Sarah Frisk
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<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>G Louis wrote:</div>
However the links seem to be broken in the original post.Crap on a stick. None of my links are working and I can’t go back and correct that.
If you click on the link, just take out the ‘https://www.webcomics.com/topic/art-book-recommendations/”‘ part at the beginning and the ‘”‘ at the end and it works fine.
All the time. That or I’ll come in the next morning to work on something that was stumping me the day before and be like, “Welp, that was obvious. Why the heck didn’t I realize that sooner!? Was I even here yesterday?”
Frumph* Realized I spelt his username wrong. This is why I should not type before the caffeine kicks in.
Also, if Frumph says that ComicPress 4+ is the way to go now, I would do that instead.
Hmmm, that’s odd, I had difficulty finding it, too. Ffrumph might have an idea as to why it isn’t currently the WordPress site. You could always download the code directly from the github repo, and just install the theme manually.
My experience at MeCAF is that artists will give away a free sketch if your purchase is over a certain amount (typically 15-20), or will do a sketch along with a signature in any books you might purchase.
The trick is you need to post everything in the text tab, and you need to replace the “<” and “>” with their ascii code equivalent, so in this case ” & l t ;” and “& g t ;” without the spaces.
Pasting special characters like “<” and “>” in the Visual tab, sometimes can result in odd formatting as it goes through WordPress’s wysiwyg editor’s logic. Switching back and forth between text and visual tab will often change your formatting too, because the Visual tab will assume it knows what you want to do better than you. Such is the nature of wysiwyg editors.
<div align="center"><i m g s r c=" my image . jpg but without those spaces because ya, it shows the html > <map name="Map"> <area shape="rect" coords="2,1,585,85" href="http://www.steaksmoothie.com"> <area shape="rect" coords="595,31,678,88" href="http://www.steaksmoothie.com/?chapters=toonsies"> <area shape="rect" coords="685,29,741,84" href="http://www.steaksmoothie.com/?page_id=2"> <area shape="rect" coords="750,49,798,80" href="http://www.steaksmoothie.com/?feed=rss2"> <area shape="poly" coords="803,52,840,41,830,8,794,12" href="https://www.facebook.com/steaksmoothie"> <area shape="rect" coords="857,45,894,83" href="https://plus.google.com/112158367293702091765" rel="publisher"> <area shape="rect" coords="849,7,891,40" href="http://steaksmoothie.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"> </map> </div>Hopefully that looks right?
Hey, I just tried IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11 and the header image didn’t seem off centered. Do you know what version of IE you were using + windows operating system?
Hey, did you manage to fix the issue? Seems to me like your header image is currently centered.
Added everyone to the twitter list!
Wordpress has a good tutorial on what to do when switching from one server to another.
Although to make life easier for you, Zip the entire wordpress site, and transfer it via ssh from one server to the other, rather than downloading it to your computer then uploading it to the other server. Typically upload speeds from your home network are much slower than your download speeds, and transferring the file directly from server to server cuts out your computer as the middleman.
I’ve heard really good things in general about Bluehost. I currently use Dreamhost (which I think a few other people on this site use as well), but Bluehost is a good alternative.
I’ve more or less been satisfied with their service, and when I’ve had issues, their customer service has been pretty quick to respond.
When it comes to cooperating with WordPress, it’s mostly a matter of making sure that your hosting provider will support php and sql. Some hosting providers have a service that helps get WordPress going on the server with their recommended plugins for you rather than doing everything from scratch yourself.
When it comes to .net vs .com, I would honestly say use what sounds best to you. Most people tend to expect a domain name (at least in the US) to have a “.com” at the end of it, mostly because most domains we visit have “.com” in it. Also, .net sites usually identify networks or associations, whereas business’ websites usually end in .com. But in the end, it really comes down to personal preference.
That being said, even though it is easier to get a .net domain name since they aren’t used as often. On the other hand, you may have to make an extra effort into your branding so that potential readers know that your website is a “.net” and not a “.com.” Especially if there is already a domain similar to yours with a “.com” at the end.
Just has a heads up though, it is possible to get both domain names and just have one of them redirect to the other other url. That being said, I would suggest using a URL that is easy for a visitor to remember. EIEcomics.com is a simplistic name that is easy to remember, although EmbarrassingComics.com does do a better job of describing what your comic is probably about.
The general rule I’ve always learned with typography is to avoid having two fonts that are the same type in a design, as it can be jarring visually for the reader (So, only one sans serif, only one serif, only one decorative font, etc).
Below are some interesting articles that help explain fonts and design:
7 Rules for Mixing Multiple Fonts in Good Web Design
Purdue OWL – Using Fonts with Purpose.
(As a side note, this whole font thing took me awhile to figure out. It was a mix of having friends who were super into typography, and coding up sites for designers who were very specific about the fonts they wanted to use that I started to figure the basic rules of when and where to use different fonts)
Also this post Brad did about daFont has a good explanation on how to check out the licensing agreement before you webfont-ify something.
In general font squirrel has pretty awesome collection of web fonts that you can use. Another good place place to look for web fonts is Google Fonts, which will host the fonts for you as well.
Also from a general technical perspective (not necessarily applying in this case, since you only actually have a few fonts), while custom fonts are fun, you really don’t want to have too many custom fonts on your site. It does slow down your site load time when you start getting above 3-4 fonts. (Although probably not as much as using images everywhere instead – which is also not very search engine friendly). Although from a design perspective, you really want to avoid having much more than three fonts anyway.
