README

A manga, webtoon and comics library and reader for Flarum 2.

• Series with a cover, other names, format (manga, manhwa, manhua, webtoon, comic), status, a content rating, genres and the details your forum asks for (author, artist, year…).
• Chapters from uploaded pages or one .cbz / .zip, or a link to where the chapter is officially hosted. Pages are re-encoded to WebP at 720, 1080 and 1600 px wide (which strips location and camera data), and very tall webtoon strips are cut into seamless segments.
• A reader built for phones first: a vertical strip for webtoons, page by page left to right, and right to left for manga, with two-page spreads on wide screens, keyboard, swipe and tap zones, Data saver, and your place saved on every device.
• Libraries and follows: Reading, Plan to read, On hold, Completed and Dropped shelves, "Continue reading", unread counts, and one notification per release.
• A real discussion for every chapter, in the tag you choose.
• Age gating: Mature series are blurred until a member confirms they're 18+. Explicit is off unless you turn it on.
• Copyright: a claim form anyone can file, a moderation queue, counter-notices, strikes for repeat uploaders, and a check that holds re-uploads of removed chapters.
• Widgets for FoF Widgets (and Bespoke's zones) and Page Builder: New chapters, Continue reading, Trending, Series spotlight and Library stats.
• Optional: Kiosk (paid chapters and series, early access), Renown (XP for publishing and finishing chapters), Spoiler Shield (chapter talk blurred past each member's place).

All the series in these pictures are made up for the demo, with art drawn for it.

Install

composer require ernestdefoe/panels
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear

Then, in the admin: pick a tag for chapter discussions, grant "Start series and upload chapters" to a group (moderators have it by default), and fill in your copyright agent's details. Scheduled releases and notifications need Flarum's scheduler (php flarum schedule:run every minute); without it, they run at most once a minute when someone browses the library.

nginx (optional)

Private pages (Mature, paid, scheduled) are sent by PHP. To let nginx send them instead, add an internal location and choose "nginx" in the settings:

location /panels-private/ {
    internal;
    alias /path/to/flarum/storage/panels/;
}

Update

composer update ernestdefoe/panels
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear

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