ComicPress 1.6 CE

Setup Instructions

1. SET COMIC FOLDER

Before copying the theme files to your server you need to make one change. Open the “header.php” file and change this line near the bottom to your domain and folder where you save your comic files.

<?php echo '<img src="http://yourdomain.com/comicfolder/' ?>

Below this line is another line that says:

<?php echo '.gif" />' ?>

You can change the "gif" extenstion to "png" or "jpg" depending what format you save your comics in.

2. COPY FILES

Copy the "comicpress" folder to your WordPress installation under "wp-content/themes".

Copy the "archives" folder to the root folder of your WordPress installation. Then you can just link to that folder as your archive.

3. WORDPRESS SETTING

You will also need to set some things in WordPress for the theme to work properly. Mainly you just need to go to "Options/Reading" and set "Show at most" to "1" post. It is also suggested that you go to "Options/Permalinks" and set it to "Date and name based", this will work better with the archiving system as well as be adored by search engines.

4. PRESS A COMIC

Now, to publish a comic, first you must have the comic for a certain day uploaded to your comics folder. It must be named in the year-month-day format. For example today’s would be "2005-11-17.gif". Now you need to make a post for that day (you must make a post for every comic and I recommend titleing the post according to the comic to make the archives easier to navigate). In your advance controls when posting you can set a future date and time, so you can easily set it for tomorrow at 2 AM if you chose to.

5. CUSTOMIZE

You will want to do some customizations to the theme. If you change the header in "header.php" you will also need to make the same changes in the "archive/index.php" file. Also you will notice there are 5 dummy LINKS in the header.php, change them to link to whatever you like using basic HTML code.

For more info visit http://mindfaucet.com/comicpress/

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CREDITS
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Theme Name: ComicPress
Theme URI: http://mindfaucet.com/comicpress/
Description: A customizable theme for publishing comics.
Version: 1.6 CE
Author: Tyler Martin
Author URI: http://mindfaucet.com/

ComicPress 1.6 CE (Classic Edition)
http://mindfaucet.com/comicpress/

Additional navigation input by Matt Jordan
Website: http://braincud.com/

Comic Bookmark module developed by Ash Young
Website: http://thewebcomiclist.com/

Comic Bookmark buttons designed by Pontus Madsen
Website: http://little-gamers.com/

This theme was based on the WordPress default Kubrick theme.
The CSS, XHTML and design is released under GPL:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php