Awesomeness. I feel really relieved now, because I fixed some bugs that have been plaguing the website for a number of months now. Signups are more streamlined now, and publishers will now see their pages published instantly when their comic is approved.

This won't be the last feature that will be upgraded for webcomic publishers. You will already find tons of features available to publishers and readers and a fully customizable experience for your comic, but I will continue to add features between working on my own comic, 3 Witches. I recently added a more convenient way to browse the newest pages, comic series, and ecomics, so I'm really satisfied with how the layout of the pages is turning out. So, until next time, keep reading your favorite indie comics, and check back often for more updates!

I have had several signups lately where the user submits a comic for review but doesn't follow through and publish any pages with their account. So, I'm wondering if the user interface is too confusing when you access your control panel. I am hoping to simplify it. If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to send me a message via the contact link in the top link bar.

Anyway, I've got a few tweaks I'll be doing to the website, so maybe that'll help. In the meantime, read on!!

The website went through some problems with the domain name not working, but I think it's straightened out now (the fact that the website loads is a good thing in itself.) Anyway, thanks for your patience, everybody!

--J.T.

Check out the new help article on importing your comics to Facebook!

I just wanted to announce the new Comic Domination Facebook page! I have linked the site so that each page added will show up on the main page. If you want to add yourself to our page and get all the latest news, pages, and updates via your Facebook feed, go to the link above, and click on the "Like" button. Spread the word!

I have been working on several updates to Comic Domination, including a new Help System, something CD lacked until now, and some other things such as a Facebook "like" button for comic pages, and updated buttons in the Action Box on comic pages.

But, I've also been working on getting new connections for Comic Domination in order to establish more links. Hopefully this will help point more visitors and webcomics authors to the site. If you know of somewhere you can add a link to Comic Domination such as a forum, Facebook, blog, or other website, help spread the word!

Also, if you haven't noticed, there is a new link at the top of the page for Forums. If you have a feature request, question, or general comment, that's the place to go. It's obviously pretty empty right now, but I am trying to integrate signups so that when you register on CD, you are automatically cleared to post in the forums. I have ported all of the current members' logins to the forum system, so the username and password you have set up for Comic Domination should already work in the forums.

I have finally figured out what was causing all the "black plagued" thumbnails--uppercase file extensions. Not to worry though, the new and improved code converts your file extensions to lowercase for you. So however you upload your comics, file extension should no longer matter (knocking on wood as I write this). Plus, fixed some bugs in the syndication system. So, it should work okay as well if you want to promote your comics in a snazzy way on any website that accepts javascript (haven't tested it on Blogger, Myspace or any of the social sites yet.) Comic Domination may turn out to be competition for some of the larger free webcomic hosting sites yet, just hang in there! :D

--J.T.

A new feature will take Comic Domination into the realm of RSS! If you didn't know what RSS is, it's a file that can be viewed in your browser, which is updated in real-time, like a news feed. When a new article is added, it shows up at the top of the feed. If you have never tried RSS, now is a good time! If you use a newer version of Firefox, you can click here: (http://www.comicdomination.com/comicdomination.rss)and select "add to live bookmarks." Now, when you hover over the Comic Domination link you created, you will be able to see the newest pages added! If you don't have Firefox, or you just want to use your own reader, you can copy the link and use it to subscribe via Google Reader or any of the other RSS readers out there.

From this point forward, all comics uploaded will be added to an RSS file for the main Comic Domination site (http://www.comicdomination.com/comicdomination.rss) and to your own RSS file (http://yoursite.comicdomination.com/yoursite.rss). Once added, an image link to your new page will be added to in the RSS news feed created for your site. If you fill in the "annotations" box on the upload page, the text entered will show up as the article in the feed. Otherwise, a generic message will be created, telling readers your page was uploaded. You can go back and edit your RSS file at any time, but be careful because they don't quite follow the same rules as HTML. Certain characters will even render the entire feed invalid.

Once you upload your next page, an RSS file will automatically be generated for you. And, if you are using the default template for your comics pages, a "subscribe" link will automatically show up.

RSS can be an invaluable tool to site owners, so be sure and let your readers in on your new feed!

I've fixed some bugs in the system, including a bug in the page numbering system, and one that prevented saving custom comic templates to the database. Over the next few days, I'll be trying to look for more bugs in the system and fixing them. If anyone has any suggestions at all for fixing something in the system, use the contact form under the "contact" tab at the top of the page to let me know about it. Thx!

--J.T. Blevins

A newly added feature will allow comic creators to divide your comics into individual chapters for easier navigation and organization. Hopefully this will be a good addition to the Comic Domination toolbox. Check out your Control Panel for more info.