December 18, 2008 @ 8:34 pm by admin
2 Comments »This is the first post on the demo site for Manga+Press, the webcomic CMS plugin for WordPress. Manga+Press got started in February 2008 as a project for a PHP scripting class that I was taking at the time, but primarily as a need for my own comic updating and managing engine. I was already using the BorkWeb’s MyComic Browser plugin mainly because ComicPress really didn’t suit my needs. I soon hit on the idea of combing the MyComic browser with file uploading capabilities and next thing you know, Manga+Press was born. It’s gone through about nine or ten months of on-and-off beta testing, mostly running the backend for my webcomic Silent Shadow, of which this site happens to be a subdomain to.
Manga+Press is comprised of a plugin and a theme. The plugin comes with it’s own custom template tags; over the life of the plugin, tags will probably be added or removed or modified, so I’ll make sure to keep an accurate record here at the website for people to refer to.
At anyrate, I’m currently getting Manga+Press version 1.0 RC1 ready for distribution. I’ve also taken the time to ensure that Manga+Press is compatible with both WordPress 2.6.5 and 2.7, so keep checking back. Should be up in the next few days.
Am glad someone has decided to further the development of MyComic!
I was quite sad when development stopped there.
Just wondering… is it possible to use Manga+Press as part of a larger site? I run a fansite for a band, but a fan has created a comic based around the people in the band, and I would very much like to run the comic as part of the site, rather than just having a standalone ‘manga’ site. Would this be possible with Manga+Press please?
Thanks!
Hey, no prob! I actually started using MyComic because it struck me as being a little more flexible than ComicPress, and when I started working on Manga+Press, MyComic actually solved the problem of creating a reliable means of navigating through comics.
I think so but I’m not absolutely sure. I think Manga+Press has the beginnings of a standalone comic CMS but it would have to be developed a little further. Now, if the site in question is already running WordPress then it really shouldn’t be a problem; just install the plugin and then you’ll just have to modify the theme and add a few pages. That was one of the reasons I developed Manga+Press was so a user could have a blog with the comic being a part of the website but having it’s own little section, instead of being the main focus like it would have been with ComicPress. I’m not sure if I’m making any sense, though -_-;;;