=== Brand-Marker ===
Contributors: droppedbars
Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D7J2RY6828E7N
Tags: trademark, symbol, registered, branding, brand, mark
Requires at least: 3.5
Tested up to: 3.8.1
Stable tag: 0.4.4
Author URI: http://patrick.mauro.ca
Plugin URI: http://github.com/droppedbars/Brand-Marker
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Brand-Marker ensures that the appropriate trademark symbol will be applied in every page, or post that you publish.

== Description ==

Ever forget to consistently apply trademark symbols to your trademarked phrases or brands?  Brand-Marker allows you to list out your brands, select the appropriate trademark symbol and rest assured that they will be applied in every page, or post that you publish.  No more mistaken or forgotten trademark symbols.

Brand-Marker will parse your posts on the fly and ensure that the appropriate trademark symbol follows them.  This will apply to the title, content and excerpt of the post.  With support for up to five brands, being case insensitive, and both trademark symbols, you and your bloggers will not need to worry about trademark symbols on your brands again!

== Features ==

* Define brands to have trademark symbols applied
* Allow the brands to be case sensitive, or case insensitive
* Trademark symbols applied to brands in post content, post titles, and post excerpts

== Installation ==

* Minimum tested/supported WordPress version: 3.5
* Minimum tested PHP version: 5.2.17
* Other requirements: Javascript required for Settings Page

= Through your WordPress Installation =

1. Click 'Plugins > Add New'
1. Search for 'Brand-Marker'
1. Activate Brand Marker from your Plugins page
1. Click 'Settings > Brand-Marker'
1. Enter in your brands that require trademark symbols, select the trademark symbol and click 'Save Changes'

= Through WordPress.org =

1. Download Brand-Marker
1. Upload or copy the 'Brand-Marker' directory to your '/wp-content/plugins/' directory using your preferred method
1. Activate Brand-Mark from your Plugins page
1. Click 'Settings > Brand-Marker'
1. Enter in your brands that require trademark symbols, select the trademark symbol and click 'Save Changes'

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How do I handle overlapping brands like "Brand X" and "Brand X Y"? =

To ensure you don't wind up with two trademark symbols, add "Brand X" as the first brand in the settings page and put "Brand X Y" afterwards.

= What happens if a user already put in a trademark symbol? =

That's okay.  Brand-Marker will remove any existing trademark symbols from brands that you specify prior to applying the appropriate trademark symbol.

== Screenshots ==

1. Configuration settings for Brand Marker, found under the "settings" menu.

== Changelog ==

= 0.4.4 =
* Add flexible number of brands
* Support for WordPress 3.5 and up (also tested on PHP 5.2.17)

= 0.3.2 =
* Initial release. Support for five brands.

== Upgrade Notice ==

None

== Roadmap ==

Some items planned for in the future:

* replace brands with images, spans or divs
* dynamic shortcodes for brands
* support for multi-site setups

If you have requests, then mosey on over to http://github.com/droppedbars/Brand-Marker and let me know.