Just a quick note to update you on some recent minor releases to stripShow:
2.5.1
I was made aware of an issue which prevented AutoComic from being used on non-English sites. The tooltips that appear when you mouse over the navigation arrows couldn’t use non-Western characters. So that left out, oh, most of the world. Thanks to webdemin, a Greek stripShow user, I was able to modify the code to allow these tooltips to use UTF-8 characters.
2.5.2
Not a bug fix, but a minor new feature. Another user requested the ability to, in AutoComic, choose whether to place the navigation buttons above or below the comic (or both). I have added this feature.
Meanwhile, stripShow keeps motoring towards 3.0, which will mark a major change. WordPress 3′s support for custom post types means that comics no longer need to be blog posts in a special category, they can be their own unique thing. This is admittedly an obvious idea, and I know that ComicPress 3 will do the same thing. Some features just slap you in the face. I’m also working in features to make AutoComic more flexible.
In the meantime, speaking of AutoComic, I’m always looking for new arrow sets. The ones that ship with stripShow (you can find them in your iconsets/ folder) were made by me, and if there’s one thing I’m not, it’s a designer. If anyone has created a set of icons for AutoComic, please feel free to let me know!
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Hi Brad! Great work man! I am checking out the plug in to use for my strip Black Rainbow. I was wondering…any chance you will be working in multiple collections that are not chronologically based)? I guess I could use storylines and back date new strips to fit into a collection but it wouldn’t really be proper. I actually would like to have separate strips on one blog. Would that be possible?
Hi Brad
Big fan of your beautiful plugin. Unfortunately I host my website on Blogger. Any chance Stripshow could be modified to run on Blogger rather than WP?
Are you still looking for custom arrow sets?
I love the choices that AutoComic currently provides, but I have been considering trying to make new ones. I just haven’t been sure how to implement them (I’m good at art, terrible at coding :p ). I wouldn’t mind sharing a few designs to help improve selection for folks that use AutoComic.
Hi @Motmaitre: No, I’m afraid I wouldn’t know how to go about adapting stripShow for Blogger. As far as I know, Blogger doesn’t have nearly the extensibility that WordPress does.
@Phillip: Yes! I’m always looking for new icon sets. My own icon-making skills are a little lacking.
I’ve made a new icon set called “Gems” with seven variations in colors. I’ll finish making a few more and send them to you. Do you prefer having them emailed to you, or having them posted somewhere that they can be downloaded easily?
Wow, that’s awesome, Phillip! I suppose I should make an area where people can put their own images up, but for right now, feel free to email them to me. monkeyangst at gmail.
Just sent them to you from my gmail account. I hope you enjoy.