Here's the deal/an update on things:

- New strips start on the 10th. Despite all the time I've had, I've only managed to get four done and dusted. Let's just say that trying to work through things only works for so long before you just... Don't. -.-

- The site's code is still being actively tweaked. Thanks to the actions of a certain "Stable Genius", I had to nix my live Twitter feed. Depending on his actions going forward, I'm not sure how long I'm going to keep promoting the strip on his website. I have been using the myriad of contenders but I still haven't made any accounts dedicated to the strip like I have with the SillyVamp Twitter account at any of them (yet).

- Some good changes are coming to Patreon! They did something very good recently. They added a function called "Collections". This is effectively Folders for stuff. This makes finding and placing items WAY Easier than trying to navigate things by just using tags. I'm currently working on some icons for the Collections I've made so far.

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I think that's a good enough update for now. There's a lot I want to say but most of it is kinda' just me complaining about things that are out of the control of damn near everyone reading this. I will say that I am planning on taking steps to alleviate certain... "issues"... that are affecting artists like myself. That's partly why the new strips are starting next week despite being ready to go now.

I'm also planning on taking the time going forward to update the archive with the versions of the strips found in the books. As you may know, I like to redo the text in the older strips when I pull them together for a new Volume. It's satisfies the want to redo everything without sending me down that dark road like it has so many other cartoonists in the past. Also, it makes read better than what's currently live. Always a good thing.

I'll make little announcements when I've fixed strips. And I have them all at the devArt mirror so you can still read the pure uncut strips with word balloons hastily typed up at 4am if you want. = )

I'm off to stretch and maybe make some tithes to Monster Girl Eris in Destiny 2 before I crash for the night.

Remember: Stay Safe. Wear a Mask. Get vaccinated if you can. Get a booster if you're already good on all that. And remember to keep your head up.

'Till next time! = )

Like the little message on the current strip says, I Think I'm ready to start in on the artwork and whatnot for the next Story Bit. What's not mentioned (as it'd have taken up too much space otherwise) is I plan on running some of my older Story Bits while I'm working on the new one. The ultimate advantage of having a comic old enough to drive is all this precious "Content" most new readers have probably never seen.

First up: No, I won't be reposting my back catalog as "New" comics so don't worry if you're an RSS only person.

I'm not going to blast your feeds with a firehose of old strips. That'd be devastating to my archive. What I Am going to do is resume doing the weekly updates like the newsletter and the various social media places that still function after today with what I call 'Classic Biff' strips.

It's more or less just the same as I always roll but with links to an older Story Bit that I think fits in well with what's to come.

How long will this last? Well, until I'm good and ready to drop the new strips and/or after I finish posting links to those older Story Bits. Although I'm not an exceptionally big fan of reruns, I'm even less of a fan of either completely dead air or cutting a story off before its done. = )

As for the briefly mentioned code stuff...

- I found an issue with how the updated code did Titles. Turns out, I forgot to mess with the amount of characters webcomicConfig's scripts used to both change the number of titles and add new ones onto the list that is the Titles file. After A LOT of trial and error, I got to where I need it and it's back to working correctly.

- I found that I forgot to change where the newsposts were placed after they were created. Instead of them going into the User's dedicated News folder, it just dropped them in the site's Main folder. They were thankfully still formatted correctly so a quick update placed them where they needed to be.

- I have yet to find a WYSIWYG-style way of making posts that I both like and that I can safely drop into the webcomicConfig Revive files so... still no HTML in newsposts.

I know that last bit seems trivial to some but it helps to be able to add pics or drop links or embed videos when you have links to stuff/pics you've drawn/videos you've made that you'd like to share with your readers. Doing it safely so as to mitigate random XSS attacks if/when an uninterested party gets into the Admin stuff (or just making sure the average cartoonist running this stuff later can do it with the least amount of extra coding knowledge) is my goal.

It is currently kinda' humid and a little hot here at the House of Amill. Not as bad as elsewhere at the moment (thankfully) but still a slightly sticky situation. -.-

I'm off to eat, stretch and then check out how I might implement some BBCode stuff on the backend. I also need to finally get off my butt and properly update the functional code here to what I've got so far. I'll keep folks posted with those results... you know, assuming things don't absolutely break for a while. Then Anyone visiting will know I done goofed.

Remember: Stay Safe. Wear a Mask. Get vaccinated if you can. Get a booster if you're already good on all that. And remember to keep your head up.

'Till next time! = )