=== AuthorSure ===
Contributors: powerblogservice, diywebmastery
Donate link: http://www.authorsure.com/donate/
Tags: authorship markup, google authorship, rel=author, rel=me, rel=publisher, googleplus, google+, rich snippets
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 3.3.1
Stable tag: 0.5

Show your face and build your brand in Google search results.

== Description ==
* Makes it easier to get Google Authorship Verification
* Uses rel=author, rel=me and rel=publisher links to connect your posts, authors pages, Google+ profiles and Google+ pages.
* Works on single and multiple author sites
* Supports several ways to link your posts/pages to your local author profiles: byline, footnote, author box or menu link.
* Creates links from your local author profile to Google Plus 
* Allows you to add a title, short or extended bio and sub-headings to your author pages
* Creates link from your home page to your Google Plus Page for your product, brand or organization
* Allows you to control whether your rich snippets show the original post publication date or the last time the post was updated.

== Installation ==
1. Use the standard WordPress plugin automatic updates system for updating to the latest version or use the manual steps below. 
1. Uncompress the downloaded zip archive in [WordPress install root]/wp-content/plugins
1. Activate the plugin in your WordPress plugins control panel
1. Choose which of the 4 mechanisms is right for your site to identify the author to Google

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

See http://www.authorsure.com/category/faq/ for the full list of questions and answers about AuthorSure

== Screenshots ==
1. Example of an author page 
1. Example of using an author box example to indicate rel=author 
1. Example of setting up a menu link to indicate rel=author on a single author blog

== Changelog ==

= 0.5 = Initial Release

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 0.5 = 
* Mandatory - initial release

== Links ==

Here are some of the useful AuthorSure WordPress Plugin links

* AuthorSure Home Page http://www.authorsure.com/
* Google AuthorSure Markup Explained http://www.authorsure.com/google-authorship-markup/
* AuthorSure Plugin Features http://www.authorsure.com/category/features/
* AuthorSure Help and Support http://www.authorsure.com/help/
* AuthorSure Tutorials http://www.authorsure.com/free-video-tutorials/