Web Comics Support Forum.

Support forum for Web Comics. http://www.boonex.com/m/web-comics

I want this!!!

I will soon purchase.

Excellent module Deano!!

Thanks.

I put a lot of time into this one. This was the one i was working on when i accidentally deleted my sites database when all i wanted to do was delete the database for the module. LOL. So a lot of blood, sweat and tears so to speak.

I have temporally knocked the price on this down by $15 to $45. I really feel the module is worth the $60 i priced it at, but it is not selling.

So for a short time i will offer it for $45. This price will not last. 1-2 weeks at the most.

Thanks for the work on this Deano; this is a nice fun module.

I am seeing an issue on the forum, not sure if it is module related or has to do with my forum.  See the screenshot to give an understanding, the calendar is not displayed properly, etc. easy to see in the screenshot.  This is placed on the forum home page.

I have not tested it on the forum page. I did not even expect someone would put a block on that page. I will have to test it and see.

Yup. It does not work on that page. Must have something to do with the way the forums are designed. You found the first bug. Congrats. LOL.

I will try to get it fixed.

Ok. Here is a work around. You will need something to edit the php block for the comics thats on the forum page. Like my block tools, or the free mod that adds php block support to the page builders. Or from the database if you must if thats the only way you can get to the blocks php code.

Change the code thats in that block from this.

return BxDolService::call('web_comics', 'get_comic_block', array($iBlockID));

To this.

$sCode = '';
if(getParam('deano_web_comics_pub_key') != '') {
$rr = '';
$rr .= "\n" . '<script type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=true;</script>';
$rr .= "\n" . '<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script>';
$rr .= "\n" . '<script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher: "' . getParam('deano_web_comics_pub_key') . '", doNotHash: false, doNotCopy: false, hashAddressBar: false, onhover: false});</script>    ';
$rr .= "\n";
$sCode = $rr;
}
$sCode .= '
<link href="http://yoursite.com/modules/deano/web_comics/templates/base/css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://yoursite.com/modules/deano/web_comics/js/deano_web_comics.js">
';
$sCode .= BxDolService::call('web_comics', 'get_comic_block', array($iBlockID));
return $sCode;

Replace yoursite.com with your actual site domain.

For some reason the CSS and JS files are not getting included on the forum pages. So until i can find the cause and a fix, this workaround adds them manually to the top of the block.

Yes, that fixed the comic block but caused the forum home page layout to change, everything is in a single column down the page.  Will revert back for now.  Thanks for taking a look at this.

I just edited it. My domain was in there. Should be your own.

However. It seems to be find on my forum page. No shifting.

http://www.deanbassett.com/forum/

I may need to a url to the sites forum page so i can see whats causing it.

Ok. Never mind. It's not shifted on the home forum page, but some of the others do.

I'll have to try something else.

Thanks, now I know it has to do with my site.  I am only adding a style statement to change the background to the forum page using your head injections, that should not cause a problem but easy enough to check.  It works fine on the home page and the comic page, so anything I am adding to the header site-wide should break it on those pages as well.

It's not your site i don't think. I believe i have found a solution. I should have a update in a couple of days. It will just be a file upload. Most of my modules are updated by uninstalling and reinstalling. But not this module. This one will have very specific update instructions that will have to be followed so it don't have to download all the comic entries again.

OK, thanks Dean, much appreciated.  I think I will leave the comic block on the forum page and just tell my members a solution is coming.

Product updated to 1.0.1.

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VERSION 1.0.1
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January 20, 2014 - Fixed a bug that prevented comic blocks from working on forum pages.
January 20, 2014 - Added a update section in the code so module can do database self updates.
January 20, 2014 - Released Version 1.0.1.

To upgrade, download the new version. Unpack zip archive and upload the modules folder making sure all older files are over written. Then go into the Comics Admin. Once in admin the module will detect a new version has been uploaded and will automatically complete the upgrade with it's database updates.

Thanks Dean, I appreciate the work.  I will leave a review for this mod, my members are really liking it.

After I uploaded and went to the web comics, it said it detected a new version and updated the database.  Then it reported that I was running version 1.0.0.

 
Odd. I'll have to look into that one as well.

A review would be appreciated.
 

I have installed the web comics on my test site, it works great and adds a nice element of fun - you may consider the following request weird, but is there a way to hide the social share and favorites buttons from guests.

I will add a option in the next version to do that.

For now you can do this.

Edit modules\deano\web_comics\classes\deanoWebComicsModule.php

At about line 785 look for this.

    function getToolbar($sAdditionalInfo, $comic_id)
    {
      
        if(getParam('deano_web_comics_pub_key') != '') {


Just above if(getParam('deano_web_comics_pub_key') != '') {

Add this.

        if(!isMember()) return;


And that will hide the bottom toolbar for guests.

Looks as if the feed i pull comics from has made a change that is affecting the retrieval of comics. Currently 48 of the comics seem to be affected by this change. So many of Mar 24 comics are missing. I am not sure if this change is permanent or not, or if all of the comics are being changed.

If this proves to be a permanent change i will be releasing a update to deal with the change. So stay tuned just in case i have to release a fix for the feed change.

Ok. Looks like the issue was a temporary problem. Today's feeds came in just fine.

Thanks Deano; I had noticed some comics showing old comics; no update.  Did not know why.  Thanks, I really enjoy this module.

Hey Deano,

Is this mod injecting something in the header? I go to try sharing an article or picture and the the comic picture shows up. Also I have noticed in the url it adds extra shuff at the end like this: #.U6Amtij4L9M

Yes. But it should only be occurring on pages that have a comic block on it. Facebook requires OG meta tags be in the header for proper sharing to make sure it has the right information. It ensures facebook uses the image and other information specified rather than something it randomly picks from the page. You should avoid putting comic blocks on pages you have other sharing code on such as pages that have dolphin sharing blocks which are very few unless you running third party sharing code.

As for the #.U6Amtij4L9M in the URL. Should not be there if the comics is the only sharing system you have. Normally those hash tags are created by separate AddThis or sharethis code added to the site. The comics don't use it and code in the module specifically shuts off the url hash used by the sharing code. So thats not coming from the comics.

I only have the comics on the homepage and in the profile page.

If I go to any place else and try sharing a post the only thing that pops-up is the comics?

The sharethis code I added is the one I replaced in the database that Newt posted. So I did not add any other codes to anything. Here is Newts post that I did:

http://www.boonex.com/forums/topic/Pass-the-right-photo-video-thumbnail-to-Facebook.htm

The addthis code from that post is most likely the source of the hash in your url.

I will need a URL to a page that is exhibiting the problem so i can see it.

I double checked my site and the OG tags do not appear in the header of any page that does not have the comics, so something else is going on and i cannot determine what without a closer look.

But do this also. Go to the facebook debug page. https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug and enter the url to the page your sharing. That tool will tell you what facebook sees on the page. Refresh and do it twice as sometimes facebook caches things and it may take a second check to get the proper information.

I will pm you all the site details.

Thank you

Ok. I check the site, and the source of the problem was found. I do have to post the solution so others will know it's not a problem with my module. I will leave out site url's

This folllowing line was found in the header of the page.

<link rel="canonical" href="http://yoursite.com">

What is happening here is regardless of what page is being shared, facebook sees a canonical address specified, and because that canonical address which is the index page has a comic block on it, it also has og meta tags. Thus facebook uses it. Why you added that to the _header.html of your site i do not know, but it is the cause of the problems and will need to be removed.

I am assuming you may have see the use of that tag as a tip on the google webmaster tools site. That however is causing a problem with facebook sharing, so you can't use it.

Oh. And i forgot to mention.

The hashs in the urls, the #.U6Amtij4L9M ect. are the result of the addthis code you have added to your site. It also has nothing to do with the comics module.

Here is a google search which should provide help and answers for that one. https://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=addthis+turn+off+hash&gws_rd=ssl

I am not too much worried about the Hash tags..

I did what you said and took out those lines that Google said to put in and that fixed the share.. Thank you so much Deano.