This one was a big one.  Lots of big internal changes that improved performance, safety, and usability.  Among the changes:

• Big Bug Fix: the plugin now only loads the editor widget JavaScript while in the ComicPress Manager plugin. This was a problem for folks like myself who put their wp-admin folder behind HTTP authentication. IF you were running an older version of the plugin, this particular upgrade is very important , as it saves on bandwidth and improves security for your site.
• Now supports moving the WordPress folder to a different location on the server (see http://www.lunchboxfunnies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5889#5889 ). This requires that your comics folders be at in the same directory as the index.php file that you moved out of the wordpress directory.
• Improved config editor with more intuitive choices and more robust file writing (thanks to feedback from Sunday Funnies podcast #10 )
• Prepare ComicPress Manager for internationalization . If any one wants to offer to help translate CPM into another language, let me know.
• Improved comicpress-config.php write permission detection
• Improved config checks
• The ability to disable config checks for improved performance if you know your site is set up correctly
• The ability to upload any file to replace an existing comic
• Big UI improvements

Download the plugin and give it a span.  I’ve started tagging the old releases, so if you have a problem, roll back to 0.8 and post a message on the thread on the Lunchbox Funnies forum .  Also, I’m looking for translators!  If you have time, use the POT file in the plugin archive and send me a translation.

After a week or two of squashing some nasty bugs that Lunchbox Funnies forum members found, ComicPress Manager 0.8 is out the door!  The big changes are:

• The ability to upload thumbnails into the RSS or Archive folders
• If you can’t write to comicpress-config.php, you can still change the config — you’ll just be presented with the necessary PHP code to copy and paste into your comicpress-config.php file.
• Warnings have been improved and shuffled around, so that an out-of-the-box ComicPress install will only give a big warning on the lack of property category setup and a missing comic folder.
• Show Debug Info packages up a lot of information on your ComicPress install in a format that will help others debug problems with permissions, folder names, and categories.

Go get the newest version of the plugin and try it out.  I’d also like to thank the first person who donated to the ComicPress Manager project!

ComicPress Manager 0.7.0 has been released.  The biggest addition is the Change Dates feature, which allows you to shift the dates of a large number of comics and their associated posts.  This is a very advanced feature, and before using it (or even trying it!) I suggest backing up your site and all your comics files or, better yet, set up a test WordPress site to experiment, and always perform a full backup before running a big move operation.  Additionally, there were a large number of bug fixes, including fixing a common failure with editing the comicpress-config.php file.  Download it here!

This release of the ComicPress Manager plugin is a small one, but a big one at the same time: it hooks in the Visual Editor from the Write Post/Page pages, which means that if  you are posting a single comic and want to style up the post body, you can do so without having to visit the Edit Post page. Download it from WP Plugins!

ComicPress Manager 0.6.1 is out.  This minor revision adds the ability to specify a default override title for comic uploads & imports.  Thanks to Danny Burleson for the patch.

ComicPress Manager 0.6.0 is out.  The biggest changes:

• Big UI cleanup
• Ability to add tags to generated posts
• Ability to override normal post title generation and to specify a title for all comics uploaded in a batch operation
• Thumbnail generation & regeneration
• Ability to easily change access level of plugin (default is Administrators, access can be easily granted to Authors & Editors)

Try it out and let me know what you think!