ComicPress 2.8 - Features

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-- Features added/changed since 2.7

* .. a SINGLE theme for all the different ComicPress styles.
* A ComicPress Options area to turn on and off options and selecting your theme style with a explosion of customization settiings to further your site.
* New additional plugin called ComicPress Companion - a CSS editor admin panel for editing overriding CSS files. You do *not* edit any code anymore, everything can be done within the Companion for the design of your site.
* New CSS Classes and styling capabilities
* 13! Widgeted areas to help you design your site. This makes it even easier to place items on your page, ala Ad Space like Project Wonderful, etc.
* New Advanced Menubar & Features - is a widget now! move it to any widgeted area on your site.
* A plethora of new widgets all revamped with WordPress 2.8's new code.
* Extended commenting code with support for a variety of new wordpress plugins.
* Custom Image Header is back and better then ever.
* Buy Print code is put in and revamped, the Buy Print button is now a widget so you can place it in a widget around the comic area. There are now ComicPress Options for you to specify your paypal information and cost for the prints. Make some cash anyone?
* Comic Graphical Navigation, with the ability to create your own sets.
* Display Flash Comics
* WordPress MU (WPMU) Compatible.
* Support for the Plugin Wonderful (Project Wonderful ads) plugin from John Bintz, Header Blog and Footer areas are specified as places to put ads without even using widgets.
* Related_Comics and Related_Posts shortcodes as well as options for enabling them on all posts/comics. if it's a comic post it will show only related comics and if in a blog post, only related to those that are not comic categories.
* Members only ability. Admins can flag user accounts as members and mark information inside of a post that only those users who are flagged can read. (Donation incentives?)
* Rascal Says fun hovertext replacement
* Comic Clicks Next option
* Author Pages / Profile Pages for Authors and Registered Users
* Post options for displaying in posts now have 'gravatars' of the author, for calendar and MOODS!
* ComicPress Calendar can have a thumbnail with links to downloadable wallpapers.
* Archive Calendar thumbnails, create some yearly archive visuals!

Some sites already using ComicPress 2.8

* Clan of the Cats http://clanofthecats.com/
* How Sweet It Is http://jynksiecomics.com
* Matter Of Fact http://mofcomic.com/ - Matter of Fact uses *alot* of 2.8 functionality, not a single bit of code or original CSS was edited in making it.
* Binary Souls / Other Dimensions http://www.bsodcomic.net/
* Anhedonia Blue http://abluecomic.com/

I will be posting usage and how-to's on this thread based on questions that people ask in this forum area.