=== DandyID Services ===
Contributors: Neil Simon, Sara Czyzewicz, Arron Kallenberg
Tags: admin, bookmark, bookmarking, bookmarks, community, Dandy, DandyID, Delicious, email, e-mail, favicon, favicons, Facebook, Flickr, identity, Google, LinkedIn, manage, myspace, OAuth, OpenID, profile, services, sidebar, social, social bookmarking, social bookmarks, Twitter, widget, Yahoo, YouTube
Requires at least: 2.0
Tested up to: 2.7
Stable tag: trunk

Displays all of your online identities (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, YouTube, more) as clickable links in your sidebar.

== Description ==

**[DandyID](http://dandyid.org/) is a free service that enables you to easily connect all of your online identities.**

**The DandyID Services plugin:**

 * Retrieves your online identities from DandyID.
 * Displays them in your sidebar as convenient **clickable links**.
 * *Please see the [Screenshots](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dandyid-services/screenshots/) for examples.*

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

**DandyID currently supports:**

* 30 Boxes
* 43 People
* 43 Places
* 43 Things
* ActiveRain
* AIM
* All Consuming
* Amazon
* Amie Street
* Ask500People
* Bebo
* Big Contact
* Blinklist
* Blip.tv
* Blippr
* Blogger
* Blue Dot
* Break
* Brightkite
* Bring Light
* Bungie.net
* Change.org
* Chickipedia
* claimID
* Clipmarks
* Cluztr
* coComment
* Corkd
* Crackle
* Crusher
* Curse
* Dailymotion
* Delicious
* deviantART
* digFoot
* Digg
* Diigo
* Disqus
* Dodgeball
* Dopplr
* Dotspotter
* Ebay
* esnips
* Facebook
* Finetune
* Flickr
* Flixster
* Fotolog
* FriendFeed
* Friendster
* Funny or Die
* Furl
* Fuzz
* GameSpot
* Get Satisfaction
* Glogster
* Goodreads
* Google Reader
* Groovr
* Guitar Hero
* Gyminee
* hi5
* HelloTxt
* Howcast
* Hulu
* Hype Machine
* identi.ca
* identoo
* iJigg
* iminta
* Instructables
* Intense Debate
* iReport
* Jaiku
* JamBase
* Jumpcut
* Kiva
* Lala
* last.fm
* lifestream.fm
* Lijit
* LinkedIn
* LiveJournal
* Ma.gnolia
* Multiply
* MyBlogLog
* My Mashable
* MySpace
* Naymz
* Netflix
* Newsvine
* Ning
* Orkut
* Pandora
* Photobucket
* Picasa
* Plaxo
* Plurk
* Propeller
* QIK
* Reddit
* RedWire
* RI Nexus
* RockBand
* Ryze
* Shelfari
* Seesmic
* Skitch
* SlideShare
* Socialthing
* soup.io
* Squidoo
* Streem
* Stumbleupon
* Swurl
* Technorati
* The DJ List
* Thesixtyone
* ThisNext
* Threadless
* TripAdvisor
* Tripit
* Trulia
* Tumblr
* Twello
* Twine
* Twitpic
* Twitter
* Twitxr
* TypeKey
* Upcoming
* Veoh
* Viddler
* Vimeo
* Virb
* Vi.sualize.us
* Vox
* Wakoopa
* We Heart It
* Webshots
* Wink
* Xbox LIVE
* Xing
* Yahoo! 360
* Yahoo! Answers
* Yahoo! Live
* Yelp
* YouTube
* YowTrip
* Zillow
* ZoomInfo
* Zorpia
* more being added

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

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

== Installation ==

*If you are upgrading, please **Deactivate** the previous DandyID Services plugin first.*

*If you experience any errors, please visit our [Customer Service and Support Page](http://getsatisfaction.com/dandyid/products/dandyid_wordpress_plugin).*

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.

5a. To setup as a sidebar widget:
   - 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**.

5b. If your theme DOES NOT support widgets, place this line of code in your sidebar code (e.g. sidebar.php):
   - <?php if (function_exists ('dandyIDServices_buildTable')) { dandyIDServices_buildTable (); } ?>

6. Your DandyID online identities should appear as a list of clickable links your sidebar.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

**How often does the plugin retrieve my list of DandyID services ?**

Only once per day. This is for performance and helps blog pages load **much** faster.

**If I update my services on DandyID, does the plugin wait until the next day to retrieve them ?**

Yes. But you can always **force** a refresh, by going to **Settings->DandyID Services** (in your WordPress admin), and pressing the **Save** button.

== Screenshots ==

1. Favicons with text links shown in the sidebar.

2. Favicons-only shown in the sidebar.

3. The DandyID Services settings page.

== Change History ==

**Rev 1.0.8**  2009-Jan-04

* Converted SimpleXMLElement() calls to xml_parse() calls for PHP4 compatibility.

**Rev 1.0.7**  2009-Jan-03

* Ported from file-based cache to wp-database cache to eliminate file-permissions errors.

**Rev 1.0.6**  2009-Jan-01

* Added "dandyIDSidebarIdentities" and "dandyIDSidebarPoweredBy" to enable external css styling. Thanks [@dtownsend](http://twitter.com/dtownsend). 

**Rev 1.0.5**  2009-Jan-01

* Suppress PHP error "failed to open stream: Permission denied" when creation of cache file fails.

**Rev 1.0.4**  2008-Dec-31

* Updated class.dandyid.php to increase PHP cross-platform compatibility.

**Rev 1.0.3**  2008-Dec-30

* Added ability for plugin to gracefully handle DandyID host server down.
* Added ability for plugin to gracefully handle DandyID API url unavailable.

**Rev 1.0.2**  2008-Dec-28

* Added ability to Show-Favicons-and-Text-Links or Show-Favicons-only.

**Rev 1.0.1**  2008-Dec-22

* Initial revision.