It's really simple.

The ObjectDock gallery is for dock icons, docklets, anything non-background.

The ObjectDock Background gallery is for backgrounds, tiles, etc.

If you are a subscriber you can add it to your Explore menu easily.  If you are not a subscriber, then you might need to make an extra click or two.  The gallery is a week or so old, it's going to take time to populate and get the word out.

Let me make note now: the gallery is not changing.

Thank you. A lot of people wanted this and now it's available so lets not complain about it, enjoy having a place to just put BG.  Look at it this way. If they took your favorite TV show and sent it to a new channel. You may miss the next show till you find it, but it will be found and you will never miss your show again.

Geezus...like ID said...as well as myself...it takes time for people to get used to a brand new gallery...so naturally your downloads will drop off until that happens. So just be patient and things will pick up...the new gallery has only been there for a few days. In the meantime you can work on your creation skills.

Once people see there are no longer dock backgrounds in the old gallery they will hunt them down. It's not like there are a lot of places to go to find them and I'd venture to say WC has the biggest gallery of OD backgrounds. Or you can just leave your submissions in the old gallery if your more concerned with downloads.

For any 'new' uploads of ObjectDock backgrounds please restrict uploads to the new Backgrounds section only.

Thank you

Thank you very much for the precision of all these answers.
Long life in all the galleries!

after this ID statement I really had no more proposals (old or new) or exceptions to debate

I also decided to update and move my first dockbackgrounds dated 2008, as my first attempts they were 4 (very easy) Tiles

(I also imagine that a skin featuring only the foreground it will be OK, but I will like a confirm )

thanks for the late but always welcome support B2R !

I noticed that the WarmingDock by B2R was deleted from the OD gallery but the PSP Dock by TriDragon is still there, probably a filter by the moderators would be a better solution ! 

Sincerely, this is great news for ObjectDock users, but I think it would make a lot more sense for someone inside Wincustomize to manually transfer existing dock backgrounds from the old gallery into the new gallery with the help of a script. This script should also automatically preserve/transfer download numbers, user comments, author information, etc..., if possible.

It would be a pain for whomever had to do this, but I bet in 2 days or less the work would be done and everybody would be happy.

As it is, this will be highly confusing... ObjectDock users looking for dock backgrounds will have to search both galleries for years to come, and I bet moderators will, from now on, spend a lot of time moving new background submissions posted by confused users (they will see dock backgrounds in the old gallery, after all).

And if moderators can't/won't move new backgrounds posted in the old gallery, then adding the new gallery will have been for nothing, as most users will just post their backgrounds into the old gallery anyway (more visibility/downloads there, as someone already pointed out).

A little pain now can save you a lot of pain later, IMO!

Moving backgrounds from one gallery to another isn't easy in our system.  It would require dev time being taken from other things I need done to the site.  Honestly, more important things that moving docks that are 2+ years old.

We are moving backgrounds if requested.  Any new submissions are only going to be allowed in the new gallery, not the old.   

Any new OD background uploads that do not have the new 'background' category selected will be rejected and the uploader notified to re-submit to the proper section.  This is not a new policy as some have uploaded skins and not selected the correct section for other libraries and they have been informed to re-upload again to the proper area.

Selecting the correct library is the uploaders responsibility as moderation tools do not allow Moderators to relocate them.

What's going to happen to old docks from skinners that aren't here anymore?

One step at-a-time.  How about we concentrate on getting uploaders to select the new background section for any new or updated backgrounds and removing any corresponding backgrounds from the combined gallery.

Sell 'em cheap?

Prob get moved later... if they're gone, what does it matter? (That's a rhetorical question). If they return and ask...they'll be told.

How about everyone just getting on with getting on?

I'll just take that as no one knows.

They will most likely stay where they are at.

Let me amend that a bit.  When I have time I will move some of the more popular dock backgrounds to the new gallery, but ones that are somewhat abandoned really won't be worth the time.

Ah cool...thanks Spencer! I was just curious.