Description
Manga+Press is a webcomic management system for WordPress. Manga+Press uses WordPress posts, pages and categories to help you keep track of your comic posts. Manga+Press also includes its own custom template tags to help make creating themes easier.
Credits
(c) 2008-2020 Jessica C. Green
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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Installation
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Unpack the .zip file onto your hard drive.
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Upload the
mangapress
folder to the/wp-content/plugins/
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Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
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Create two new pages; these pages will be your latest comic and comic archives pages. Label them something like ‘Latest Comic’
and ‘Past Comics’ or whatever, as long as it makes sense to you. -
Click on the Manga+Press Options tab under Settings and go to Basic Manga+Press Options, and set Latest Comic Page, and Comic
Archive Page to your two newly created pages.
FAQ
I’m using the bundled theme for TwentyEleven, -Twelve, or -Thirteen but the Custom CSS and/or Insert Navigation options have no effect? Or they add a second navigation bar
This is because the navigation for the comics is built into the theme. Using a different theme or overriding the default theme’s template will allow you to use the options. (however, see issue #17 for additional issues)
Does Manga+Press work on WordPress Multi-site?
Yes, it does. However, a few steps must be taken to make Manga+Press’ child-themes available to your network. See the question below on the steps to take to enable the child-themes on Multisite.
The bundled themes aren’t available in WordPress Multi-site. What’s going on?
This is because the plugin hasn’t been activated for the entire MS network. In order for the child-themes to be available, Manga+Press must be available to the entire network. This can be done by going to Network Admin > Plugins and clicking the Network Activate link for Manga+Press. Once this is done, then both the parent- and child-themes need to made available to the network as well. This can be accomplished by going to Network Admin > Themes, selecting the themes in question, choosing Bulk Actions > Network Enable, and then clicking Apply.
Is Manga+Press responsive?
Not by itself. However, Manga+Press doesn’t really output markup other than the comic navigation. Responsiveness depends on the theme that is being used. The themes bundled with Manga+Press — the TwentyEleven thru TwentyFourteen child-themes — all have some level of responsiveness that is dependent on their parent themes.
Is Manga+Press compatible with Advanced Custom Fields
Yes, it is! Manga+Press is simply a stripped down custom post-type with a custom Featured Image meta-box. Like any other post-type, you can add a new field group using ACF — however, you will have to configure your theme to display these custom fields.
Is Manga+Press compatible with the WPML plugin?
I have never had the chance to test Manga+Press with the WPML plugin so I can’t really guarantee compatibility. Since Manga+Press works like a standard WordPress post, and WPML is compatible with custom post-types, this shouldn’t be a problem.
Do you take feature requests?
I do take feature requests, but I also judge each request on the basis of how well the new feature fits into Manga+Press’ current functionality and also how feasible the new feature is to implement into Manga+Press’ core.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Manga+Press Comic Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
3.0
- 3.0
- Removed child themes
- Added sorting options for Comic Archive Page
- Added comic archive calendar template
- Added comic archive gallery template
2.9
- 2.9.3
- Spanish language updates to embedded themes.
- 2.9.2
- Added support for Jetpack Publicize feature.
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2.9.1
- Corrects an issue where Comic posts were not getting assigned to a default Series taxonomy on save.
- Corrects Comic post 404 error/Missing Comic post issue.
- Corrects appearance of comic navigation on Latest Comic page
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2.9.0
- Updated navigation CSS
- Removed “Order By” Option. Now defaults to date.
- Removed “Use Theme Template” options. Now defaults to using theme templates.
- Added contextual help tabs
- Added Calendar template tag for comics
- Added filter for changing Comic post-type front slug (defaults to
comic
) - Fixed missing “No comics” message for Latest Comic page.
- Corrected issue with Comic Post terms getting updated on post-save.
- Updated Spanish Language files.
- Updated child-themes to handle styling for Comic Calendar widget
- Corrected issues in comic navigation when Group Comics/Group By Parent options are used.
- Added Manga+Press-specific version of WordPress calendar widget
- Updated Comic date permalink structure
- Updated and fixed loading of Spanish Language files
- Adjusted template hierarchy for Latest Comic and Comic Archive pages to use WordPress’ defaults (page-{slug-name}.php and {custom-page-template}.php)
- Brought default Single Comic template in line with default Latest Comic and Comic Archive template handling
- Incidently corrects an issue where a Single Comic post might not display correctly due to markup being incompatible with a user’s selected theme.
2.8
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2.8.3
- Correcting blank issue when “Use Theme Template” is selected when used with third-party themes
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2.8.2
- Correcting Latest Comic template error when Latest Comic is used as front page.
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2.8.1.1
- Correcting problem with undefined function error appearing when Latest Comic template in TwentyFourteen theme is used
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2.8.1
- Corrected E_STRICT notice on plugin activation
- Updated font icons
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2.8
- Added bundled child-themes for TwentyEleven, TwentyTwelve, TwentyThirteen, and TwentyFourteen
- Corrected 404 issues for custom post-type after activation
- Updated admin interface to fit WordPress 3.8
- Adjusted template stack for single comics
- Added new Media Library popup (eliminating legacy ThickBox dependency)
- Added WordPress 3.5 Media Library window
- Code review and cleanup
- Removed legacy options (Comic Banner)
2.7
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2.7.5
- Fixed 404 when visiting comic pages after update (ported from upcoming 2.8 release)
- Fixed undefined index errors caused by checkboxes when settings page is updated
- Tested works with WordPress 3.8
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2.7.4
- Fixed SQL bugs relating to “Group By Category” option
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2.7.3
- Added “Group By Category” parent option
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2.7.2
- Added Spanish Language support
- Fixed issues with comic navigation.
- Addressing query-usage on Latest Comic page.
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2.7.1
- Fixed undefined index notices (WP_DEBUG turned on)
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2.7 RC 1
- Moved partial templates to sub-directory inside templates.
- Corrected issues in comic-specific conditional functions.
- Changed Ajax hooks to be admin-specific.
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2.7 Beta 3
- Fixed missing template issues.
- Fixed issues with “Use theme template” settings.
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2.7 Beta 2
- Corrected issue with framework paths which prevented the Manga+Press Options forms from displaying properly.
- Added closing PHP tags for servers that have short open tags disabled.
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2.7 Beta
- Eliminated “Insert Banner” and Comic Update codes. These features may return in future versions.
- Added custom taxonomies, and post thumbnail support.
- Eliminated TimThumb.