File -> Create a Torrent.



Step 3:

You will now be looking at a screen like this…



Put the address of PunkHC’s tracker in the Announce URL box. The URL is http://punkhc.dyndns.org/announce.php. Shouldn’t need to add Multi-Tracker info to the torrent, add hashes is up to you. Comment Box put whatever your little heart desires in there. Now, the important thing is to make sure you choose directory and click next.

NOTE: You are probably wondering about the blue text and why I didn’t mention it. I am now so stop worrying about it. At this screen or the next for that matter you can simply pop over to Explorer [or linux shells too (not OSX known issue for 2.1.0.4)] and drag and drop the folder over to the Azureus window. I want to show you the long way first, then you can take shortcuts.

Step 4:



You will then get this window…click Browse or drag and drop and it will fill it in. If you dragged and dropped on the previous screen this field will already be filled. After clicking Browse….



Familiar yes, I know. Browse to your Album that you are sharing (you must’ev done well in Kindergarten). For this example we are going to share a great L.L. Cool J album (don’t tell anyone please). Select the album and hit OK.

Step 5:



Almost finished! The File dialog will tell you where it is putting torrent file. For example mine is going on my desktop. (Blocked out my name in case you were wondering)Now we click Finish.

Step 6:



The little progress meter will…umm…progress across the screen. It will ignore files that don’t need to go with it (folder.ini, thumbs.db, etc. It will then say file saved when it is finished and the Cancel button on the left will turn into Close. Click it. Do it. Come on Do it.

Step 7:

Now open up Firefox, or Mozilla, or Opera (or IE if you’re still using it, sigh). Go to PunkHC, login, and click on upload.



That is the screen when you start. Click Browse and navigate to you torrent file. Type in a descriptive torrent name, Artist – Album – Release Group (if any). Type a brief description about the band, album, whatever. Type…self explanatory, if you can’t find it on the list, it don’t belong on the board. When finished it should look somewhat like…



When yours looks like mine, click DO IT! You have now successfully posted your torrent on PunkHC. And there is only one step left, to seed it

Step 8:

Go back to Azureus. Go to Open -> .torrent file for seeding. This is VERY IMPORTANT (depending on your settings anyways). If you have default save set up, meaning everything when downloaded automatically goes into one folder (like mine does) it will look for the files that you are now seeding in that directory. For example my stuff comes into L:Incoming. My Music is in L:MusicGenreArtistAlbum. Follow me. Now when you open the .torrent file in the manner I have instructed, you can show it where the files are…so that way your music stays where it belongs. It will check the file in the top pane, takes a few minutes, and then it will move to the bottom pane and it will be seeding. You are now cool. Go have a cookie or something. Any questions? PM me on Punk HC or at Punk Torrents

Additional Notes:

You may most definitely want to put this up on Punk Torrents. Go there. Register if you haven’t, and go into the applicable forum and post a topic. Be sure to include Artist, Album, Track Listing, Bitrate. And at the bottom put a link to PunkHC, or even directly to the page itself, BUT DON’T POST THE TORRENT.

When seeding a file for the first time, it is beneficial to SUPER SEED, you can do this by going to View->Configuration, Queue, Seeding and clikcing the Super-Seed box. Don't forget to save.

Thanks to Llyenn from punktorrents.com for writing this guide!