ComicPress 2.8 - Upgrade Installation Instructions.

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ComicPress 2.8

Upgrade Installation Instructions for an existing site.

Make sure you have the following:

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 ] MAKE BACKUPS, go to Dashboard -> Tools -> Export and make a backup of your database. (or use a plug-in of your choice, but MAKE A BACKUP!)

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. Do not overwrite any of your existing installations. If you have a comicpress directory already, rename it to comicpress-old.

3 ] Make sure the ComicPress Manager and ComicPress Companion plugins are installed and activated.

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

5 ] Go to Dashboard -> ComicPress -> ComicPress Config and set your blog category, comic category and make sure the directories are set correctly for your comics.

6 ] 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.

7 ] Go to to your site, see the results. If you have any problems check the categories your comics are in, there MUST be only ONE category set in the comic posts. Of course it can be the same category for all your comics, but only one category, .. also story-lines work as long as they're set right.

8 ] Do *not* post on the forums without reading other posts on installation of 2.8 problems (if there are any). Most, if not all difficulties that came from testers were pre-existing conditions.


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Additional Information:

ComicPress Companion the plugin allows you to override the original style.css that comes with ComicPress 2.8. To upgrade the site to a what was your old look (to the best you can)

1 ] Open up your old style.css from your original installation.

2 ] Find the locations in that old style.css like the background color to a specific area and compare it to the new style.css that comes with CP 2.8

3 ] Place that change inside ComicPress Companion, only the change, for example if you change the .element { backgound-color: #hex; } *ONLY put that one particular change, you do not need the entire .element of information like margins or padding -- unless you change those too.