WCN Tooncasting Script Now Available for Free
Submitted by Joey Manley on September 14, 2006 - 13:54
I’ve decided to release a stripped-down version of the php script that powers WCN tooncasting to the public domain. That means that nobody owns it now, and everybody owns it now: you can use it at will, change it, share it, whatever. That’s mainly because there’s almost nothing to it, to be honest: without the database hooks into my proprietary WCN automation system, it’s just a simple application of PHP’s ability to generate Javascript code on the fly. The WCN database queries wouldn’t have been helpful, because to use them, your database would have had to be structured just exactly the same way ours is  an unlikely scenario.
If you don’t know what tooncasting is, here’s the simplest version: it’s a way that people who run websites can put your latest strip on their own pages, which constantly updates as your comic updates  and which, of course, contains full attribution and a link back to your own website, where the archives to your comic can be found. Some cartoonists have found this a very useful tool for building an audience. Others reel in horror at the thought of it. Up to you!
The version I am releasing requires you to update some variables by hand every time your actual comic updates. Anybody who updates his or her comic with a database script should be able to quickly and easily add code to pull the necessary variables from the same database, making this an automated thing again.
Instructions are provided inline within the script itself.
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/tooncast.txt
Don’t forget to change the file extension to .php when you save this file on your server.
Oh, and one other thing: while I’m certain that there’s nothing in here that could cause any problems, this code is provided as-is, and there is no warranty, implied or otherwise, nor will I be offering any technical support.
