=== Advanced Author Bio ===
Contributors: itsabhik
Donate link: http://www.itsabhik.com/partners/advertise-on-itsabhik/
Tags: Author, Author Bio, Author Profile, Profile, Author Description
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 3.4.2
Stable tag: 3.1

Adds a short author bio after every single post on your blog. Also, enables HTML formatting tags in author description and adds Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, StumbleUpon and Yahoo field in author's profile. 

== Description ==

Advanced Author Bio automatically adds a short author bio box along with gravatar and social profile links in every single post of your blog. That isn't all, it also:

* Enables the HTML formatting in author description field

* Adds Facebook profile field in author profile setup page

* Adds Google+ profile field in author profile setup page

* Adds Twitter profile field in author profile setup page

* Adds LinkedIn profile field in author profile setup page

* Adds Pinterest, YouTube, Flickr and StumbleUpon field in author profile setup page (Plugin Version 3.0 onwards)

* Shows the Social Profile link only if the field is populated. (Added on version 2.0, thanks to [viwickam](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/viwickam))

* Shows the Website if any Hompage URL is set at profile. (Added on version 2.0)

* Highly customizable author bio box (Needs the editing of supplied Stylesheet file).

* Shows the Author's profile image from Gravatar depending on the author's email.

A must have plugin for Multi Author Blogs.

Here is a live demo on my <a href="http://www.itsabhik.com/advanced-author-bio-wordpress-plugin/">Plugin Homepage</a>. If you are find my plugins useful, add me in your circles on <a href="https://plus.google.com/106671843900352433725?rel=author">Google +</a>. Don't forget to visit my blog <a href="http://www.itsabhik.com">ItsAbhikDotCom</a>.

== Installation ==

Installing and customizing is easy, just follow these simple steps:

1. Upload 'advanced-author-bio' folder and all it's contents to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory.
1. Activate the plugin 'Advanced Author Bio' through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
1. Customize the 'look and feel' of the author bio box by editing the values in 'aabstyle.css'

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Why I can't see any Options Page =

It's not yet added. However, if you go to Edit Profile page of the author, you will see four new Contact Methods are added.

= How do I show the Advanced Author Bio in Pages? =

Remove the '*&& !is_page()*' from '*advanced-author-bio.php*' at line 61.

== Screenshots ==

1. Sample Author Bio Box
2. Added Contact Methods

== Changelog ==

= 1.5 =
* Intro Version

= 1.6 =
* Fixed a small bug

= 1.7 =
* No Changes

= 1.8 =
* Screenshot Added
* Highlight Author Comments if enabled from CSS

= 2.0 =
* Small Bug Fixes
* A new feature

= 3.0 =
* Complete New Look
* Added Social Media Icons
* Added New Social Media Sites

= 3.1 =
* Fixed a minor bug.

== Upgrade Notice ==
* Follow the Standard Procedure