WPComic Frequently Asked Questions
- What is WPComic?
- Do I need my own host/server?
- Do I need special hosting to run WPComic?
- What if I don’t make webcomics?
- Do I need to use any ftp software to upload my webcomics?
- How do I Install WPComic?
- How do I Configuring WPComic?
- How many blog categories are supported by WPComic?
- Do I need to give special names to my webcomic image files?
- How do I create the webcomic category?
- How do I change the banner image?
- How does a webcomic entry differ from a regular blog entry?
- Do I need to associate a webcomic page to a blog entry?
- How do I create a new webcomic entry?
- How do I update an existing webcomic entry?
- How do I create a new blog entry?
- How do I update an existing blog entry?
- Are there any WordPress limitations with WPComic?
- Does WPComic support the latest version of WordPress?
- Will plugins work with WPComic?
- Will widgets work with WPComic?
- Can I customize WPComic?
- Can I modify WPComic?
- How do I Upgrade an unmodified version WPComic?
- How do I Upgrade a modified version WPComic?
- Can I get support for WPComic?
- What if I find a bug?
What is WPComic?
WPComic is a free WordPress theme that converts any WordPress blog into a webcomic site without
the need for any ftp software or additional plugins.
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Do I need my own host/server?
Yes. For the moment, WPComic only works with WordPress versions that are hosted on a private server. We are hoping to get WPComic featured on WordPress.com. If we are successful, anybody with a blog on WordPress.com would be able to create webcomics using WordPress and WPComic.
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Do I need special hosting to run WPComic?
No. If your server can host a WordPress blog, then you can use WPComic.
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What if I don’t make webcomics?
You can still use WPComic as a regular theme on your WordPress site. And because WPComic is quite flexible, it can be used on specialized blogs such as photo blogs or media blogs.
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Do I need to use any ftp software to upload my webcomics?
No. WPComic uses WordPress’ built-in image upload functions. No webcomic ftp uploads are required with WPComic.
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How do I Install WPComic?
- Unzip the WPComic package.
- Use an ftp software to connect to your WordPress site. Once connected. upload the WPComic folder into the wp-content/themes folder of your WordPress site.
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Using the WordPress admin page, activate the WPComic theme.
- Configure WPComic
- You have just installed WPComic.
How do I Configure WPComic?
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Under the Appearance section of the WordPress admin page, a WPComic Configuration tab will become visible once you have activated the WPComic theme. Click on this tab to configure the following WPComic parameters:
* Category ID for Comics – This value must correspond to the catagory ID for your webcomic. This value is generated by WordPress when you create the webcomic category
* Enable Widescreen webcomics – This checkbox allows you to display your webcomics on the entire width of the page and lower the sidebar OR to keep the webcomics on the left side and have the sidebar on the right side. Full screen webcomic pages are 1000 pixels long while regular webcomics are 660 pixels wide
* Use image header – This checkbox allows you to display the regular title words or to use a top image for the header. If you chose to use a image header, then you should create your own 1000x100px image and overwrite the default header image located at WPComic/images/logo.jpg
* Maximum number of webcomics to display in dropdown list – A value of 0 means an unlimited number of webcomics.
* Maximum number of recent blog posts to display on sidebar – The maximum number of recent blog posts to display on the sidebar and footer
* Maximum number of recent webcomic posts to display on sidebar – The maximum number of recent webcomic posts to display on the sidebar and footer
* Maximum number of recent comments to display on sidebar – The maximum number of recent comments to display on the sidebar and footer
How do I create the webcomic category?
Creating the webcomic category is quite simple
- go to the admin section of WordPress
- click: posts->categories
- add a category named “webcomic†(or whatever you want to call it. Just give it a name that you want to associate to your webcomics category) Then click on the “Add Category†button.
- Once you do this, the new category will be created. Click on the category to edit it
- Once you are on the edit page, look up at the address bar of your browser and you will see an address that looks something like this:
- http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/categories.php?action=edit& cat_ID=675
- The important part in all of this is the part that’s highlighted in red abovve. The highlited section is the category ID for the newly created category. In this case the category ID is 675. This is the value you must give to WPComic for the webcomic ID.
How do I change the banner image?
If you want to change the banner image, you simply have to create your own 1000x100px image called logo.jpg and place it inside the WPComic/images folder. ( The WPComic/images folder already contains a file called logo.jpg. This is the default image that comes with WPComic and should be overwritten by your own logo.jpg file. ). Once this is done, you then need to go inside the Admin page of WPComic and chose to use the banner image rather than the simple text image.
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How many blog categories are supported by WPComic?
Unlimited categories are supported by WPComic.
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Do I need to give special names to my webcomic image files?
No. You can name your name your webcomics whatever you like with WPComic.
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How does a webcomic entry differ from a regular blog entry?
With WPComic, there are minor differences between a webcomic entry and a blog entry. A webcomic entry uses a different CSS style and is consists of a single uploaded image file.
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Do I need to associate a webcomic page to a blog entry?
No. With WPComic, a webcomic is a special kind of blog entry.
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How do I create a new webcomic entry?
The information used in this section can be found at here. If you want to know more about publishing with WordPress, then visit The WordPress Codex
- Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel.
- Click the Write tab.
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Insert your webcomic image into the post. If you need help inserting images into your post, you can find more information here.
Although you could also add text to a webcomic post, it is recommended not to. A webcomic post should only consist of the webcomic image. You should use the discussions and comments section for any commentary that needs to be made on a webcomic post.
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Select the webcomic category, add tags, and make other selections from the sections below the post. Each of these sections is explained at The WordPress Codex.
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WPComic has 1 simple rule concerning webcomic posts:
Comic posts MUST belong to the webcomic category!
In order for WPComic to treat your new webcomic as a webcomic post, WPComic must know that it belongs to the webcomic category.
- When you are ready, click Publish.
How do I update an existing webcomic entry?
The information used in this section can be found at here. If you want to know more about publishing with WordPress, then visit The WordPress Codex
- Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel.
- Click the Manage->posts tab.
- Modify the webcomic entry by deleting the original webcomic image and inserting a new webcomic image. If you need help inserting images into your post, you can find more information here.
- When you are finished, click Save.
How do I create a new blog entry?
The information used in this section can be found at here. If you want to know more about publishing with WordPress, then visit The WordPress Codex
- Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel.
- Click the Write tab.
- Start filling in the blanks.
- As needed, select a category, add tags, and make other selections from the sections below the post. Each of these sections is explained at The WordPress Codex.
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WPComic has 1 simple rule concerning regular blog posts:
Regular blog posts cannot belong to your webcomic’s category!
Regular blog posts can belong to as many categories as you like, but they should never belong to the webcomic category. Otherwise, WPComic treats the blog entry like a webcomic entry.
- When you are ready, click Publish.
How do I update an existing blog entry?
The information used in this section can be found at here. If you want to know more about publishing with WordPress, then visit The WordPress Codex
- Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel.
- Click the Manage->posts tab.
- Modify the post.
- When you are finished, click Save.
Are there any WordPress limitations with WPComic?
No. All the WordPress functionalities are available with WPComic. This includes multiple categories and tagging. WPComic simply enhances WordPress by adding webcomic functionalities to WordPress.
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Does WPComic support the latest version of WordPress?
Yes. The latest version of WPComic is compatible with the latest version of WordPress. As soon as new versoins of WordPress are released, WPComic is tested and updated to make sure that its webcomics features stay compatible with the latest version of WordPress.
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Will plugins work with WPComic?
Yes. WPComic supports most plugins
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Will widgets work with WPComic?
Yes. WPComic supports widgets
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Can I customize WPComic?
Yes. WPComic is a highly customizable theme. For user who don’t know anything about HTML, there is an administration page to change the colors of the theme. For more advanced users, the html and php for WPComic is made programmer-friendly. Check out the demo and gallery section for examples of websites that have customized their version of WPComic.
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Can I modify WPComic?
Yes. You are to free to modify the theme and PHP code. All that we ask is that you give us credit for WPComic.
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How do I Upgrade an unmodified version WPComic?
To upgrade an unmodified version of WPComic, you can simply delete your previous version and follow the instructions given in the Installation section.
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How do I Upgrade a modified version WPComic?
To upgrade a modified version of WPComic, you will have to manually update the functionalities of WPComic that have changed.
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Can I get support for WPComic?
Yes. We will help you with minor design issues. You can use the WPComic forum for all support and issues related to WPComic.
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What if I find a bug?
Send it over to us using our support section. We will try to resolve it for the next release of WPComic.
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I have multiple comic titles to publish. Can I do this with WPComics?
Hi Jack,
WPComic is only made to support one comic title right now.
However, it could be modified to support more comics but is somethibg that I
plan to do in the future.
Hi, after reading some details, me and my g/f decided to try out your theme.
There’s small little problem, however and when we post webcomic following detailed guide here ( http://wpcomic.gorillaninja.com/wpcomic-faq/#webcomicpost1 ), the theme seems to think that our webcomic is blog post, not Comic Post.
We’re using WPComic 2.9.0, and we’re Child theme-ing. Categories we followed is “webcomic”.
Help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hi K.K.,
It sounds like you have not updated your WPComic configuration to provide the category ID for your “comics” category. In order for WPComic to know how to treat your webcomic posts, you must tell it which category is used for the “comics” category. Every category in WordPress has an ID, you must provide WPComic the category ID for your “comics” categroy. Also, whenever you post a new comic, you must make sure that you assign its category to the “comics” category. Once you do this, everything should work just fine.
Hello!
I see you already answered to the multiple comic titles question, but I’d peronally love to see it happen.
I’ve got two different titles i’d like to publish myself, and i’m absolutely loving this theme, so i’d rather not change it since it has worked brilliantly so far.
I forgot to mention it, but after I changed the category ID (had to be # I forgot heh) everything was fine. Thanks for the great theme.
For one more additional question, will there be way to hide non-comic entry posts that shows up on bottom? (Latest Blogs & News section and such)
HI K.K.,
I’m not sure that I understand your question. Could you please give me an example.
Hi – I love the theme – thanks! One question I had was this: how do I make it so search returns an actual list of results, especially with the comic image?
ie. Right now, I have a post titled “Superman Posts” (it’s the last post), and when I search for the word Superman, it doesn’t show… Same thing is true for TAGs… Is there something special I need to do? Or is this some WordPress thing I’m missing? (I’m very new to the whole thing
Thanks,
Brock
I have encountered a bug with WPComic when I install social bookmarking plugins.
For comics, the social bookmarking buttons display in one row, as it should. But for blog posts, they display in a vertical column. I’ve tried several different plugins and I have the same problem with all of them, so I know it’s not a bug in the plugins.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
I’m working on a site at http://www.pptranger.us . I want to use an ACU pattern background for the site. How do I use an image for a background? I see where you let us change the color of the background, but I can’t find it in the html or the css.
Hi Riley,
The only way to add a background image would require you modify the css file and the header.php file. You see, the header file uses the admin settings to overwrite the css information. If you want, toy can send me a private message through the contact form and I’ll help you on this. I may also release a new version of WPComic that addresses this issue.
Hi Brock,
You have discovered a bug WPComic! I’ll be looking into this
Hi!
Right now I’m setting up a webcomic. It still doesn’t even have a name, but I have great projects for it. I really like WPComic so far, very simple and intuitive to use.
For some reason WPComic shows in the “Select a comic” old entries that do not exist. I’d like to know if I can remove them manually in some way?
Hi,
I just installed the theme and I’ve been playing around with it…I haven’t officially launched my site yet.
Problem, though: I’m checking the box to enable widescreen comics, but when I publish a post, it’s not widescreen. The 850px image is cut off, and all the menus are still on the right hand side.
Hi Stacie,
The widescreen option is only for the comic pages. The regular posts will not be in widescreen mode.
Greetings GN,
I am hoping that you can help me with your incredibly-easy-to-use theme. I have assigned the comic category to all the relevant posts but the Theme is only picking up some of them as comics and assigning others to the blog category.
I noted that others have had this problem and it was a matter of assigning them to the correct “comic” category as well as entering that category ID into the WPComic admin panel which I have done but to no avail.
Would you be so kind as to look at the site greenleafadventures.com/wordpress and give me some guidance.
Thank you sincerely for your theme.
Keep up the good work.
Nice and simple theme!
I’m using it to collect the xkcd translations I’m doing for another blog
Unfortunately I haven’t access to the ftp space, so I cannot edit strings (I lose my sight to search them via the backend lol)
I suggest as a further improvement a ‘random’ button to select a random comic and a way to translate rapidly your theme (some themes collect strings in a single file for istance).
Thanks,
sabas
Hi,
I am working on this site for my friend, but it seems like your theme treats multiple page comics as an individual comic as it posts each page in the “Recent Comics” area.
As a flipside, I know you can just navigate through a comic using the next / previous pages, but then it also do not support multiple comics either.
Otherwise great theme and looking for to updates!
Hi there. I couldn’t find your support section so I’m posting here. I’m having trouble with comment on my WPComic-powered site. They seem to get cut off on the right hand side. (at least they do on my computer, but I don’t seem to have the same problem on other blogs so I think it’s my site) Here’s a link to a post with comments so you can see what I mean…
http://seguemediagroup.com/doodze/?p=1278#comments
If there’s a way to fix this, I’d appreciate it! Thanks for the great template.