Walltaker

WT

Firstly, you will need an account. You can make an account by pressing the Sign Up link on the top-right-hand side of the screen. Once you have created an account (which should only take a minute) return to this page. You must be logged in to continue.

Now that you have an account, you should make a Link. The core "thing" in Walltaker is links. They are the sharable page that you can post on social media or give to friends that lets them change your wallpaper. In order to create your own link:

• Click
  Links
  in the header.
• ...then click
  New Link
  
• ...then configure your new link.

  There are 8 options to change here that affect who can set your wallpaper, and what restrictions they have to work within. Set these as you see fit, using the key below to explain what each option does.

  
  Toggle options explanation

  #1 Terms

  Your link terms are simply an area to express what you'd like to see as wallpapers more generally. Nothing here is enforced, it's just a text field for you to leave a note that appears on the link. I suggest you outline what things turn you on here.

  #2 Custom URL

  Once you have achieved the silver trophy (by having set 300 wallpapers to other users), then you will be able to set a custom URL. This means that in addition to your regular walltaker link URL (https://walltaker.joi.how/links/1), you can provide your own text for a custom url. It will also be accessible as https://walltaker.joi.how/links/ your-text-here

  #3 Never Expires

  Ensures that the link will never expire, and people you allow to set the link will be able to do so until you delete it.

  When checked, this link will never expire, and the #4 Expires option will be ignored.
  When unchecked, this link will expire at the date indicated by the #4 Expires option.

  ⚠️ With an expired link, Pornbot and the Pornlizards will still be able to set your wallpaper and you will still be able to connect a client.

  #5 Friends Only

  This restricts who can set wallpapers on this link.

  When checked, ONLY people you have accepted friend requests with will be able to see and set your wallpaper.
  When unchecked, ANYONE (including anon users) will be able to see and set your wallpaper.

  #6 Blacklist

  A list of E621 tags that must NOT appear on wallpapers people submit. Tags are separated by spaces or commas.

  female feral feline will prevent any posts with females presenting characters, feral characters, or felines.
  male/male group_sex solo will mean you only get extremely boring, straight, 1-on-1 porn. You weirdo.

  #7 Theme Tag

  Theme tags are special! This is a way to enforce all wallpapers submitted to this link to be tagged with a single, specific tag of your choosing. Use this when you're looking for something specific, like a specific species or sex act. You're horny, you'll come up with something fun. Be careful about how you type your tag in here. If you misspell this theme tag, no one will be able to submit anything until you remove it or correct the spelling. Confirm spelling on E621 if you have to. Filter tags cannot be used.

  loimu_(character) all posts will feature Loimu 🦌. Any other characters are blocked.
  pokémon a misspelled tag! No one will be able to submit anything.
  tits an alias tag! While this works in e621 search, the real tag is "breasts", so this is the same as misspelling a tag.
  rating:e a filter tag! While this works in e621 search, filter tags are unsupported when setting a theme.

When you've set it up how you'd like, click the Create Link button.

Congratulations! You should have a fresh link ready to share with the world. However, it currently doesn't change the wallpaper on anything. This is because, as simply a website, Walltaker cannot change your wallpaper for you. To allow us to do this, we need a Walltaker Client, which is an app you can install on which ever devices you'd like to get wallpaper updates on. It will silently check your link every few seconds, and update your wallpaper if there's someone has updated your wallpaper, automatically.

You can download a client for which ever device you'd like to use. Follow the instructions for each one for how to install it, then return to this tutorial.

Once you've installed your client, you need to configure it to pull wallpapers from specifically YOUR link. You can do this by going to your link page, and getting the link ID.

• Click
  Links
  in the header.
• ...then click the link you made from the list
• ...then note the number that appears in this box. This is your link's ID. It's used as the identifier of which link you want to pull wallpapers from. In this case my ID is 1. Your link ID is not private.
  But my client wants a .toml file?

  .toml files

  Some clients have fancier settings that you can change. They normally store these settings in a text configuration file called walltaker.toml. If you're using a client that prefers you use a .toml file, click the walltaker.toml link inside of this box to download a pre-made one for your link.

Follow the instructions for your client to add this link to it. Normally it's in a menu where you can simply type in the link ID.

Wow! You have everything set up now! Let's just verify that everything is working, and then you can share your link publicly!

• Click
  Links
  in the header.
• ...then look at the link you made in the list. It should say
  Online
  
  My link doesn't say online!

  It says New

  Your client NEVER successfully pinged the link.

  • Are you sure your set the right link ID? Refer to step #2.
  • Did your client crash?

  It says Offline

  Your client pinged this link at least once, but gave up! This could be due to a number of things:

  • Did your client crash?
  • Some phone operating systems kill background apps, this can sometimes affect clients. Refer to client documentation.
  • Did you change the frequency of checks? It must be under 1 minute to appear
    Online
    .

Now it's time to share your link! This couldn't be easier. Just copy and paste the URL from your browser. it should look like https://walltaker.joi.how/links/420 where the last number is your link ID. Share this with anyone you want! This is where people edit your wallpaper.