A guide for how to turn your WP site layout from “bland default” to “branded va-va-voom.”
(This is technically part of the “how do I webcomic?” series, but it’s not a webcomic-specific walkthrough! The same process works for any kind of Wordpress site.)
Note: I won’t go into detail about writing and editing CSS code, but it’s a skill you’ll need in the Making A Child Theme process. If you’re already familiar with it, awesome. If not, check out last week’s intro post about basic CSS troubleshooting and editing.
One less-cool thing about having an independent site for your webcomic is…nobody else is responsible for handling the layout.
(Unless you personally shell out the cash to hire a web developer — and, well, not a lot of us have that kind of money to spare. Especially when we’re already paying for the independent hosting.)
But, honestly? It’s free and surprisingly-easy to handle it yourself.
You can start with a generic default theme, like this:
…and, with a bit of tinkering, turn it into this:
As someone who’s been DIYing it since the days when everything had to be hand-coded, I figured I’d put together a walkthrough of The Basics.
The ebook version is out, the print books are in production, and it’s high time I thanked everyone who helped make Volume 4 a reality.
Extra-special tips of the hat to:
Hela and gladdecease, who caught a couple of mixed-up strips in the ebook version, just in time for me to correct them in the version that went to the printer
The staff of Kickstarter, who were not consulted or even informed about the changes the board (?) is trying to make, all they’ve ever tried to do is make a good platform that works for their users
At this point, I don’t know where I’ll run the campaign to print Volume 5. But through the course of Volumes 1-4, Kickstarter provided functional code and valuable features for the creators who used it, and I appreciate everyone whose time and effort made that possible.
The ✨ spotlights top backers and script-proofreaders; the 📚 highlights readers who got the whole backlist.
All Kinds Of Everything
Clara Danao ✨ Svirdilu ✨ Alienea ✨ Steph ✨
Rise Like A Phoenix
Hela ✨ gladdecease ✨ Beth Culp KendallPB Lex “Chimervera” Albert Cua Fir McGrevy-Gilmore helen-louise Mikko Rasa Triss Simone Pietro Spinozzi
Heroes Of Our Time
Alexis Royce 📚 Courtney Righter 📚 Knut Åge Hofseth 📚 John H. Bookwalter Jr. 📚 Eric T. Sorlien 📚
JBK Olivia Montoya paralianBlue Naomi Butcher Victoria Conner Liz the Lucky Ada Kerman Kaldra Izzy “Strontium” Hall Eva S Katherine R Nikki W. TheGoodDrawer RCF Kaitlyn Kris P Sailor-Cresselia Richard W. Gombert Dinglehopper N. Jay Julie L Spradley Caleb Schirmer Kai Alexei “Gabby” Marrero ETPM Dorothea Tim Sauke BashMeNot Meghan Andrew Webster Judith Owens Lori Forrester Cathy Green Susan Wilson Jamie Lenora Rose Sydney Savoy
In Love With A Fairytale
Thorsten Busse-Lauer 📚 LettuceKitteh 📚 Jeff Eppenbach 📚 Kari Dayton 📚 M Sorcier 📚 Benjamin Bl. 📚 Lorin Arendt 📚 Lillian Francis 📚 Jim 📚 Derrick Williams 📚 David Davis 📚 Sue Houghton 📚 Érik Drolet 📚 Kiarra A. Yarbrough 📚 Craig Hackl 📚 Aire Reeze 📚
Jaime Dear Lielac Zaza D Brett Bennett Peter Taylor Joce K Michaela Barrett AnnaDaEllie Silver Stevenson Kelsey Cristov Russell maileguy Owens Erin Subramanian James Post Jens Bejer Pedersen jonesnori Robin Hill Chickadee Anaxphone
Listen, I fully expect their plans to get some revision. But it brings home a broader point that Blockchain Stuff In General is getting more interest outside the crypto-insider community.
Which means Comics Fans In General should try to have some informed opinions about them, you know?
As a casual rubbernecker of crypto-community scandals, I’ve been picking up that information for a while now. Mostly in random chunks, based on what’s relevant to the latest scam.
For those of you who are not thirsty benches that live for drama, I’m going to try to organize the useful parts into a single post, which you can read and digest in one sitting.
(There will be lots of links. Reading all of those might take longer.)
Yuletide, the annual small-fandoms fanfiction exchange, is open for sign-ups again!
I collected all the webcomic fandoms in the tag set (plus all the characters you can request for each one), and added links to where you can read them online. Fandom tags are in the order/format AO3 puts them, which is why they’re not totally consistent, but all the actual titles seem to be right.
The Leif & Thorn Volume 4 campaign is cruising along, so it’s poll time again: Which art should I use for the exclusive mini-print that goes in every book?
Don’t worry about the exact sizes — they’re all high-res enough for these prints, and I’ll adjust them to look good at the right dimensions. Just focus on picking your favorite(s).
Been a while since I’ve done a roundup of polls, huh? I try to keep the “end of the comments section” poll reasonably fresh, but people are still curious about the results of the older ones.
So here’s a bunch I just closed.
This post doesn’t include the “potential heartsword-quiz questions” polls — I’ll gather them up separately at some point.
For the most part, I’ll leave a poll up until it gets at least 100 votes, then replace it not too long after. Usually they last 2-4 weeks. Here’s one that soared to over 200 votes after being up for just 10 days:
Can we get an equal number of votes for every option in the results of this poll?
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