diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 120dfaf..32e5e6b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Got AI? Use them to make new items or whole new sections, then open a PR to add
 - Each item is one script, `gen/<section>/<subject>/<action>.js`, served as `/<subject>/<action>.webp` and `.gif`
 - `npm run gen` renders new scripts into `public/`, `npm run gen -- cat/blink` re-renders one you changed
 - `npm run dev` to preview, the site builds with `npm run build` into `dist`
-- New section? Add its folder name to `sections` in `vite.config.js`
+- New section? Add its folder name to `pending` in `vite.config.js`, it shows on `/test` until it moves up into `sections`
 - Improve items in place rather than renaming them, people hotlink the URLs
 - Everything you add is released under [CC0](LICENSE)
diff --git a/scripts/gen.js b/scripts/gen.js
index a5d52c1..2d2ae5d 100644
--- a/scripts/gen.js
+++ b/scripts/gen.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // renders gen/<section>/<subject>/<action>.js into public/<subject>/<action>.{webp,gif}
-// the section folder (bw, color, anime, manga, mini, minicolor) only picks where it shows in the gallery, it isn't part of the url
+// the section folder (bw, color, ui, ...) only picks where it shows in the gallery, it isn't part of the url
 // npm run gen                 renders only what's missing (published files never change by accident)
 // npm run gen -- cat/blink    renders only the named ones, even if they already exist
 // a file can export rim=<px> to get a sticker border, white unless it also exports rimColor, so a shape that matches the page still shows
diff --git a/test.html b/test.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da144b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<!-- the build fills this with index.html showing only the pending sections, see vite.config.js -->
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index 82ac522..280fcae 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -6,21 +6,24 @@
 // tile images get ?v=<hash> so browsers drop old copies when a file changes, links stay clean for hotlinking
 // <!--ld--> gets CC0 license data for every tile image, so image search can list them under creative commons
 // and the build writes sitemap.xml with the page and its tile images (google reads up to 1000 images per page)
+// /test is index.html again but with only the pending sections, unlisted, for approving new ones before they go live
 import{readdirSync as rd,readFileSync as rf}from'fs'
 import{createHash}from'crypto'
 const site='https://vibegif.direct-img.link',cc0='https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/'
 const sections=['bw','color','anime','manga','mini','minicolor']
+const pending=['ui','uicolor','uianime']  // approved ones move up into sections
 const hidden=['cat/tail.gif']  // same drawing as cat/wag.gif, kept so old links still work
 const walk=d=>rd(d,{withFileTypes:true}).flatMap(e=>e.isDirectory()?walk(`${d}/${e.name}`):`${d}/${e.name}`)
 const dims=(b,x)=>x=='gif'?[b.readUInt16LE(6),b.readUInt16LE(8)]:[b.readUIntLE(24,3)+1,b.readUIntLE(27,3)+1]
-const tiles=()=>{
-  const sec={},g=Object.fromEntries(sections.map(s=>[s,{}]))
+const tiles=(list=sections)=>{
+  const sec={},g=Object.fromEntries(list.map(s=>[s,{}]))
   for(const f of walk('gen').filter(f=>f.endsWith('.js'))){const[,s,...r]=f.split('/');sec[r.join('/').slice(0,-3)]=s}
   for(const f of walk('public').filter(f=>/^public\/[^/]+\/.+\.(webp|gif)$/.test(f)).sort()){
     const p=f.slice(7),x=p.split('.').pop(),id=p.slice(0,-x.length-1)
-    if(!hidden.includes(p))(g[sec[id]??sections[0]][id]??={})[x]=f
+    const s=g[sec[id]??sections[0]]
+    if(s&&!hidden.includes(p))(s[id]??={})[x]=f
   }
-  return sections.map(s=>Object.entries(g[s]).map(([id,fm])=>{
+  return list.map(s=>Object.entries(g[s]).map(([id,fm])=>{
     const x=fm.webp?'webp':'gif',b=rf(fm[x]),[w,h]=dims(b,x)
     return{id,fm,x,w,h,src:`/${id}.${x}?v=${createHash('md5').update(b).digest('hex').slice(0,8)}`}
   }))
@@ -38,9 +41,12 @@ ${all.map(t=>`<image:image><image:loc>${site+t.src}</image:loc></image:image>`).
 </url>
 </urlset>
 `
-export default{plugins:[{name:'gallery',
-  transformIndexHtml:h=>{
-    const s=tiles(),all=s.flat()
+const test=h=>h.replace('max-image-preview:large','noindex').replace(/<link rel="canonical".*\n/,'').replace('<!--ld-->','')
+  .replace('vibegif ·','vibegif test ·').replace(/<h1>.*<\/h1>/,'<h1><!--count--> gifs waiting for approval</h1>').replace('feel free to hot link them','not on the main page yet')
+export default{build:{rolldownOptions:{input:['index.html','test.html']}},plugins:[{name:'gallery',
+  transformIndexHtml:(h,{path})=>{
+    const t=path=='/test.html',s=tiles(t?pending:sections),all=s.flat()
+    if(t)h=test(rf('index.html','utf8'))
     return h.replace('<!--gallery-->',s.map(ts=>ts.map(figure).join('\n')).filter(Boolean).join('\n<hr>\n'))
       .replace('<!--ld-->',ld(all)).replaceAll('<!--count-->',all.length)
   },