Again, I apologize for the lack of articles this past week. I’m giving a talk on webcomics on the 22nd, and I’m forcing myself to sit down and WRITE out the presentation. I haven’t even been allowing myself to watch Lost online, and it’s seriously killing me. This will be the 3rd talk I’ve given about webcomics, and I greatly enjoy educating people around my age about the ART of making comics. I’m tired of people looking down their noses at what can be a very hard, but very satisfying, hobby or profession. I think also, if only because of the subject matter and “LOOK PRETTY PICTURES SHINY” powerpoint presentations, the people I’m presenting to find it enjoyable as well. I usually get tons of questions, and no sleepers. I THINK that’s a good sign. Maybe I should bring CANDY. Everyone loves candy…(except the professor who has to deal with the class when I leave…)
Those people interested in joining ComicDish, Dread Pirate Dax popped in and left an important comment which I will copy here:
Hi there!
This is the pirate face on Comic Dish dot com. We heard of the problems and have a temporary work around.
The info is on the main page, but in case there’s any confusion; in order to make a comic account all you have to do is create an account in the forums. The system automatically generates a comic account for you as well. From there you can add new comics via the account button.
I’m sorry for the troubles and we hope to get things resolved soon.
Thanks!
Someone has also been trying to hack CD recently, so you may come across a browser warning preventing you from immediately viewing the site. The guys in charge are on top of that. Regardless of these recent issues, I still stand by my 9/10 score for them as a host. Something people new to webcomics or sitebuilding may not understand is that when sites get large, work must constantly be done to minimize growing pains, and sometimes things aren’t perfect the first time around. A good comic host may often flux, seeking to improve features and interfaces. A little blip in the radar is nothing to worry about.
Enough procrastinating from me. I’m going to do one of the requested articles and another of the webcomic website reviews next. The next host up for review is SmackJeeves, if anyone is interested.
April 2nd, 2009 - 2:44 am
Oh sweet, it’s good to know that theres a way around CD’s 404.
I wondered what the attack site warning was for.
I’d never sleep through one of your presentations KEZ especially if you brought candy ;)
I look forward to reading the Smack Jeeves review.
Keep up the good work! (words of encouragement)
April 4th, 2009 - 2:59 am
I hope things go well with comicdish soon. I had to find out from a friend that comicdish was having issues and what’s worse was that I had just opened it this morning with InternetExplorer. When I opened it with FireFox it and google started flashing the red light at me…
They were the first comic hosting site I started using and everything was a huge learning experience with site design and more. Still learning actually…
But I hope things go well for them. Just found the site today and I’d like to keep up with it :D +Favorites
April 8th, 2009 - 4:06 am
I’ve also been looking into ComicDish, their still bringing up an Attack Site warning, even the forums, so I’m abit wary about using them, is your comic still up on there good KEZ? Had any issues?
I just want to know if it’s safe to use really.
Loving the posts,
Viper
April 8th, 2009 - 5:28 am
I’ve been looking into Comicdish since you posted about it, It’s still showing signes of being an attack site though :(
Is it safe to register on the forums to gain access to the Webcomic facillities? Have there been any compromises for you KEZ?
I dont want to get a virus :(
Danny
April 8th, 2009 - 12:24 pm
@DannyBoy and Viper: I’ve received no more malware warnings upon visiting CD in the past 3 days. If you have the option to say “ignore this warning,” according to this thread they have found the source of the problem and are cleaning up all the sites:
http://comicdish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3489
I believe is safe to register on the forums and make an account. If, like me, you are paranoid regardless, I recommend COMODO internet realtime security. It’s free to download. You have to “train” it a bit, but it’s really good.
http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html
My site on CD has had no trouble. Thanks for reading, and please let me know if you have any more questions!