wordpress – Epic Fail

Flattr integration with WordPress/Comicpress.

You already know how awesome I think Flattr is, especially for webcomics. Unfortunately it’s still a little clunky to integrate, preventing many people who want to adopt it from doing so.

It is easy to add a Flattr button to a single blog post, but if you have a large website it becomes a chore. If, like me, you are using WordPress the solution seems simple: use the Flatter Plugin. This not only adds the Flattr button to your posts but submits new posts to Flattr when you publish them. Alas, whilst I’m sure it is an excellent solution for many people, it didn’t work for me.

In the Plugin Debug I discover my problem: ‘No cURL extension found.’ Bugger. As tech savvy as I am this is not something I can fix. Fortunately I’ve figured out a couple of workarounds. These ought to work even if you have a different error.

Hello and Thanks

Hi there and welcome to “Epic Fail.” (As you can see I have high hopes for this web comic!) Thank you for coming, I really hope you bookmark this page and come back often, for what an adventure there is to come!

I have many thanks to give this day. Firstly is The Webcomic Beacon and its hosts Fes and Tanya. These are lovely people who do a webcomic podcast on a weekly basis, providing lots of useful information and inspiration to webcomicers. Without them I would not have had the courage to start this project. Every episode was encouragement for me.

I also owe gratitude to Zander Cannon mainly for this page with its fantastically-useful comic template. It made drawing frames 100% easier and I use it for every page.

I’d also like to thank the friends whom I role-play with. Their creativity is the basis for much of the plot and characters. They also help me by reviewing new pages and giving me feedback. Their support so far is amazing!

On the technical side I’m grateful to ComicPress for its comic publishing theme (their hard work has made publishing a comic online easy for me) and by extension WordPress for its priceless publishing platform.

Last, but not-at-all least, is Xepher.net who has wonderfully provided the hosting for this website and all its content for free, with practically zero limitations. They do this for many other creative individuals too, therefore I encourage you to support them to the fullest. They are very friendly and their service has been impeccable thus far. Cheers!