Intrigue

Ok guys, i'm lookin for some help. As some of you know i'm a programmer by trade, and i'm just now getting into the other aspects of this industry, i'm a bit confused by galleries & tgps. Long story short:

1. What are the basic rules a gallery should follow to be pretty widely accepted
2. If one of the above rules is X amount of links, do recips count against that X
3. if the above is yes, does this mean you can only submit any single gallery to 1 - 3 or so tgps?
4. Insert Any other helpful advice



Thanks in advance for the help!