What is CMXpress?

CMXpress is a powerful, sophisticated, open-source software package for managing a webcomic. It is currently in development and not yet available to the general public.

Who uses CMXpress?

Lots of your favorite webcomics! The Wotch, El Goonish Shive, MSF High, Crossworlds, and Cheer!, among others!

What does CMXpress offer?

• 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
• Flexible site style templates/skins
• Advanced plugin architecture
• Custom pages with site's template
• Extensible admin system
• Visitor tracking and logging
• Menu & link management
• Advertisement management
• Donation management
• API documentation
• Open-source BSD license

What does CMXpress require?

Your server: A Un*x (Linux) host, Apache 1.2+, PHP 4.3+, MySQL 4.0+.

Admins: 1024x768 screen & a modern browser (IE 7.0+, Firefox 2.0+, Opera 9.0+, Safari 3.1+)

Visitors: No minimum requirements