=== stripShow === Contributors: monkeyangst Donate link: http://stripshow.monkeylaw.org/ Tags: webcomics, plugin, comics, cartoons, art, automation, strips Requires at least: 2.8 Tested up to: 2.9.1 Stable tag: 2.1.1 stripShow is a plugin that turns WordPress into a full-featured webcomics automation system. == Description == So you want to produce a webcomic, and you've heard other creators rave about how WordPress is the way to go. But now you need a software package that can integrate your comics with your blog, as well as keeping the whole thing automated. This is where stripShow comes in. New features in stripShow 2.1 include: * NSFW feature, which lets you lay a cover image over any strips that contain adult content. Readers click on the cover image to reveal the NSFW comic. * Custom thumbnails. Simply put a thumbnail-sized image with the same filename as your comic file into the thumbnails/ folder off your comic path and stripShow will use that image rather than simply resizing the original. New features of stripShow 2.0 include: * New admin interface for uploading comics, either singly or in bulk. * 10 new template tags for adding stripShow functionality to your theme. * New widgets for navigation bar, storyline dropdown, comics-only calendar, comic rant, and bookmarks. * New theme framework, stripShow Sandbox, which makes it possible to customize your theme while allowing easy upgrading in the future. * Custom filenames can be used for comics -- naming files with dates is no longer required. * Comic metadata can include each individual comic's orientation: horizontal or vertical. * Index page can be configured to take readers to the last comics (for ongoing series), the first comic (for completed graphic-novel-type projects), or a random comic (if you hate your readers and want them to suffer). Features of this new theme framework include: * Four widget-ready areas -- two sidebars, a comic sidebar, and ad space in the header. * Seven "action zones" -- configurable content areas allowing you to add elements without altering the template files. * Layout adjusts to fit your comic's shape -- you can mix horizontal and vertical comics in the same archive. * Of course, valid XHTML and CSS. Of course, stripShow still includes all the great features which have been a part of this project since version 1: * Searchable transcripts of every comic post, using a simple markup language for maximum descriptiveness and formatting. * Support for nested storylines. * Comics are included in your RSS feeds. * Over 20 template tags to customize your theme. Support questions can be asked at the [support forum](http://www.spinzonecomics.com/index.php?board=12.0). Only the basics of stripShow are covered in this readme. Full documentation can be found in HTML format at http://stripshow.monkeylaw.org/docs and in PDF format at http://stripshow.monkeylaw.org/docs/stripshow-user-guide.pdf. == Installation == IMPORTANT: stripShow's installation process has changed for version 1.7 and later -- if you're an existing stripShow user, please note these instructions carefully. 1. First, you'll need a working WordPress installation. Installing and configuring WordPress is beyond the scope of this document, but help can be found at WordPress's website. 2. If you are upgrading from a previous version of stripShow, make sure you disable the plugin in WordPress's Plugins page before proceeding. 3. Upload the folder called stripshow to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory. 4. Activate the plugin through the Plugins page in WordPress. 5. Choose a theme. stripShow 2.0 ships with a new framework theme, stripShow Sandbox. You can read more about its features in Chapter 7, Theming stripShow, in the stripShow User's Guide. Also included is stripShow Classic, which is nearly identical to the original stripShow example theme included with version 1 of stripShow. I recommend copying at least the folder called stripshow_sandbox into your themes folder. This will allow you to create a child theme based on this framework. See Chapter 7 of the User's Guide. 6. Create a folder to hold your comics. If such a folder already exists, take note of its location relative to your WordPress root, as you will need to enter that location on the stripShow Options page. In either case, this folder will need to be writeable by your webserver, in order to use stripShow's upload feature. 7. Configure stripShow. The options you can set are detailed in the Chatper 3 of the User's Guide. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Can I use one of Tyler Martin's ComicPress themes with stripShow? = Not as-is, no. While I had hoped for full compatibility with ComicPress in 2.0, new functions added to ComicPress conflict with functions already existing in stripShow. To use stripShow with ComicPress would require the editing of ComicPress's functions.php file. == Screenshots == 1. The stripShow Add Comics interface. 2. The stripShow Options interface. 3. The stripShow Storylines interface.