MCWildcat from the chat honks for Cat Nine’s honor. HOOOOONK.
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Public Enemy No. 1
If you have a WordPress website and using cPanel, be careful of HotLink Protection. It caused the mess earlier this morning, preventing everyone from loading or displaying any images, even on the website itself.
No images is disastrous in a web comic and since I lack the technical skills beyond HTML and CSS, I panicked a little to be honest… The tech support for my webhost was also a little unhelpful. At least I had my backups just in case I couldn’t fix it.
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It seems there’s still an unfixed bug with cPanel’s HotLink Protection. Even if you disable it in the HotLink Protection page, it doesn’t seem to work. Apparently, HotLink Protection adds something to all the .htaccess files in your website directory.
How to fix this
1. Find and download all your .htaccess files in the public_html folder. If you have another website/subdomain, include them too.
2. Open them and look for something like this. In my case, I found it at the bottom.
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ ^.* [R,NC]
3. Remove them, and then save your .htaccess files.
4. Upload your .htaccess files to wherever you found them.
5. Don’t use HotLink Protection anymore, and don’t open it up in cPanel.
Hope this helped someone else if they encounter this problem!
Don’t know what’s going on, but it seems most if not all the images in the site are broken… including the comics. Trying to fix it as soon as I can!
- 3:36 AM: Okay, managed to fix it, I think. Can anyone check?
- 1:51 PM: Finished checking all of the comics. Running smoothly now, whew.
- 2:17 PM:Â Almost forgot about old/Classic Cat Nine. Fixed it over there too.
Copy-paste from my post in the Comic Fury forums
All this sitting around drawing, writing, coloring, etc. Yeah, it’s not good for your health. Even more so if your hobbies also involve a lot of sitting around (video games, reading, surfing, Facebook, etc).
So I just want to say to everybody, maybe take a walk, stretch a little, or even better, plan a regular exercise schedule! Just so you won’t encounter into any health problems later on. Mind you, I’m still a beginner at exercise, but boy do I feel great! Aaaand losing a bit of weight, and gaining some muscle certainly doesn’t hurt.
Welp, good luck to everyone on their comic, and stay healthy!
Polykarbon Tutorials!
Oh this takes me back – there weren’t that many tutorials available on the Internet back then! His tutorials helped me a long time ago when I absolutely have no idea how to draw in anime/manga style yet.
It’s extremely outdated and some of the pages aren’t working anymore, but you can probably still learn something from these. It’s got some basic anime figure drawing, and coloring/special effects in Photoshop (really old version).
Let’s see if I can find that other old site where I learned to draw manga… all I remember is a blue header, with a cat girl on it. Can anyone else recall it?
Halloween 2015 is almost upon us, and that means I’m gonna make a new header again just like last year. It’s not a “thing” yet, but I’ve decided that it should be, so look forward to this every year from now on – and I might even make some artwork for them and post it here. So yeah, if you’ve have any ideas/suggestions for their costumes, please leave a comment, tweet, etc.!
Ideas so far:
- Me:Â
I want something cool, and Myan “dressed-up” as another catgirl character, like Felicia or Taokaka. Maybe characters in a show, like Mystery Inc. (Scooby-Doo)?Undertale! - gudenau: Fiora, Shulk, Dunban and Sharla from Xenoblade Chronicles
- oStaiko: Myan as Keith
- man in black:Â Go with a theme for all of them
- BlueMario:  Redraw the old old costumes for the banner. Like the Cruz Missile and those (here are the ones for Myan, Keith, and Tammy)
- David Nuttall:Â Myan as the Cowardly Lion, Tammy as Dorothy, Keith as the Scarecrow and the Cruz as the Tin Man. Or Justice League.
- CuteManabi: Sailor Moon cosplay. Keith as Tuxedo Kamen, the rest as Sailor Senshi. (Your pick which is which.) I just think it’d be funny that Cruz is forced to cosplay as a girl.
- Remara:Â everyone dressed as food with Keith as a burger Myan as fish Blondie as idk pizza? and the girl as a chicken leg
Finished a commission: Elias Conallson
on August 22, 2015Posted In: Lazylonewolf's Art, Commissions and others
Hey there everyone, I’m participating in Topwebcomic.com’s FFXIV art contest. Here’s your chance to show your support by voting daily until it ends this July 24th! You can click on the pic above or here to see to vote and see the artwork. Thank you everybody!
As I mentioned, I’m experimenting with responsive design for the HD and/or mobile version of Cat Nine. After playing around with it for a while, I kinda want to apply it to the main site, if it’s ok with you guys. So far, I’ve only tested it with page 85. For now, the comic image is the only thing that adjusts since redesigning the whole layout is too much work. What do you guys think? Poll below! ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Currently done:
- Removed “Gallery” link from the menu. I don’t think anyone checks that out anyway, plus I do have my deviantArt account for that.
- Added bookmark widget. Tag/bookmark a page, so you can go back to it later! It will only work on the same device however. I might remove this if isn’t used much.
- Added page numbers to comic titles. Much easier searching using the search feature and the archives.
- Added notes in the rant section to certain comics. Who knows, it might be interesting.
- Added alt-text to all comics. If you don’t know what alt-text is, it’s that thing that pops-up if you mouse over an image, or as a replacement for the image. Just some extra fun.
- Optimized the website, all comic images, and some other images in the website. Smaller size, faster browsing!
So you’re done making a page for your webcomic, great! Now you just have to export and upload it. You have various image file formats to choose from when exporting your comic; but the question here is, which one is the best? Don’t worry, we won’t get technical! ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thinking of updating the banner for this year’s Halloween. Anyone got a costume in mind for the characters?
Out with the old, eh?
A lot of hobbies can be done for free, but does that include making webcomics? Excluding expenses like electricity and internet access, I’d say the bare minimum is a computer, but of course, even that can be free in a way. For most people, here’s what you can expect to spend on if you’re planning to start a webcomic. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For some reason, people neglect the “web” part of webcomics. Don’t! I understand it isn’t as fun as working on the comic, but it should be considered an important part of the webcomic itself! Think of your favorite comic book or graphic novel(if any), you wouldn’t have bought it if the packaging’s crappy, right? Web design doesn’t have to be hard, that is, if you follow these tips. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Things to consider when starting a webcomic
So, you decided to start a webcomic huh? I can hazard a guess on why you started one:
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- Like, oh my god, you’re a real fan of that show/series/movie, fan comic;
- Want to start on the comic industry;
- Cause you’re bored;
- Cause it’s fun;
- Money;
- As practice.
Whatever the reason you decided to start a webcomic, the important thing is, do you really have the time, energy and patience for it? Webcomics might seem easy, but it’s a lot of work. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So you’ve decided to start a webcomic but don’t have the money or not willing to spend at all? Here are the top 4 best free webcomic hosting sites that will host your webcomic for free, no ifs and no buts about it. You may want to read this before starting a webcomic though. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…