A:PANEL FLOW is a customizable flash CMS to manage your webcomic on your own website without a too much setup hassle.

A:PANEL FLOW can be set up in just a couple steps. First you'll need to download the install package, HERE. You will need to be a registered Panel Flow user to download. You can sign up for a free account HERE . After you've got your account, simply upload the contents of the zip package to the desired directory on your server. Yes, you will need your own hosting that supports PHP to use this.

A:PANEL FLOW is free for the standard edition, which gives you most of the features you need to just run a webcomic on your site. You can see the feature difference here. The pro edition costs $10 which unlocks the reader to syndicate and adds several new features such as a Character creator and a downloads section. Other premium modules will be available to Pro customers at a cut rate as they come out as well.

A:Yes, Panel Flow is designed to run on your own website so you can benefit from the traffic and start selling ads if your comic becomes popular. If you do not have a hosting solution, we will be offering a Hosting solution in the near future for a very cheap and easy rate. Though our advice for anyone wanting to give their comics a more professional set up, is to get your own domain and hosting package. It's cheap these days and if you're comic takes off, then you've already got the domain.

A:Any hosting that supports PHP4 will work fine.

A:NO, you do not need a database to use Panel Flow on your site. It's all XML driven with exception of the userdatabse and commenting database which is central on Panel Flow. So you can log in and comment on any comic using the Panel Fflow system.

A:Customizing the look of your comic site is easy with Panel Flow. Through the admin interface you can control the reader's colors and image header. If you know HTML making changes to the layout is easy as well. Panel Flow can be used for any type page or layout. The smallest the movie player gets is 550 wide due to the the width of the control bar in the flash reader.

A:Yes, on the pro edition of Panel Flow you can enter up to 3 emails for assistants to help manage your comic. They all have to be registered Panel Flow users.

A:Yes, you can set pages as chapters which will put all the pages after the chapter a page in that chapter. You can also move pages around if you need to without having to delete and reupdate the page.

A:Yes! As soon as you start getting traffic, we will track it for you and display all your stats under your comic profile here on Panel Flow. A bar graph breaks down your traffic day by day to track the success of your comic.

A:From inside the admin system you can copy an embed code that willl let you embed your comic to any site that allows HTML, from blogs to other comic hosts like Drunk Duck. The latest page will always be displayed in the reader, and the reader clicks through to read other pages on your own site.

A:This site is nothing more than a directory of all the comics using the Panel Flow system. Your comic will sync up to our server when you change your comic so all the information is always up to date. Readers can see the credits on your comic and vote for your comic on Panel Flow. All reading will be done on your own server.

A:If you come across a bug using Panel Flow, please check to make sure it's not already listed here. If not, then send us an email through our contact form here.