ComicPress & Comic Easel and WordPress 4.3

Aug09
by on August 9, 2015 at 12:04 am and modified on September 13, 2015. at 1:42 am
Posted In: Comic Easel, ComicPress, Wordpress

Okay, so yeah.  There *will* be a few things that will be an issue in 4.3 of WordPress, things to note:

If you don’t update Comic Easel &or ComicPress

1) You will get ‘function deprecation’ notices if you have php warnings enabled on most all widgets that come with either.

If you do update Comic Easel &or ComicPress (from the repo/github when they’re ready)

1) You will *not* get the notices

2) The class names and ID’s for the widgets will change meaning that if you have custom CSS for any widgets those will need to be redone; which includes the custom look that ComicPress has which i’m just going to strip out of ComicPress anyways.

 

So yeah, widgets.  Widgets will be what changes in the updates;  if your widget isn’t showing then just re-add it from the appearance -> widgets section after upgrading ComicPress &or Comic Easel.

– Phil

p.s. working on updating the widgets in both things, not done yet; will post when they’re done and how to get the new comicpress, comic-easel will update in the wordpress repo.

 

UPDATE: No, you will now not lose any skinning cause of the class changes to widgets, figured out that part.   So when you upgrade CE and CP you will just lose the warning messages ;/

UPDATE #2 – 5pm 08/16/2015 –  Apparently if you’re using the navigation widget you need to put it back into the under comic sidebar .. soo sorry/apologize the identifier for it changed with the new widget code

 

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ComicPress 4.2.2

Mar02
by on March 2, 2015 at 9:14 am and modified on March 2, 2015. at 9:19 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

Download Location: Will be available from the WordPress repository (if/when) the theme review team checks it out. (or) can be downloaded from github at https://github.com/Frumph/comicpress/releases/tag/4.2.2

Warnings:
The Customizer was broken since 4.1 release, this release fixes the customizer. It also now defaults to the no-scheme. The Warning is that it’s very highly possible that you will have to reset the customizer via the appearance -> ComicPress Options button at the bottom to make it work again on your site. Most people have not needed to.

CSS Changes:
* Removed the color stylings for .menunav area for the RSS button and mininav so that the customizer can take it over
* Default blue background removed from being default

HTML Changes: none

Child Theme Changes:
* You can now add replacement files for functions/ and widgets/ in the child theme to override the themes files

Changelog:
* translation and typo fixes by Kniebremser
* removed unused functions
* removed unused images
* minor change for blognav-prev and next by Kniebremser
* breadcrumbs update by Kniebremser
* revamped the customizr to work with WP 4.1+
* fixed custom-header.php to remove the checkbox
* removed all defaults from customizr and set base to no-scheme
* using get_template_part for loading of functions and widgets now
* added add_theme_support(‘title_tag’) removed wp_title from header.php

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ComicPress 4.2 Changelog

Oct24
by on October 24, 2014 at 5:28 am
Posted In: ComicPress

NO CSS CHANGES
NO HTML CLASS/ID CHANGES

* No longer saves data to the database unless you click save in the comicpress options
* logic change on featured image for non-comics
* fixed a few localization strings that weren’t set properly to ‘comicpress’
* fixed a few strings that weren’t set as translatable localization
* removed suggested plugins completely
* removed help panel completely when updating from old version of comicpress (migration help)
* removed extra ” from circle me line in functions.php
* word change for describing youtube channel for the social icons in the menubar
* sidebar.php cleanup so it shows empty if it executes from a plugin
* several comicpress->jetpack plugin adjustments
* removed the blog.php template per request from theme review teams many silly requirements
* option added on the general tab to enable the project wonderful asyncronus code into the header
* above-blog sidebar shows on all pages now – not just the home page
* checkbox in appearance -> header now works in conjunction with the make hotspot option in the customizer
* added value checks in the customizer (sanitization)
* the id=”comments” ‘discussion’ line will now appear whether there are comments or not
* added commented out line in the functions.php that when uncommented will stop wordpress from recompressing images on upload
* updated translation files en_US and de_DE

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Top 10 Comic Easel powered WebComics 2014

Oct23
by on October 23, 2014 at 10:15 am and modified on October 24, 2014. at 1:22 pm
Posted In: Comic Easel

This ranking is by how popular they are on the internet compiled from statistical information from Alexa and Google rankings. This does not necessarily mean they’re the highest and in order of how many hits or page views they get daily but more on how popular they are with the rest of the internet.

#10

  evil-inc

Evil, Inc.

Evil Inc. is about a corporation run by and for super-villains. Join the CEO (Chief Evil Officer) Evil Atom, a Silver-Age-villain-turned-businessman; Lightning Lady, a recovering supervillainess; Dr. Haynus, a brain-in-a-jar symbiotically joined to a puppy dog; and the rest of the employees who give a new meaning to “punching in” for the day.

#9

  thepunchlineismachismo

Manly Guys Doing Manly Things

Sometime this is a comic about macho action heroes. Sometimes this is a slice of life comic about a time traveling Navy SEAL single dad from the nonspecific future.

#8

  bunicomic

Buni

Buni (pronounced like “bunny”).  A visually cute – yet twisted and sad comic.

#7

  amultiverse

Scenes from a Multiverse

Scenes From A Multiverse is a daily comic by Jonathan Rosenberg (creator of Goats) about what it’s like to live in a multiverse. Each day, Monday through Friday, we’ll visit another location somewhere in an ordinary, everyday multiverse and see how folks there live and play.

#6

 happyjar

HappyJar

Happy Jar is a gag-a-day webcomic that updates every Tuesday and Friday.

#5

 hijinksensue

Hijinksensue

HijiNKS Ensue is a semi-autobiographical comic about a lifelong geek and aspiring artist who turns his back on an unfulfilling, but financially stable career in order to pursue art full time and set a better example for his daughter.

#4

 chainsawsuit

Chainsawsuit

A WebComic by Kris Straub

#3

  zenpencils

Zen Pencils

Gavin Aung Than is a freelance cartoonist based in Melbourne, Australia. After working in the corporate graphic design industry for 8 years he quit his unfulfilling job at the end of 2011 to focus on his true passion, drawing cartoons. Gavin launched Zen Pencils at the start of 2012, a cartoon blog which adapts inspirational quotes into comic stories, and hasn’t looked back since.

#2

  leasticoulddo

Least I Could Do

 

#1

 lfgcomic

LFGComic

Looking for Group is a fantasy-themed Canadian webcomic written by Ryan Sohmer and drawn by Lar DeSouza. The Comic follows the adventures of Cale’Anon and Richard, as well as their companions. Since its launch on November 26, 2006, it has received positive attention from the webcomics community at large.
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Coming to Comic Easel

Oct17
by on October 17, 2014 at 8:37 pm
Posted In: Comic Easel, Information

* Adding a ‘resources’ tab to the comic -> config that contains informational links for things such as webcomic lists, vendors for things like buttons and t-shirts, collective links, webcomic news sites and more; so that they can be available to webcomic authors in a quick-easy location to find if they are starting out as new comic authors or veterans.

* Adding a new default tab that will explain comic easel and add information such as sponsored by for those who have donated during that time of release and such.

* Adding tabs for companies and/or sites that want to give special prices to comic easel users or sponsor the developement.

Yes i’m monetizing with a little advertising space. No i’m not selling out to any company or corporation.

—– CODING

* Making jquery left and right arrows i.e. left and right arrows that appear over the comic when you mouse over the comic and/or something that will automatically create the buttons w/out jquery on the sides

* More lamens/easier to understand guide on how to integrate Comic Easel into other themes.

* Return of Hovertext w/graphics like the old ComicPress smiley

* Integrate more usage of the Locations taxonomy by allowing an image to be added to the description of it so that when you click on the /locations/location-slug it will display that image and description and all the comics that were at that location /comicpress only/

—– OTHER

* Contact other theme authors and help them integrate Comic Easel into their themes so there are more default comicpress themes available

* Finish ComicPress’s AND Easel’s next release

—–

This is all I can think of at the moment .. If you have something you want on the wishlist please tell me.

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