Replacing the ***todays_comics*** tag

[somestrangeflea]

Say, for instance, my comic had, for each day, an image and a text file, named YYYYMMDD.png and YYYYMMDD.txt.

The ***todays_comics*** tag could presumably be replaced by...

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<img src="http://inanothercastle.comicgenesis.com/comics/***raw_date***.PNG">

...to insert the image and something else to insert the text file. What would be the something else that I need?

I ask because I want to apply formatting to my image, but not my comment, and I'm not sure how to do that.

[Dr Neo Lao]

Unfortunately AutoKeen won't do that as the server would need to parse the comic twice in order to fully resolve. It looks like you are trying to use php syntax.

I'm not sure what you mean by "formatting the comic" but if you want to have your text and your comic handled separately, you can use the ***todays_notes*** tag for the text and use ***todays_comics*** for just the comics. This will let you put the two in different places.

[somestrangeflea]

I'm not sure what you mean by "formatting the comic" but if you want to have your text and your comic handled separately, you can use the ***todays_notes*** tag for the text and use ***todays_comics*** for just the comics. This will let you put the two in different places.

By "formatting the comic" I mean "assigning a title attribute to make hover-messages appear", and I'm already using ***todays_notes*** to have that display!

Also, I was initially trying to use CSS but then realised that the closest that would get me was title text that appeared when I hovered over any image!

EDIT: Hmm, I imagine PHP would be able to help here. I'll put a tentative [Fixed] in the title, and come back if I have any problems with it. Thanks anyway!

[somestrangeflea]

Q: Does ComicGenesis support PHP, CGI, SSI?
A: No.

So I'm back where I started, basically.

[Ozydius]

You can always just edit it all manually. Just post the text file separately with ***todays_comic***, and when you update again, take out the text file from the index page and place it into the archived page with the coinciding comic. It's just a few extra minutes of your time.

[Dr Neo Lao]

...I mean "assigning a title attribute to make hover-messages appear"...

Unfortunately, that is not possible with the current CG system. If you are really good, you might be able to do it with Javascript but I don't know how to use js. It'd be dead easy with php but as you already noted, CG does not support php.

It is possible to force it by doing your updates by hand (and not use the AutoKeen system at all). This would defeat half the purpose of being with CG as you would be doing each update by manually writing out the code, but it would give you more control over the look and feel of the comic.

If you can live without this bit, then CG should work out fine for you. It's a great place to get started. However, if it is a dealbreaker (I have seen some comics where there where no speech bubbles - the text could only be seen by hovering the cursor over each character) then you might need to use a paid hosting site. This would give you more control, but you'd need to find automation software that let you do what you were after (and pay for hosting + bandwidth).

Also, if you want to use CG you will need to change your username on the forum to start with a capital.