multi-page comic updates?..... [solved]

Blackhole · Post by **Blackhole** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:28 pm

I didn't see anything about this in the FAQ,.. but what if you like to make multi-page stories and want to release the whole story at once instead of the default one-page-a-day method? Nothing too huge,.. just an "episode" that lasts two to six pages.
Has anyone done this? I haven't found any examples in my browsing. Is there a rule against it?

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:55 pm

It's allowed, and it's pretty easy to do. All you have to do is add a letter in the filename of each page and they'll be posted on the site alphabetically.

Ex:

20071220a.jpg
20071220b.jpg
20071220c.jpg

Put those files in the /workshop/comics/ folder and it'll be done automatically.

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:19 pm

that'll put them all on one webpage.

Alternatively, you could use ooollllld dates, put them one after another like 19990103
19990104
19990105

and then use your index page to make announcements as to updates. like THIS

Renard · Post by **Renard** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:34 pm

Would adding an extra digit or two, such as 2007122101 solve the problem or would it result in the same situation as adding a letter (i.e. several pages displayed on a single page) or would it it wait until the calendar hits the noted date (So... 01 of month 21 in the year 200,712)?

I know that for the later addition of a title page of our first chapter, we used 20060400 and it worked quite well to create a page that went before our actual start date.

Dr Neo Lao · Post by **Dr Neo Lao** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:47 pm

Adding extra numbers won't work since the server is specifically looking for a date.

I'm not sure exactly how the server works it out, but using "2007122101" means that the server might upload that strip on the first day of the 21st month in the year 200,712.

ryclaude has the right idea for the question that was originally asked.

If you upload your comics in a batch, just backdate the earlier ones so that they'll show up now, and maybe the last one with today's date. The next time the server updates, it'll put up all the comics which are meant to be up (those with dates equal to or less than today's date).

There's no reason why you couldn't add strips dated from the 15th century...

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:42 pm

What I do is make sure the date is 8 digits, then add a description and a count.

YYYYMMDD-desc-num.png

That way, I can have those multiple comic bits in one page. I used it for a specialty formatted for Avantgo version of my strip... which is moot now, since the iPhone has better scaling.

Blackhole · Post by **Blackhole** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:42 pm

ah, ok. That's good news. It seems awkward to be forced to read one page a day of a single story. I was hoping the "newspaper strip" style wasn't enforced.

So I guess it is possible to mimic a comic book series format on here.