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Comix Cleric is still being developed. This is a preview of how we expect Comix Cleric to operate. This documentation will in no way reflect the depth or quality of the official documentation. Stand by for updates.
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Comic Updates

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Create & Edit Updates

Required Fields:

Title
A title must be present when saving. This requirement may be changed.
Slug
This is the main, unique identifier to locate the update.

Important Fields

Update Type

There are several different types of updates that come setup in Comix Cleric by default:

  • Main Story - Updates that are part of the main storyline of your comic.
  • Intermission - Usually, one page breaks in a story that prepare for an immediate return.
  • Hiatus - Updates to notify your readers that you’ll be taking a break from the comic.
  • Notice - General notice to deliver important information about the comic to your readers.
  • Snippet - A short, readable section of an upcoming page.
  • Preview - Similar to a snippet, but generally meant as a single promotional image.
  • Misc. - Any other reason you may want to tell your users about something.

For most cases, you’ll want to add the page as a “Main Story” update, as this gives you the ability to set the Page Number, Volume, and Chapter fields.

Page Number Only for "Main Story" update type.

Sets the sequential ordering of the pages. Field should increment automatically from last update, or start from 1. Numbers cannot be repeated.

An option for cosmetic numbering (ex: XII, 1-32-B, etc.) may become available. Request it on our Discord!

Volume Only for "Main Story" update type.

For grouping comic updates & chapters.

Chapter Only for "Main Story" update type.

For grouping comic updates.

Blurb

A brief description of the update. Can be a small snippet of the full description, or just a funny little quip. This shouldn’t be more than a couple of short sentences.

Full Description

A description of the update, or whatever you want! It features HTML/Markdown support, allwoing you to write an entire blog post w/ images there, if you wanted!

We are actively working to improve the editing experience with formatting options and media importers.
Comic Thumbnail

The image that will be displayed on links and previews of your comic update. Will be set automatically if missing.

Comic Image(s)

This is where your main update image(s) will go. These images will appear in the reader and always try to fill the available space. We currently support most common image formats, but we recommend: .png, .jpg, .gif, .webp

You can have up to 128 images in a single update at this time.

We are working on improving support for wider, strip-style comics.
Transcript

For providing a text-based, screen-reader friendly version of your update! It should describe the panels, actions, and dialogue!

Release Date

This defines the date the page is intended to be public. This can be used to back-date old updates when rebuilding a archive. Setting this value later than the current date will activate the scheduler. You do not have to schedule your posts, they can be published manually at any time.

If a time is not provided, it will be set to 00:00 (midnight).

Other Fields

Video URL

Will accept a URL to a video hosted on YouTube or Vimeo. YouTube videos can be added as either a “watch” or “embed” URL.

Video Auto-play

Allows the video to play automatically when navigating to this update.

Due to browser security, there are many cases where auto-playing media is blocked automatically. There is nothing we can do to circumvent this.
Video Inline

If enabled, the video will be embedded in the reader alongside any other media.

Video Volume

Sets the default playback volume of the video. Just in case the audio is known to be louder than average.

Audio File

Select an audio file to embed to the page.

We are working on a custom embedded audio player to fit the style of the site more closely.
Audio Auto-play

Allows the audio to play automatically when navigating to this update.

Due to browser security, there are many cases where auto-playing media is blocked automatically. There is nothing we can do to circumvent this.
Audio Loop

Sets the audio to start playing again from the beginning after it ends. Useful for looping/ambient tracks.

Audio Volume

Sets the default playback volume of the audio track. Just in case the audio is known to be louder than average.