Hiya!
It’s been an incredibly productive month for Crazy Sunshine, with a ton of positive feedback on the site and a whole bunch of new readers who have joined in on the fun! Welcome!
So, what’s changed since this Devblog update?
Updates
- Extras - The extras box is fully functional with new content being added all the time! Thanks for supporting the site through Facebook and by voting!
- Fan Art - More fan art! If you have some spare time and are a fan of the comic, go ahead and send it in! It’ll be uploaded instantly for everyone to see!
- Link Exchange - The Links page is now up, and is always growing! Here you can find banners to use to link back to Crazy Sunshine, or if you own a webcomic and would like it listed, check the page out for tips on getting to know me better, let’s socialize!
Bug Fixes & Future Ideas
It’s taken half a year but the site is almost at the point I want it to be! There’s a few minor bugs I’ve squatted and a few more additions I’d like to make available. Let’s recap!
Bug Fixes & Additions
- 403/404 Pages not displaying correctly – This was due to the 403 page thinking it was a 404 page. Silly 403, you’ll never be as cool as 404. Anyhoo, now every page that doesn’t belong on the site (including any expired pages or recently moved entries such as the Ancient Comics) will be redirected to the default 404 page.
- The “Staff Roll” page has been renamed to “Cast“ in order to fit the Links page in the menubar.
- Additionally, I have rewritten segments of the Cast page in order for new readers to easily get to grips with the comic’s main characters.
- New site logo, banner, and updated ad designs. Thanks for all your great feedback, guys!
Future Ideas
- Keyboard Navigation for comics when the site is viewed in comic mode (Unlike viewing it through the home page, when comic comments are visible and you cannot see the blog posts at the bottom, etc.)
- World Map section via the About or Cast page, in order to showcase backgrounds and locations of events within the comic.
- Backstory section via the About or Cast page, in order to quickly recap the basis of the comic for new readers who don’t want to read through the whole Cast page.
Your comments and feedback are always welcome, let me know what you like, what you want to see, or what you think just plain sucks! Have a great week!
Image by Vickybit!
Something like a forum or chat would be cool. So we don’t spam the comment-section. Cause the other folks here seem to be nice, too.
Would love to “talk” with you guys ‘n’ girls(?).
I would like to make some sort of community hub like a forum but have no idea on how to set one up, or if that many others are interested in using it. (Having to register for a forum is one of the most boring chores on the internet to me, and I am sure I am not alone!)
I will look into it though for sure!
Yeah, you’re right! A forum would be a tad much.
Chat isn’t permanent enough, though. Hmmm…. maybe a shoutbox?
I think, since this page is set up on Word/ComicPress, there should be a shoutbox-plugin out there somewhere. ^^
But don’t ask me. I have only touched WordPress once to look how it basically works. Not even set up a website with it, yet. xD
Yeah there should be tons of plugins, the problem is should it be on the homepage, which is already cluttered imo, or in it’s own separate link?
Denis over at LAWLS has a lovely WordPress forum built up, but I can see it being very hard to get into if you don’t understand how wordpress works.
The links thingy is nice.
I’ve been thinking on placing some banners of nice comics on my site since some time ago but cause I’m sorta a newbie, never did. I’ll set some banners of the size you recommend here and will be sure of place your’s
Oh that would be lovely, thanks! Glad you found them useful – I used the same sizes as featured on Project Wonderful plus a few other popular sizes.