ComicPress 2.8 - Installation Instructions for a new site.

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ComicPress 2.8

Installation Instructions for a new site.

Download the ComicPress 2.8 theme from http://comicpress.org/download

Download ComicPress Manager from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/comicpress-manager

Download ComicPress Companion from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/comicpress-companion

1 ] Install WordPress from http://wordpress.org/ follow their tutorials.

2 ] Install ComicPress 2.8 into a directory called "comicpress" in lowercase in your theme directory. Do not install it in a directory UNDER comicpress, install it INTO that directory. Copy the files from the zip file with your ftp program into /wp-content/themes/comicpress

3 ] Install ComicPress Manager into the /wp-content/plugins/

4 ] Install ComicPress Companion into /wp-content/plugins/

5 ] In your wordpress dashboard administration area, /wp-admin/ go to Appearance -> Themes and select the ComicPress 2.8 theme.

6 ] In your wordpress dashboard administration go to Post -> Categories and add 2 categories, add "Comic" and "Blog", so you will have 3 categories, Comic, Blog and Uncategorized categories.

7 ] Go to Plugins -> Installed, you should see a list of your plug-ins including ComicPress Manager and ComicPress Companion, activate them then click on the Dashboard link on the left.

8 ] Go to ComicPress Manager plugin area called "ComicPress" on your dashboard. Dashboard -> ComicPress (not to be confused with comicpress options in the appearance area) and click on the "Manager Config" link, so Dashboard -> ComicPress -> Manager Config. Inside the Manager config click the first run -> "Make Directories" link that
comes up. This will create your comic comic-rss and comic-archive folders.

9 ] Go to Dashboard -> ComicPress -> ComicPress Config and set your blog category, comic category and make sure the directories are set correctly for your comics. Manager config probably sent you here already.

10 ] Go to Dashboard -> Appearance -> ComicPress Options and select the theme style you want to use and click save. Go through all the different tabs and get overwhelmed by all the options.

11 ] Go to Dashboard -> ComicPress -> Upload, upload your first comic. Remember the file names need to be in this format YYYY-MM-DD-title-of-comic.ext ext = jpg png gif swf example: 2009-08-26-I-have-been-assimilated.jpg is perfectly valid for a file name, do NOT use any non alpha characters like $#!+@%^&*(){}[] just letters, numbers and dashes. Also if your setting a title, do NOT use a number as the title.
2009-08-26-1.jpg <-- Will cause problems, do not use numbers only.

12 ] Go to to your site, see the results. Rinse - repeat step 11 as often as necessary.