CMXpress
Coming soon to a webcomic near you
Features (among others):
  • Webcomic posting and editing
  • Thumbnailed comic archives
  • Grouping comics into story arcs
  • Artists' comments
  • News posting and editing
  • News archives
  • Automatic posting by date
  • Robust security system
  • Multiple administrators
  • Limited admins and full admins
  • Guest artist support
  • Comic text search engine
  • Built-in support for ad banners
  • Site style templates
  • Advanced plugin architecture
  • Custom pages with site's template
  • Extensible admin system
  • API documentation
License: Open source BSD License
Minimum server requirements:
  • Un*x host (tested on Red Hat Linux)
  • Apache 1.2
  • PHP 4.3 (works with PHP 5, too)
  • MySQL 4.0
Minimum client requirements:
  • No minimum requirement for visitors
  • 1024x768 resolution for admins
  • Modern web browser for admins
    (IE6.0+, FF1.0.2+, Op9.0+, Saf3.0.3+)
Release status: beta; live on Crossworlds;
testing with the Wotch; Cheer! to begin soon
Rollout targets: (r1) Crossworlds; (r2) The Wotch;
Cheer!, Wolfpac;
(r3) SailorSun.org, Hero in Training;
Accidental Centaurs;
(positions still open for round 3)
Current status, 2008-Nov-12:
  • Core page renderer (100%)
  • Core admin system (100%)
  • BBCode parser (100%)
  • Database subsystem (100%)
  • Security subsystem (100%)
  • Template subsystem (100%)
  • Plugin subsystem (100%)
  • Standard plugins (90%)
  • News archives (100%)
  • Comic archives (100%)
  • Custom page renderer (95%)
  • Search system (20%)
  • Admin: Comic mgt. (100%)
  • Admin: Mass import (100%)
  • Admin: News (100%)
  • Admin: Artist cmts. (100%)
  • Admin: Search (20%)
  • Admin: Custom pages (10%)
  • Admin: Site (80%)
  • Admin: Users (80%)
  • Installer (90%)
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