=== DandyID Services ===
Contributors: Neil Simon, Sara Czyzewicz, Arron Kallenberg
Tags: Blogger, Brightkite, claimID, community, DandyID, Delicious, Digg, Disqus, Dopplr, Facebook, Finetune, Flickr, FriendFeed, Goodreads, Graph, Hulu, identity, Jaiku, Lijit, LinkedIn, manage, MyBlogLog, Myspace, OAuth, OpenID, Pandora, Plaxo, Plurk, profile, Reddit, Seesmic, services, sidebar, social, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube, Upcoming, widget
Requires at least: 2.0
Tested up to: 2.7
Stable tag: trunk

Access all of your online identities (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, more) and display them as clickable links in your sidebar.

== Description ==

= What is DandyID ? =

[DandyID](http://www.dandyid.org/) is a free service that enables you to connect all of your online identities and make them globally accessible using your e-mail address.

With DandyID, your e-mail address serves as a **single access point**  to all of your online identities:

* Twitter
* Facebook
* Flickr
* LinkedIn
* Delicious
* YouTube
* Brightkite
* FriendFeed
* Digg
* last.fm
* MySpace
* and many more

It's easy, too:

1. Setup a free account on DandyID.
2. Fill-in your online identities for each service you are a member of.
3. Install this plugin to display your online identities in your sidebar.

To learn more, please visit [DandyID](http://www.dandyid.org/).

For the latest news, follow [@DandyID](http://twitter.com/dandyid) on Twitter. 

= Why use the DandyID Services Plugin ? =

The plugin retrieves your DandyID online identities and displays them in your sidebar, providing **clickable links** to all of your blog readers!

When you update your services on DandyID, they are updated in your sidebar **automatically**.

*Note: The plugin uses a caching mechanism, reducing page-load times by retrieving your DandyID online identity list only once per day.*

== Installation ==

*Note: If you are upgrading from a previous version, Deactivate the previous DandyID Services plugin first.*

1. Upload the DandyID Services plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/ 

2. Login to your WP admin web page.

3. Activate the DandyID Services plugin:
   - Click on the "Plugins" tab.
   - Find DandyID Services in the list of Inactive Plugins (or Recently Active Plugins).
   - Click on "Activate" to activate the DandyID Services plugin.

4. Configure the DandyID Services plugin:
   - Click on the "Settings" tab.
   - Click on the "DandyID Services" subtab.
   - Enter your DandyID Service Options -- all fields are required.
   - Press the "Save" button to save your DandyID Service Options.

5. Setup the DandyID Services plugin to appear on your sidebar:
   - Click on the "Design" tab.
   - Click on the "Widgets" subtab.
   - On the left side, next to DandyID Services, click on "Add" to make it appear in the list of "Current Widgets".
   - Click on "Save Changes".

6. The plugin is now ready, and your DandyID Services should appear in your sidebar.

== Screenshots ==

1. An example of the sidebar widget.

2. The Wordpress admin settings page.