Comments on: What is a CMS, and WHY do I need it? (Part I)

By: Dat Dude Mifty

Dat Dude Mifty — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:54:38 +0000

Great article. I loved how you really took the time to analyze all the webcomic CMS out there.

I was also very glad to see that someone mentioned WPComic as another altenative. WPComic is my baby and I believe that it is the simpest webcomic CMS out there :)

Thanks for the plug and hopefully, we will get Winged Wolf Studio to review WPComic one of these days.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:21:41 +0000

I looked at SO MANY CMSes for my comic, I can’t tell you.

I really liked ComicCMS for it’s simplicity (no database required), but it would mess up everything if I deleted a comic (like filler for instance).

I also looked at Joomla and really wanted it to work, but it was just too complicated and there was no plug-in specifically for comics.

Finally settled on ComicPress/Stripshow. Am considering a move to ComicPress/Webcomic (Hi, Mike!), which wasn’t available when I was first looking.

These articles are going to help some future comicker SO MUCH, Kez. I am so glad you are doing them.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:14:49 +0000

Thanks for the mention KEZ! The comparison chart has been updated for CP 2.7… the only feature not mentioned is the sub-category “storyline” functionality, as I’m still debating on how to fit it in without.

The comparison chart will be getting a major overhaul when WebComic 1.8 is released next month, and will hopefully include comparisons with a few other WordPress comic publishing options (like WPComic and Manga+Press).