Website Updates, and what we need from YOU to help out!

Hello there IWC!

As we are trying to actively involve and inform the community of our progress, here is the current status and information about our upcoming web presence!

First off, a little bit of backtracking to help understand where we were, where we are, and where we are hoping to get to.

As many of you know, the original founders had attempted to hire some "professionals" to build and create a fully functional e-commerce website and platform for us. However, when the time came to deliver the website they tried to pass off a half-completed open source theme for a run-of-the-mill ecommerce site as their own, and tried to pull a fast one. In addition, they offered no solutions as to both the distribution/viewing of the comics and cross-platform functionality, in addition to presenting unreasonably priced suggestions for added features and functions.

Needless to say, that avenue was abandoned.

Instead, we are testing several different (and hopefully better) website and ecommerce solutions. Members are be asked to please bear with us, because it will be some more time before a fully-functional website is up and running.

As I am taking over the responsibilites associated with the creation and implementation of the website, please feel free to PM or email me with any questions, comments, concerns, or if you're looking to lend a hand with anything. I will be posting updates here when I get a chance to. I am hoping that I will have a bare-bones site to check out within the next few weeks.

As it stands right now, the option that is looking the most promising is a scalable Wordpress-built site powered by an ecommerce plateform (probably woocommerce), with the comics being viewed by an integrated cross-platform viewer that would be behind a paywall linked to the user's account. We are hoping to integrate a comic viewer rather than try to sell the comics in a downloadable form (such as a locked PDF or something similar).

Please be patient! It's a work in progress! Needless to say, it is going to take some time.

All that being said, I need some help from the community to get this thing going!

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Here's what I need from everyone... thanks in advance!

Comic Creators

1. Title of Comic
2. Name of Creators (everyone who worked on it, including editors and covers)
3. Issue #
4. Short Summary (1-2 paragraphs) about the current issue PLOT OF ISSUE (basically this will be used to sell the issue of the comic. The "about" of the issue)
5. Longer Summary (2-3 paragraphs) about the series as a whole THE PREMISE OF THE COMIC (a longer summary of the comic - who the hero is; the storyline; any relevant information. What people are going to see when they click on your series).
6. Type of comic from these choices: One-Off; Mini-Series; Ongoing Series; Graphic Novel; Webcomic)
7. Length of comic in # of pages.
8. Color or Black & White
9. Proposed comic rating (these may change, but for now just a general idea). Since there is no real comic rating standard, I have combined Marvel's and DC's to make our own. As follows: <E - EVERYONE> Appropriate for readers of all ages. May contain cartoon violence and/or some comic mischief. No profanity or suggestive/sexual themes. Safe for all. <Y - Young Teen> Appropriate for readers age 12 and older. May contain mild violence, language and/or suggestive themes - parents are advised that they might want to read before or with younger children. <T - Adolescent Teen> Appropriate for readers age 15 and older. May contain moderate violence, mild profanity, graphic imagery and/or suggestive themes. Featuring more mature themes and/or more graphic imagery than the <Y> category. <M - MATURE> Appropriate for readers age 18 and older. May contain intense violence, extensive profanity, nudity, sexual themes and other content suitable only for older readers.
10. Your Contact information in as many forms as you would like.
11. Your Cover Art (if you have it)
12. Any Concept or Related artwork you wish to have associated with your title.
13. Any other information or artwork you wish to be displayed with your title.
14. How regular your series will be (if applicable)
15. When you expect the current issue to be ready

Artists and Graphic Designers

I need some stuff to help with the website! Not sure how much of it I will end up using, but I need some stuff designed to help out with things. Thanks in advance!

1. A header banner for the top of the site. Something with the text centered and the image landscaped. Basically it will be the first thing people will see when they view our site. A "Welcome to Infinite World Comics!" Banner -- or something similar. You have free reign to design and create something awesome. Make sure it pops out, and make sure it relays we are a comic company. Perhaps something in an explosion balloon or speech bubble. Added extra internet points if you make a corresponding background for the website (nothing that too distracting or will interfere with text).
2. A new logo. Something that is small, concise, and easily recognizable. IWC, or Infinite World Comics, or some amalgamation of the two. It cannot be too cluttered, or clunky, as it will be our logo on all of our stuff. Good luck!
3. Smaller pop art for the website. By this I mean things like explosion balloons, speech bubbles, superheroes in different poses (that text can be superimposed or added next to later) - anything that could be useful to a comic-book digital studio website. Free to use or self-created stuff only please; do not steal copyrighted or unusable stuff.
4. There will an image that will be a "what exactly is IWC" clickable link, that will take new users to a primer page on us. A cool image that I can put some text on would work well.

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Thats about all I can think of at this time. As I said before, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. I'll be happy to answer anything to the best of my ability. And once again - thank you for bearing with us.

I will update this thread with progress as it happens.

Thanks again!