“‘Assiest’ is not a word!”
So… a day late and a dollar short, but I’ve got a new strip and a new site online! I wish I had more time to spruce up the site at least a LITTLE, but I suppose the default ComicPress theme is getting the job done.
Speaking of which, after trying out WordPress 2.5 and ComicPress… I have found a few problems that may cause me headaches as I move forward.
First off the new interface in WordPress 2.5 just flat out drives me nuts. I’ve been using WordPress 2.1-2.3 for the last year or so since I started Halolz… and let me just say, this new interface is a nightmare by comparison. If I had updated the WP software on Halolz to this… well I’d probably be dead by now trying to post images on a daily basis. However word on the street is what 2.6 was just released… but somehow I doubt they went and changed the interface around much.
Secondly, because of the inconsistency of Staccato’s archives, rebuilding them in WordPress is going to be difficult. Basically, everything on WP is ordered by dates. And seeing as Staccato has a long history of story arcs dropping off and picking up at random times, weird filler strips, and all sorts of other nonsense… I’m not quite sure how I can go about cleaning and reordering things without making up lots of false dates for everything. I hope I can come up with a plan, but for now I’m a little worried about how I’ll be rebuilding the archives.
Anyway those are my two biggest problems at the moment. On the positive side, making strips shouldn’t be a huge problem. I spent a good amount of time Sunday night (when I should have been DRAWING the comic) tweaking my old template, and I have to say I’m pretty happy with how it’s working so far. Despite all the my complaints with Flash CS3… it still seems to end up being my best tool for making these strips.
Um, so yeah… I guess that’s all I have to report at the moment. As for comic update schedules I haven’t set anything in stone yet, but I would like to go back to the old M/W/F routine (I’ll do my best). Fortunately with the new RSS feed it will be much easier for people to keep up with the site.
Anyway, feedback is always appreciated… and don’t forget, there are separate comment sections for the comic posts and blog posts!
Thanks for visiting, and I hope people enjoy seeing the strip back in action!
July 15th, 2008 at 3:34 am
ABOUT TIME.
July 15th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Actually, I just finished reading through the comic last week, so I haven’t forgotten about it.
July 15th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Wait, sorry, I posted this in the wrong comments section.
July 15th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Nice comic and new site, Shawn. This site reminded me of the New York Times site when I first came in to read your belated comic.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:39 am
OMG! I love your new site!!! I can’t stop looking at it, and I would shove it in my mouth if I could…
July 15th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Hey! So glad to see it back! Still enjoying that merch I got off you at AX. D’you have an update schedule back yet?
July 15th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Finnal-freakin-ly. Bout time you did something, eh Shawn? But now don’t you dare give up on Halolz, or whatever, or I’ll have to kill you. Keep up the good work ;).
July 15th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Welcome back, Shawn! It’s rightclickscott, btw. I hope your new comic gets mild success and does get lost in the flow of time and space! See ya at CTCon.
July 15th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
“would shove it in my mouth”… WTF?
Regarding Wordpress - I’d like it slightly more if they tweaked the word wrap so that the text does *not* go under the avatar at all, because most comments are short (-er than this one) and if they do wrap under they look a little dis jointed with two or three words below the pic.
/ramble
July 15th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Soooo happy you’re back, I’ve been waiting all this time….I certainly did’nt forget you; keep it up!
July 15th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Man am I glad I have someone to code for me! All I have to worry about is drawing the comics on time… and I somehow manage to screw that up
July 15th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
YES!!! WOO! *happy dance*
July 15th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
W00t w00t soooo glad you’re back, I finished reading the comic time ago but I didn’t forget it at all ;).
July 15th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
stacs back awsome
July 16th, 2008 at 11:21 am
dangit, now I have to go back and read the archive as I have completely forgot the story line :( (or does that even matter, are you going to pick up on the old story line or start anew?)
July 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
for the record: done with the above
now I can’t wait for new ones…
July 16th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Glad that you’re back!
July 17th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
you don’t need to make up dates, you put them below every comic ;)
July 18th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
About time! If they had an award for laziest web comic creator, there really wouldn’t be any competition… :p
July 18th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
how bout Andy Weir. he had an 18 month hiatus. http://caseyandandy.com
Andy Weir constantly states that he is the worlds laziest wecomic author.
Ian J. has been on hiatus, for what, 3 years now? but he did have a consistent schedule when he did update.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Staccato’s back? STACCATO’S BACK! Wowee, wonder what frivolously fun adventures the gang’ll get up to now. Anyway, great work on the comic so far; you’re doing great! And you should take as long as you want, (to an extent), you’re fans don’t own you!
August 2nd, 2008 at 9:21 am
wow there’s seem a lot of catching up to do. I hope it’s get better
August 18th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
hey…
wonderful…