stripShow

User's Guide

The stripShow Consortium

Brad Hawkins



http://stripshow.monkeylaw.org

Version 2.1

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Abstract

stripShow is a WordPress plugin for creating and maintaining a webcomics archive.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
stripShow Features
2. Installation
New installation
3. stripShow Options
4. stripShow Comics
Comic Files
Date-based comic filenames
Custom comic files
Thumbnail files
Adding Comics
The Traditional Method
The Add Comics Page
Comic Metadata
5. Storylines
What Are Storylines?
Managing Storylines
Using Storylines
6. Transcripts
Adding Transcripts to Posts
Using Transcript Tags
Transcript Output
7. Theming stripShow
The stripShow Sandbox Theme
Features of stripShow Sandbox
stripShow Sandbox Options
Creating Child Themes
Using Action Zones
Features for Themes
Archive Page
Orientation
Widgets
8. Frequently Asked Questions
A. Template Tags
first_comic — display a link to the first comic
previous_comic — display a link to the previous comic
next_comic — display a link to the next comic
last_comic — display a link to the last comic
random_comic_link — display a like to a random comic.
first_comic_url — get the URL of the first comic
previous_comic_url — get the URL of the previous comic
next_comic_url — get the URL of the next comic
last_comic_url — get the URL of the last comic
random_comic_url — get the URL of a random comic
show_comic — display the current comic file(s)
show_comic_for_date — show a particular date's comics
show_previous_comics — display a series of comics that precede the current comic
show_next_comics — display a series of comics that follow the current comic
recent_comics — display a list of the most recent comic posts
recent_noncomics — display a list of the most recent non-comic blog posts
comic_archive_list — display a list of all comics in the archive
comic_archive_table — display a table of all comics in the archive
comic_calendar — display a calendar of comics
has_transcript — determine whether comic has a transcript
transcript_toggler — display a link that toggles display of comic transcript
the_transcript — display the comic's transcript
storyline_dropdown — display an HTML drop-down menu containing all the storylines in the archive
storyline_list — display a list of storylines
the_story — display the name of the current story
storyline_start_url — display the URL of the first comic in the current storyline
storyline_end_url — display the URL of the last comic in the current storyline
story_part — display the current part of the current storyline
story_parts — display the number of comics in the current story
is_comic — determine whether the current post is a comic
B. PHP Date Codes
C. Diagram