Hey everyone! I've just uploaded stripShow 1.6.1, which has a couple of bug fixes:

• Fixed bug where initialization of storylines may take a while if timezone is not set under PHP 5.
• Rewrote transcript code to be more tolerant of whitespace. In addition, equals sign is no longer required for non-character transcript tags.

If your transcripts were all messed up because of whitespace, this is the fix.

So far, Comixtalk has been an excellent forum and tool for me to put into words all the thinking surrounding Pear-Pear. As we continue to develop the website, I'll always be thankful for the resources and community here and at TCWL. But something was bugging me about the whole setup.

I'm pleased to announce the release of version 1.6 of stripShow... this is mainly a bug-fix release, with only a couple of new features.

• Improved XHTML 1.0 Strict compatiblity
• Fixed bug where comment link was not shown on index page
• Fixed bug where same blog entries were shown on every page when linked from index page
• Current comic now has alt text encoded as HTML entities for validation
• Overhauled storyline code to only do one MySQL query and to speed up operations. Previously, things got seriously bogged down the more stories and strips you had in your archive.

Announcing the final release of version 1.5 of stripShow, my WordPress plugin for automation of webcomics.

If you create a webcomic, and you don't use WordPress, it's time to get with the 21st century. Blogging software and webcomics are a natural match. Wordpress provides automatic features like RSS, notification of search engines, and easy content management... stripShow takes those features further, adding: