Exchange Site for Reading and Publication of Comics Web-Based

. This study aims to create a web-based comic reading and publishing exchange to make obtaining, reading, and publishing a comic easier. As for the background of this research, in today's modern era, when getting a comic, some people still use conventional methods, so it requires more costs, limited stock, longer time, limited storage space, and more complex maintenance and production costs— extensive distribution. Creating web-based comic reading and publication exchanges is an alternative expected to make reading comics easier and faster. Comic buyers and sellers can also easily make comic transactions because they are systemized and stored safely. Testing the reading site exchange system and web-based comic publications shows that the system has achieved the expected goals. The system can identify user roles; allows the Admin to review or confirm comics and chapters as well as manage genre and user data; provides the seller with the ability to manage data on comics, chapters, and payments; gives customers access to view a list of comics, transaction history, make purchases, and read comics; and the payment system can confirm transactions made by customers.


INTRODUCTION
In today's digital era, technological developments are increasingly rapid, and the internet has become one of the most widely used media.This makes it easier for people to access information and entertainment online.One increasingly popular form of entertainment is comics or comic books.Many people love to read comics, but finding a place that provides complete and up-to-date reading is challenging.According to (Subroto et al., 2020), comics are collections of images arranged in a sequence that is connected in a frame and reveals characters packaged in the story to increase the reader's imagination.
The problem arises when some people still use conventional reading and getting a comic.This method can require more costs, limited stock, longer time, limited storage space, and more difficult maintenance.Then, the obstacle faced by comic writers is the expensive cost of publishing their works physically.Conventional comic publication requires large production and distribution costs, thus making publication costs expensive.According to (Nugrohoadhi & Uajy, 2017), the publication is a means.Convey information that is expected to contribute positively to the development of scientific insight for someone.Therefore, the author will create a Web-Based Comic Reading and Publication Site Exchange application to save costs, time efficiency, and stock that is always available, without the need to think about limited storage space and maintenance and provide a place for comic creators to publish their works online at a lower cost.
In addition, the site serves as an interactive exchange that connects comic creators and readers in an online ecosystem.This exchange has a more modern and efficient comic buying and selling transaction activity.The creators of comics can put their works into this platform and set prices accordingly.On the other hand, readers can easily browse the catalog of available comics, select comics that interest them, and make purchases through digital payment systems.
According to (Suyono, 2018), Bursa is a highly organized market that brings buyers and sellers together without them knowing who their counterparties are.The exchange (primarily) houses trading in securities, commodities, currencies, futures contracts, and buy/sell rights contracts.An exchange brings buyers and sellers together without knowing who their counterparty is.
This platform opens up new opportunities in the comic publication industry in Indonesia.This is a step towards digital transformation in the form of publication, bringing greater convenience, efficiency, and accessibility to readers and comic creators.This system is expected to make it easier for comic readers to get, read, and publish a comic and raise the enthusiasm of comic creators to create new works and publish them.

Application Use
Comic Reading Page In the picture above displays Comic chapter reading page, this page will appear and can be accessed by Customers when this comic is free or this comic is paid and has been purchased.

Manage Comics Data page
The manage comics page is a page where the Vendor manages comics in the system, on this page all comics sold by the Vendor are displayed and there is an action button on the page, namely add, change and delete comic data.The manage comics page can be seen in figure 2 below:  The checkout page is the Customer page to make transactions by writing personal details and choosing a payment method.The checkout page can be seen in figure 29 below:  This payment detail page is used by the Customer to be able to see the details of transactions that have been made and make transactions by entering the virtual account number into the virtual account payment gateway which will also be confirmed by the payment gateway.The order details page can be seen in figure 7 below:   what is expected.The test results can be seen in figure 9.In testing the id of test case 30, testing added comic data by entering data on title, author, synopsis, genre, status, price, type and comic cover.Then the test result of test case id 30 is in accordance with what is expected.The test results can be seen in figure 35.The test results can be seen in figure 12.

Summary of Test Results
Tests conducted on web-based comic reading and publication sites can result in conclusions that this system is in accordance with the expected results, namely: 1) The system can identify user roles and redirect to pages according to their roles.
2) Admin can review or confirm comics and chapters before publication as well as manage user and genre data.
3) Vendors can manage comic data, chapter data and payment data.
4) Customers can see the list of available comics, transaction history, purchase comics and read comics.

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Payment gateway can confirm transactions made by the Customer.Functionally the system can produce the expected output.

CONCLUSION
Based on the description in the previous chapters, the conclusions that the author can draw, namely: 1.The exchange of web-based comic reading and publication sites that have been created can overcome several problems: requires more costs, limited stock, longer time, limited storage space, more complex maintenance, and expensive production and distribution costs.

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Figure 1.Comic Reading Page

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Figure 2. Manage Comics Data page

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Figure 4 Checkout Page

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Figure 5 Comic data confirmation page

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Figure 7 Payment details page

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Figure 9. Test Results Test Case ID 05

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Figure 11.Test Results Test Case ID 47

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Figure 12.Test Case ID Test Results 35

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Figure 13 Test Results Test Case ID 41

Table 1 .
Test Results Test Case ID 03 Project Name: Comics Reading and Publication Site Exchange Test Case ID: 03 Test Designed by: Muhamad Iksan Test Priority (Low/Medium/High): High Test Designed Date: 13-08-2023 Module Name: Reading Comics Test Executed by: Muhamad Iksan Test Title: Read Comics FreeTest Executable date: 13-08-2023 Description: Testing access to the comic reading page Actor: Customer Initial Condition: Customer has logged inFigure 8. Test Results Test Case ID 03 In test case id test 03, a free comic reading test was carried out by the Customer by opening the free comic detail page, select one chapter and press the chapter button.Then the test result of test case id 03 is in accordance with what is expected.The test results can be seen in figure 33.Reading Paid Comics Already Made a Purchase

Table 2 .
Test Results Test Case ID 05

05 Test Designed by: Muhamad Iksan
Customer has logged in and has made a purchase Test Priority (Low/Medium/High): High Test Designed date: 13-08-2023 Module Name: Reading comics Test Executed by: Muhamad Iksan Test Title: Reading paid comics already Test Executed date: 13-08-2023 Make a purchase Description: Testing access to the comic reading page Actor : Customer Initial Condition:

Table 3
Test Results Test Case ID 30

13-08-2023 Module Name: Add comic data Test Executed by
: Muhamad Iksan Test Title: Add data correctlyTest Executed date: 13-08-2023 Description: Testing manage comics data Actor: Vendor Initial Condition: The vendor has logged in Figure 10 Test Results Test Case ID 30

Table 4
Test Results Test Case ID 47 Project Name: Comics Reading and Publication Site Exchange Test Case ID: 47 Test Designed by: Muhamad Iksan Test Priority (Low/Medium/High): High Test Designed date: 13-08-2023 Module Name: Comic transaction Test Executed by: Muhamad Iksan Test Title: Properly Transactioncomics Test Executed date: 13-08-2023 Description: Testing manage transaction data Actor: Customer Initial Condition: Customer has logged in

Table 5
Test Results Test Case ID 35

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Test Results Test Case ID 41