How is it supposed to work?
Bèrto ëd Sèra - January 29, 2008 - 23:21
| Project: | Webcomic |
| Version: | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
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Description
Hi! I installed the module an started to upload stuff. Yet, all I see is single strips. There is no way to navigate from one to another. You said you had stuff from ther book module copied, but I cannot see anything like that in it, although the UI does ask me to categorize strips and episodes in book-style fashion. What am I missing?
#1
I am assuming few things here:
1. Image module is installed and enabled
2. Views modules is installed and enabled
Now, for the comic to work with the navigation, here is some understanding of how it is organized:
StoryLine > Episode > Strips
Storyline is composed of one or more Episode.
Episode is composed of one or more Strips.
For navigation from one strip to another to work, first create a Episode node: Create Content > Episode
After that, when you submit the Strip, select the Episode from the dropdownl list. (It should come below the Image upload field).
If you have already created a Strip node, you can edit it to have its parent as the Episode.
After that, the first, previous, next, and last navigation links should work.
#2
Hi! I'm starting to think that my problem is that this module maybe non-compatible with the book module :( I did exactly what you said, but... see:
http://pms.i-iter.org/contn%C3%B9/ciam%C3%A9-la-neuit-prima-serie
#3
As an afterthought. Other modules simply integrate into Book, by using it. After all it should be just a matter of making a
-Comic root book
- a book for a single comic
- a book for a single story
- a book for a single episode.
I'll try that from Book and show you the result. It may well solve the problem of people wishing to publish more parallel comix (me being one of those)
#4
BTW, minor bug: the expression "No parent" is not localizable. the trick of mounting the stuff into a book works. You only need a "strip" type to use this.
#5
Hmmm. Berto, I am not sure why you are not getting that navigation links. I will see if there have been any loophole.
And yes - the Webcomic module does not use the Book module. I cannot just switch to use that yet because this module was originally designed by Eaton, and I am trying to get it to work in 5.x as is. As far as redesign of the module is concerned, I have been trying to work something out. Please do visit the Webcomic Group at G.D.O - we can start designing for 6.x.
And for the localization - could you please start a bug/feature request. Localization is something that I have not yet explored, so if it is a separate issue, there are higher chances that someone might work on it.
Coming back to your problem, which are the exact modules you have enabled? I will try to replicate your setup on my local sandbox and try to replicate the issue.
#6
Just to have stuff documented, this is the Eaton's response at IRC in terms of the Book module dependency of Webcomic module: