🎨 manage comics via yaml files

comics_data.py

@@ -97,34 +97,17 @@ EMBED_ENABLED = True
 # When enabled, users can easily copy a direct link to the current comic
 PERMALINK_ENABLED = True
 
-COMICS = [
-    {
-        'number': 1,
-        'title': 'First Comic',
-        'filename': 'comic-001.jpg',
-        'mobile_filename': 'comic-001-mobile.jpg',  # Optional: mobile version of the comic
-        'date': '2025-01-01',
-        'alt_text': 'The very first comic',
-        'author_note': 'This is where your comic journey begins!',
-        'author_note_md': '2025-01-01.md',  # Optional: use markdown from content/author_notes/2025-01-01.md (overrides author_note)
-        'full_width': True,  # Optional: override FULL_WIDTH_DEFAULT for this comic
-        'plain': True,  # Optional: override PLAIN_DEFAULT for this comic
-        'section': 'Chapter 1: The Beginning',  # Optional: start a new section on archive page
-    },
-    {
-        'number': 2,
-        'filename': 'comic-002.jpg',
-        'date': '2025-01-08',
-        'alt_text': 'The second comic',
-        'full_width': True,
-        'plain': True,
-    },
-    {
-        'number': 3,
-        'title': 'Third Comic',
-        'filename': 'comic-003.jpg',
-        'date': '2025-01-15',
-        'alt_text': 'The third comic',
-        'author_note': 'Things are getting interesting!',
-    },
-]
+# Load comics from YAML files
+from data_loader import load_comics_from_yaml, validate_comics
+
+COMICS = load_comics_from_yaml('data/comics')
+
+# Validate loaded comics
+if not validate_comics(COMICS):
+    print("Warning: Comic validation failed. Please check your YAML files.")
+
+# Show loaded comics count
+if COMICS:
+    print(f"Loaded {len(COMICS)} comics from data/comics/")
+else:
+    print("Warning: No comics loaded! Please add .yaml files to data/comics/")