Holo OP

Holo OP 2 years ago



Site usage has been increasing significantly over the past month (a 20% increase vs the previous month), so we're probably going to be looking at server upgrades again in the near future. Our anniversary is coming up soon, and I will be providing detailed activity reports then.



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Holo Today's new feature is the addition of an image gallery for manga volumes. Any logged in user can upload a cover image! (Contact staff via the reporting function if you want to replace an image). For an example, see https://mangadex.org/title/15553/tensei-shitara-slime-datta-ken/covers/ Site usage has been increasing significantly over the past month (a 20% increase vs the previous month), so we're probably going to be looking at server upgrades again in the near future. Our anniversary is coming up soon, and I will be providing detailed activity reports then.Thanks to everyone who have supported us. Please visit here if you would like to do so!Merry Christmas!Holo

teriguu

teriguu 2 years ago Awesome feature guys but... you sure this feature won’t be abused? Shouldn’ uploading be limited to editors only? Who knows what else people will upload...

orochijes

orochijes 2 years ago You may already be aware, but the "upload cover" button currently just takes you to a login screen, even if you are already logged in.

AthK

AthK 2 years ago Really good feature



In the next update if possible consider adding a feature to create our own manga list (like plan to read, dropped, etc. that you have already provided). I wanted add list like favourites, consider re-reading, etc.

Thanks anyway.

orochijes

orochijes 2 years ago The button works now, but when I select a file it doesn't seem to get uploaded and clicking save doesn't seem to do anything without a file. Also, is putting a single integer like 1 or 2 fine for the Volume field?



For your info, the cover I chose has size 1.25 MB and has dimensions 1001x1425 px. Are this cover's properties okay?

Plykiya

Developer Plykiya 2 years ago



https://mangadex.org/title/718/akb49-renai-kinshi-jourei/covers/ I did 20-30 crossdressing series in an hour or so, was fun

karappo

karappo 2 years ago Site usage has been increasing significantly over the past month (a 20% increase vs the previous month), so we're probably going to be looking at server upgrades again in the near future. Our anniversary is coming up soon, and I will be providing detailed activity reports then.



I'm quite curious as to how you guys were able to scale that much traffic. Do you happen to use containers in your infrastructure? It would be great if you could share with us the technical challenges that comes into running MangaDex under the hood. I'm quite curious as to how you guys were able to scale that much traffic. Do you happen to use containers in your infrastructure? It would be great if you could share with us the technical challenges that comes into running MangaDex under the hood.

Zonko

Zonko 2 years ago Thanks for this feature! Just a heads up: I found some covers and back covers on Comic Vine! You just need to resize them to 1000 px and they are good to go :)

orochijes

orochijes 2 years ago So it's working for all of you huh? I've tried multiple different sizes, switching between png and jpg, and using different browsers. It still never uploads for me.

Plykiya

Developer Plykiya 2 years ago



@ Zonko If you let us know which manga it is, we can replace the previously uploaded covers with higher res versions. Orochijes Try clearing cookies/cache for MangaDex and see if that helps. Make sure the series you're trying to edit isn't locked as well. ago by Last edited 2 yearsby Plykiya

FRESH

FRESH 2 years ago

Great addition by the way, thanks for all the work. Any way you can just take the current cover database at https://mcd.iosphe.re/ ? Also worth suggesting from that site, they separate covers depending on releases, since there are some manga that are re-published at one point, or simply from another country. Would be cool to be able to separate those, like so https://mcd.iosphe.re/manga/1395/. Great addition by the way, thanks for all the work.

Tenshi_Hana

Tenshi_Hana 2 years ago I was wondering what this about since i didn't read the announcement

Thank u so much guys

St0rmFury

St0rmFury 2 years ago Will the page update immediately? I uploaded a couple of covers for Domestic Na Kanojo and it's still doesn't show anything.

Harry_Dong

Harry_Dong 2 years ago



But... Spoiler



...what about duplicates of the same cover? Would they both/all be allowed if:

- exact same image, but they look different enough, neither better than the other (i.e. scanned by two different sources...Because for some really older series, a digital version might not exist, only the scanned ones with varying degrees of quality.

- the tankobon covers vs magazine covers which usually look very different.

- Special edition/exclusive/alternate covers from different retailers, such as the case with

- Covers from various country's region-specific versions, or different language covers.

- Reprints from different publishers, or even the same publisher but different covers (i.e. anniversary editions).

- And finally, collected omnibus covers usually 3 or more volumes in 1.



...and all that is just concerning the same volume cover number.



And what about back covers (usually with the spine and inner lip of the book's dust jacket), if they're available...or do you just want the front covers only?



If a volume cover does have multiple different versions (i.e. magazine vs tankobon, or otherwise) then it'd be neat to have that thumbnail in a stack, so clicking it would reveal more versions.



That ends my tangent rambling. Bottom line: the is a great and very welcomed additional feature. Thank you very much. Awesome. I've always wanted to know what past covers of a series looked like, but didn't have the time/patience to search for the best looking image online. I tested it with the series that I'm working on, and it's fantastic. Feels a lot more whole now...But......what about duplicates of the same cover? Would they both/all be allowed if:- exact same image, but they look different enough, neither better than the other (i.e. scanned by two different sources...Because for some really older series, a digital version might not exist, only the scanned ones with varying degrees of quality.- the tankobon covers vs magazine covers which usually look very different.- Special edition/exclusive/alternate covers from different retailers, such as the case with Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun volume 10.- Covers from various country's region-specific versions, or different language covers.- Reprints from different publishers, or even the same publisher but different covers (i.e. anniversary editions).- And finally, collected omnibus covers usually 3 or more volumes in 1....and all that is just concerning the same volume cover number.And what about back covers (usually with the spine and inner lip of the book's dust jacket), if they're available...or do you just want the front covers only?If a volume cover does have multiple different versions (i.e. magazine vs tankobon, or otherwise) then it'd be neat to have that thumbnail in a stack, so clicking it would reveal more versions.That ends my tangent rambling. Bottom line: the is a great and very welcomed additional feature. Thank you very much. ago by Last edited 2 yearsby Harry_Dong