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oppernaR Uses a ruler for everything
Joined: 30 Nov 1999 Posts: 2100 Location: TWCL resident
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: Questions and Answers (check first) |
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Got questions about the functioning of this site? About how stuff works? See if it's already been asked, or fire away!
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1) What does this site do?
This site displays the latest comics available from a variety of sites along with the date and time of their last update.
We do this to enable internet geeks to keep up with their favourite webcomics quickly and easily, without having to check indivdual sites just to find updates. This is especially useful if you do not have a fast internet connection.
2) How does it work?
A perl script periodically checks the comic pages of the sites listed in our database to see if a new comic has been added. If this is the case then the last update time in the database is altered and the comic appears updated on the website.
3) What happened to the program?
The program was discontinued as it was not very stable and lacking time meant that no improvements were planned.
The program is currently being re-developed and will hopefully be released soon.
4) Will you list my comic?
Certainly, just use the suggest a comic page to add comics to the site.
5) What comics can't you check for updates?
In order to check a comic for updates there needs to be a single HTML page that shows the latest comic on that site. Currently we cannot checksites that primarily use flash as there is no way of determining when a comic has been updated.
6) How long does it take for a comic to be processed?
It may take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks before a comic is checked for updates, depending on how busy I am. Please bear in mind that I work through the list of requested comics in order so it may take a while before I get to your comic.
I generally process comics within a few days, but ocassionally work over powers me. If your comic hasn't been processed after a few days, please do not panic, I will get to it eventually.
7) What will you use my email address for?
Your email address is used as your account username, it will never be revealed to 3rd parties or displayed on this website. The only time your email address if ever used is when you enter it to log back into the system.
8 ) Comics keep appearing as unhidden, why?
Everytime a new comic is added to the site you as a user have set to preferences about it, i.e. you haven't selected it as hidden or as a favourite.
If you do not wish new comics to appear on list, please change the setting in your preferences, this will hide all new comics.
9) How do you decide what comics are related?
The decision on which related comics are displayed on the comic profile pages is quite a simple one.
The list is generated from the favourites kept in peoples profiles, we then remove any comics in your favourites or hidden lists to suggest new comics that you hopefully won't have seen before.
10) How does the ranking algorithm work?
The ranking algorithm works by considering the number of visits per update. We do this to ensure that popular comics that update infrequently get a fair ranking.
Certain other things are taken into consideration when doing comic rankings but we would prefer to keep those secret.
11) Some comics disappear from my unread comics list, why?
We're not quite sure why this is but if you click the 'mark all comics read' option it should fix this error for you |
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oppernaR Uses a ruler for everything
Joined: 30 Nov 1999 Posts: 2100 Location: TWCL resident
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Comic Status Explained
In total there are 6 different status values that a comic can have, below is the list:
* Pattern Not Matching
This shows a fault either with the pattern using to watch for updates or with the comic site itself.
Often this is caused when comics authors change the layout of their site or do something special for a one off guest strip. If the comic site is producing a irregular error message (such as a notice informing that the bandwidth limit has been exceeded) then this will also result in this status being shown.
* Could Not Connect to Site
Less serious than the above, this does exactly what it says on the tin: the crawler could not connect to the comic site to check for updates.
This could either be due to network problems or the web server that the comic site is hosted on, these problems normally clear up after a few days.
* Not Yet Processed
This means that the comic has been added to the site but the crawler does not yet check if for updates. This is because each comic has to have a manual entry to enable us to check for updates.
The comic will move from this status when a pattern is entered by someone on the admin team for this comic
* Not Checked For Updates
Quite simply we do not check this comic for updates. This can be for many reasons, maybe the comic has now finished or is incompatible with our crawler.
* Updates Processed Manually
A few select comics which cannot be processed by the crawler have their updates entered manually, usually by the comic owner. You have to be special to have this status assigned to your comic!
* Normal
The most common status (hopefully!), this means that everything is functioning as it should. On the last attempt the crawler managed to connect to the comic site and its pattern matched, this one is good.
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Nils Balls

Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 146 Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject: HTML |
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I'm trying to show a banner for my comic with my posts, but only the code shows up.
My HTML is OFF and I can't seem to change it. _________________
www.skeletonballs.com |
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Nils Balls

Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 146 Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: HTML |
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Ummm... I don't see where it says anything like that in my profile.
The only way I know how to post images is...
<img src="bannerwebsiteaddress"/>
could you tell me how everyone else does it?
I will thank you kindly. |
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Nils Balls

Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 146 Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: IN ALL KINDNESS |
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Thanks. _________________
www.skeletonballs.com |
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Tifa-X
Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 1
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Uh...my comic has been on here for 2 months and the status is still the same ''Not checked for updates'' and Ive been adding comics regularly. |
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oppernaR Uses a ruler for everything
Joined: 30 Nov 1999 Posts: 2100 Location: TWCL resident
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:43 am Post subject: |
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That should not matter at all.
Make sure you send an email to ash. It might take a while to get fixed, but that's the only way to go  |
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oppernaR Uses a ruler for everything
Joined: 30 Nov 1999 Posts: 2100 Location: TWCL resident
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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Now THAT is something I can take care of!  |
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oppernaR Uses a ruler for everything
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dpat57 Ich bin ein webcomicker

Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 2688 Location: Sunny/wet/windy Scotland
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Rob, I'd have to say you're right -- logging in (using email address) and going to User Control Panel > Edit Profile provides options to change Preferred Username (forum posting username) and/or change password, but not change email address. Guessing this must be hardwired into the account.
Fritz, if you haven't already, try using the Report Broken Comic link in the left margin, that got me a quick answer and solution. _________________  |
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dpat57 Ich bin ein webcomicker

Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 2688 Location: Sunny/wet/windy Scotland
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oppernaR Uses a ruler for everything
Joined: 30 Nov 1999 Posts: 2100 Location: TWCL resident
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Unfortunately I can only help with forum related stuff.
As stated elsewhere, you're always better off sending an email to ash@thewebcomiclist.com_________________ 
S*P*Q*R
-I use a ruler for everything. |
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Senshuu

Joined: 03 Feb 2009 Posts: 679 Location: TN, USA
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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I just made this temporary account I made so I could post here about this:
I can't log into the forums under my normal account, " Senshuu," even though it works fine for the rest of the site. (It's registered under the email senshuupolarcat[at]aol.com)
I sent an email about this on the eighth of December, and another on January 1st. I got a response on the 5th of January and was told that my email for that account wasn't in the database, although I've been logging into the main site with it. I haven't gotten another response since then.
I do want to start posting here, though, and not have to use another account for it (which is why I made this silly temp. name  ).
Thanks for any help.
I see other strange little account-related issues around the site, but they tend to stay a little while and then go away, so I just pretend they never happened. I do remember back when my account was deleted for no reason... that made me a bit sad. |
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oppernaR Uses a ruler for everything
Joined: 30 Nov 1999 Posts: 2100 Location: TWCL resident
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Both conflicting Senshuu accounts have been removed.
You should be able to change this account's name to Senshuu now. _________________ 
S*P*Q*R
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