Welcome to the Planescape: Metamorphosis website! 

The webcomic is not up yet, but I plan to begin releasing it starting in late May or early June 2009!  Right now, I’m in the end of semester throes, so I’m too busy to actively work on pages.  In the meantime, I am updating the site with character information and pictures.   So while you’re here, why not take a look around, especially at the Cast List and the Gallery!

If you’re not sure what Planescape is or what to expect from an adventure story that takes place in the setting, I’m working on a page that helps explain it all.  In the meantime, you can hop on over Planewalker, the official Planescape website.  Their Planescape Campaign Setting files are a lot to read for a newcomer, but will help you better understand the myriad worlds that Qul and his companions travel through.  Don’t worry, though.  I am working on a shorter and more concise description of the Planescape setting for old fans and new visitors alike.

I’m still working a little bit on this site, so you can expect new parts to pop up and old parts to disappear.  I’ve never actively worked with WordPress before, so this has been a learning experience.  However, I’m pleased with how easy it is to set up and how straightforward most of the PHP and HTML templates are to edit.  I look forward to continuing work with this CMS for the comic.

I haven’t decided yet on an update schedule, but I’m probably going to run twice a week.  Tentatively, I’m considering Sunday/Wednesday or Monday/Thursday.  I might shift the schedule around during the summer until I find something that fits with both my work schedule and my real life.

Meanwhile, stay tuned for changes and updates!  I will try to post to this page when I make major changes, so if you subscribe using the link at the top, you should get notifications of when I update!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy what you see!

Excellent!  I can now crosspost from here to my LJ!  This will be handy in getting updates posted at LJ so my readers there can see.

You all can ignore this post.  I just wanted to celebrate my small victory   I’ll do a more substantial update later.

All right, the semester is over and I have a whole summer ahead of me!  That means it’s time to work on the site and the comic! 

Here are some of the immediate changes in my plans:

• Add a CAPTCHA or anti-bot plugin so I can open registration and commenting without worrying about spammers.
• Finish the overall layout.  I’ll be switching to the “Graphic Novel” ComicPress setup.  This setup was just so I could find my way around the ComicPress and WordPress layouts.
• Look into a plugin that will allow me to cross-post to LJ.
• Research getting a Twitter feed.
• Add a bookmarking that’ll allow pages and posts to be linked to sites like Digg, et al.
• Look at sites and other places to advertise and spread the word.
• Work on my site SEO.

For the long term, here are some of the ideas that I’ve got.

• Look for a good forum plug-in or see if I can find a way to bridge my WordPress installation with my phpBB3 installation.
• Complete work on Ssilir: the World so people can read about the land Qul comes from
• Look at plug-ins in general, see what looks neat and could be useful what doesn’t.

I’ve decided my update schedule will be every Monday and Thursday.  These days are right after days that, even during most of the school semester, I’ll have ample time to put a page together.  I do expect occasional weeks where school will be too overwhelming for me to update the comic.  However, at least for the Fall term, this update schedule should work out.  So if you’re actually following these posts, you can expect the updates to start rolling in soon.

Finally, I will be crossposting this comic to a few other sites.  I’m looking at DrunkDuck as a possibility, and will probably also use PaperDemon.  I will also post pages to my deviantART gallery, but I will probably post them without text there.  My ultimate intent is to funnel people to this website so I can get a better estimate of how many visitors I have total, where they’re coming from, and how to better suit my site to them.  I do love Google Analytics!

That’s all for now.  I’ll hopefully be doing another site update later today, so keep an eye out.

- Kage

All right.

• Anti-bot plugin.  Check.
• LJ Crosspost plugin.  Check.
• Bookmark/Social networking plugin.  Check.
• Cast Page updated to include Lasc’s profile? Check.

Still to do:

• Work with my SEO.  Gotta make sure I’m getting the most out of that.
• Finish the layout.  This will probably have to wait until Wednesday or so.
• Look into advertising/spreading the word so I can get my name out there more.
• Look at Twitter as a means of the above.

Long-Term Projects:

• Forum plugin or phpBB3 bridge.
• Ssilir as a fantasy world.
• Browse WordPress plugins, see what’s what.

Ideas for the far future:

• Make Metamorphosis avatars for use on this site.
• Look at ways to enhance the theme.
• See how I can bring a more general audience on-board.

That’s all for today!  Time to get back to work on pages!

- Kage