=== DandyID Services === Contributors: Neil Simon, Sara Czyzewicz, Arron Kallenberg, Dan Perron, Anthony Dimitre Tags: admin, bookmark, bookmarking, bookmarks, community, Dandy, DandyID, Delicious, email, e-mail, favicon, favicons, Facebook, Flickr, identity, Google, LinkedIn, myspace, OAuth, OpenID, profile, services, sidebar, social, social bookmarking, social bookmarks, Twitter, widget, Yahoo, YouTube Requires at least: 2.0 Tested up to: 2.8 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 connect, manage, and share all of your online identities from a single location.** **The DandyID Services Plugin:** * Retrieves all of your DandyID online identities. * Displays them as **clickable links** in your blog sidebar. * Please see the [Screenshots](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dandyid-services/screenshots/) for examples. When you update your identities on DandyID, they are **automatically** updated in your sidebar. **DandyID currently supports over 300 services including:** * 12seconds * 30 Boxes * 43marks * 43 People * 43 Places * 43 Things * 97 Bottles * ActiveRain * Adocu * AgencyScoop * AIM * All Consuming * Amazon * Amazon Wish List * Amie Street * aNobii * ArtWanted * Ask500People * Associated Content * BackType * Badoo * Bambuser * Bebo * Behance Network * Big Contact * Bikejournal * Biznik * BlackPlanet * Blinklist * Blip.fm * Blippr * Blip.tv * BlogCatalog * Blogger * Bloglines * Blue Dot (Faves) * Bonnaroo * Box.net * Break * Brightkite * Bring Light * Bungie.net * Buzznet * CafePress * Call of Duty * carbonmade * Change.org * Chickipedia * Chi.mp * claimID * Clipmarks * Cliqset * Cluztr * coComment * COLOURlovers * Concrete Hermit * Cork'd * CouchSurfing * Crackle * crunchyroll * Crusher * Current * Curse * Dailymile * Dailymotion * Daily Mugshot * Dancejam * DAYTUM * Deezer * Delicious * deviantART * digFoot * Digg * Diigo * Dipity * Discogs * Discogs Label * Disqus * Dodgeball * Dopplr * Dotspotter * Douban * Driftr * Ebay * Ecademy * eMusic * Energize and Engage * esnips * Etsy * Extratasty * Facebook * Facebook Pages * FanFiction * Favtape * Ffffound * Finetune * Flickr * Flixster * FoodFeed * Fotolog * Fotonauts * FriendFeed * Friendster * Funny or Die * Furl * Fuzz * Gaia * gamerDNA * GameSpot * Gcast * Get Satisfaction * GitHub * Glogster * GoneTooSoon * Goodreads * Goodreads Author * Goodrec * Google Profiles * Google Reader * Grabb.it * Groovr * Guitar Hero * Gyminee * HelloTxt * hi5 * Houndbite * Howcast * Hulu * Humble Voice * Hype Machine * Hyves * I Can Has Cheezburger? * ICQ * identi.ca * identoo * iJigg * iLike * iLike Artist * Imdb * Imeem * iminta * Instructables * Intense Debate * Inuyasha FanFiction * iReport * iseecolor * Issuu * iTunes PodCast * Jaiku * JamBase * JamLegend * Joost * Jumpcut * Kaboodle * Kirtsy * Kiva * Lala * last.fm * Last.fm Label * Last.fm Music * LetsMakeRobots * LibraryThing * lifestream.fm * Lijit * LinkedIn * LinkedIn Company * LiveJournal * Ma.gnolia * MapMyRide * My Mashable * Meetup * Mendeley * Mister Wong * Mixx * Mobypicture * Modelmayhem * MoFuse * momentile * Mufin * Multiply * My Alltop * MyBlogLog * My Cycling Log * MyFolio * myOpenID * MySpace * My SXSW * NaNoWriMo * Naymz * Neopets * Netflix * Netvibes * Newsvine * Ning * NowPublic * Odeo * Odeo Channel * orkut * outside.in * Pandora * PeoplePond * Photobucket * Photophlow * PhotoShelter * Picasa * Pikchur * Plaxo * Playfire * Plinky * Plurk * PostCrossing * Posterous * Pownce * Project Playlist * Propeller * Publr * QIK * Quotiki * Qype * Raptr * Rate Your Music * Ravelry * Reader2 * RedBubble * Reddit * Red Room * RedWire * ReverbNation Artist * ReverbNation Fan * RI Nexus * RockBand * Ryze * Scribd * Seesmic * Serious Eats * ShareThis * Shelfari * Simpy * Six Groups * Skitch * Skyrock * SlideShare * Snooth * socialmedian * Socialthing * SocialURL * soup.io * SparkPeople * Squidoo * Stack Overflow * Steam * Streem * Stumbleupon * Stumpedia * Swurl * Tag Foot * Tagged * Taringa! * Technorati * Ted * The DJ List * Thesixtyone * ThisNext * Threadless * Tioti * Traackr * Trendrr * Tribe Hollywood Profile * Tribe Hollywood Project * TripAdvisor * Tripit * Trulia * TubeMogul * Tumblr * TV.com * Twello * Twine * Twitpic * Twitter * TwitterMoms * Twitxr * TypeKey * Upcoming * Ustream.tv * Veoh * Viddler * Videojug * Vidoop * Vimeo * Virb * Vi.sualize.us * Viviti * VKontakte * Vodpod * Vox * Wakoopa * Weavemet * Webshots * We Heart It * WhatPulse * Where's George? * Wikipedia English * Wikipedia Spanish * Windows Live Profiles * Windows Live Spaces * Wink * Wishlistr * Wordie * WordPress.com * Xanga * Xbox LIVE * Xfire * Xing * Yahoo! 360 * Yahoo! Answers * Yahoo! Live * Yahoo! Profiles * Yelp * YouNoodle * YouTube * YouVersion * YowTrip * Zannel * Zazzle * Zedge * Ziki * Zillow * ZoomInfo * Zoomr * Zorpia * Zune Social To learn more, please visit [DandyID](http://dandyid.org/). For the latest news, please follow [@DandyID](http://twitter.com/dandyid) on Twitter. == Installation == **Upgrading?** * Please **Deactivate** the previous DandyID Services Plugin first. **Experiencing errors?** * Please visit our [Customer Service and Support Page](http://getsatisfaction.com/dandyid/products/dandyid_wordpress_Plugin). * We welcome your questions, comments and suggestions. **Pre-Installation: Setup Your Free Account on DandyID** 1. Signup at [DandyID](http://dandyid.org/). 2. Setup all of your online identities: Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, ... **Installation** 1. Upload the DandyID Services Plugin folder to **/wp-content/Plugins/** 2. Login to your WP admin web page. 3. Activate the 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 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 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**. 6. If your theme DOES NOT support widgets, place this line of code in your sidebar code (e.g. sidebar.php): - `` 7. Your DandyID online identities will appear as clickable links in your sidebar. == Frequently Asked Questions == **How often does the Plugin retrieve my list of DandyID services ?** Your DandyID services are retrieved once every 2 hours. This aids performance to help blog pages load faster. **If I update my services on DandyID, does the Plugin wait until the next 2-hour interval to retrieve them ?** Yes. But you can initiate a refresh at any time by going to **Settings->DandyID Services**, and pressing the **Save** button. **What is the purpose of the "Theme-alignment NEEDS FIX" setting on the options page?** After activating the plugin, a small number of users have observed: - Misaligned posts - Missing content - Plugins that have disappeared - Footer either missing or misaligned This setting corrects a problem in some themes that precede the DandyID sidebar with an opening DIV tag, but fail to generate the corresponding closing DIV tag. When "Theme-alignment NEEDS FIX" is chosen, the DandyID plugin generates a closing DIV tag. **What languages are currently supported on the settings page ?** - Chinese - French - German - Hebrew - Italian - Polish - Russian - Slovak - Spanish (sp) - Spanish (mx) **Known Issues and Workarounds** 1. Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_init() - The CURL PHP library needs to be installed. - [Please see these setup instructions](http://php.net/manual/en/curl.setup.php) for more info. == Screenshots == 1. Favicons and text-links shown in the blog sidebar. 2. Favicons shown in the blog sidebar. 3. Text-links shown in the blog sidebar. 4. The DandyID Services settings page. 5. The DandyID Services settings page in Chinese. == Change History == = Rev 1.5.9 2009-Jul-09 = - Added service-name tooltip to each displayed favicon, when configured for "Favicons Only". = Rev 1.5.8 2009-Jun-13 = - Tested with WordPress 2.8. = Rev 1.5.7 2009-Jun-13 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.5.6 2009-May-28 = - Removed display of title (tool tip) when cursor is hovered over social identity links. = Rev 1.5.5 2009-May-26 = - Added Belorussian translation files. Thanks to [Marcis Gasuns](http://fatcow.com) for providing the translations. = Rev 1.5.4 2009-May-09 = - Added Danish translation files. Thanks [Georg S. Adamsen](http://wordpress.blogos.dk) for providing the translations. = Rev 1.5.3 2009-Apr-25 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.5.2 2009-Apr-17 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.5.1 2009-Apr-10 = - Updated title tag to display detailed link url. - "Show Favicons only" option now places the "Powered by DandyID" text on separate line. = Rev 1.5.0 2009-Apr-02 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.4.9 2009-Mar-28 = - Opens clicked-links in new browser window. = Rev 1.4.8 2009-Mar-22 = - Updated plugin-version-number div tag (for validation compliance) to "DandyID-Services-vX.X.X". = Rev 1.4.7 2009-Mar-18 = - Updated descriptions on screenshots. = Rev 1.4.6 2009-Mar-14 = - Preceed plugin-version-number div tag with "DandyID-Services WordPress Plugin". - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.4.5 2009-Mar-07 = - Updated Italian language files. Thank you [Gianni Diurno](http://gidibao.net). - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.4.4 2009-Mar-03 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.4.3 2009-Feb-20 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.4.2 2009-Feb-15 = - Remove "Theme-alignment NEEDS FIX" setting option. No longer needed after fix in v1.4.0. = Rev 1.4.1 2009-Feb-13 = - Embed version number into div tag for version tracking. - Added title attribute to href element to display service name as tooltip. = Rev 1.4.0 2009-Feb-12 = - Added $after_widget closing tag. = Rev 1.3.9 2009-Feb-12 = - Removed id attribute from img tags. Added title attribute to img tags. = Rev 1.3.8 2009-Feb-11 = - Added setting option "Theme-alignment NEEDS FIX". - This setting causes the plugin to append a closing DIV tag, to account for some themes that omit this tag. = Rev 1.3.7 2009-Feb-11 = - Fixed spacing problems. = Rev 1.3.6 2009-Feb-09 = - Added languages: Russian, Slovak, Polish. = Rev 1.3.5 2009-Feb-09 = - Added languages: Spanish (mx), Spanish (sp), German, French, Italian, Hebrew. = Rev 1.3.4 2009-Feb-08 = - Added screenshot of settings page in Chinese language. = Rev 1.3.3 2009-Feb-08 = - Additional Chinese translations added. Thank you Anson Ho. = Rev 1.3.2 2009-Feb-08 = - Internationalized the plugin to enable localized language translations for all WordPress supported languages. - Thank you 谢谢 [@anson_ho](http://twitter.com/anson_ho) for help translating to Chinese. = Rev 1.3.1 2009-Feb-06 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.3.0 2009-Feb-03 = - Added closing li element tags. = Rev 1.2.9 2009-Feb-03 = - Updated styling for increased browser compatibility. = Rev 1.2.8 2009-Jan-30 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.2.7 2009-Jan-28 = - Performance enhancements, code optimizations. = Rev 1.2.6 2009-Jan-27 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.2.5 2009-Jan-27 = - readme.txt updates. = Rev 1.2.4 2009-Jan-26 = - Added new DandyID services. = Rev 1.2.3 2009-Jan-25 = - Performance enhancements. Thanks [@stepan](http://twitter.com/stepan) for the recommendations. = Rev 1.2.2 2009-Jan-23 = - Increased left margin for Favicon+TextLink. = Rev 1.2.1 2009-Jan-20 = - Added an example of xml returned from return_services() - as comments in the php code - to help clarify API usage to DandyID API developers. = Rev 1.2.0 2009-Jan-19 = - Removed all html table elements to eliminate rendering issues with some themes. = Rev 1.1.9 2009-Jan-18 = - Updated
tags for dandyIDSidebarIdentities, and dandyIDSidebarPoweredBy. = Rev 1.1.8 2009-Jan-18 = - Added ability to View Change Log from settings page. Thanks [@zerojay](http://twitter.com/zerojay). = Rev 1.1.7 2009-Jan-17 = - New setup option: Text-links only. Ability to now choose from 3 display options: - Show Favicons and Text-links - Show Favicons only - Show Text-links only = Rev 1.1.6 2009-Jan-16 = - Suppress activation warning on curl\_setopt() CURLOPT\_FOLLOWLOCATION. = Rev 1.1.5 2009-Jan-16 = - Group options on settings page for improved usability. = Rev 1.1.4 2009-Jan-15 = - Make the "Powered by DandyID" line a configurable option. - Written and tested [@TechStars](http://twitter.com/techstars) [#hackspace](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23hackspace), Boulder, Colorado. = Rev 1.1.3 2009-Jan-12 = - Change the cache refresh interval from every 24 hours to every 2 hours. - During a refresh, the plugin retrieves the list of DandyID services, and stores them in the WordPress database. = Rev 1.1.2 2009-Jan-10 = - Reduced the font size of "Powered by DandyID" line. = Rev 1.1.1 2009-Jan-09 = - Options page: removed password requirement to simplify setup. - Options page: removed user_id requirement to simplify setup. - User's public identities profile is now retrieved from DandyID. - User's DandyID Service now returned as one of the services. - Larger DandyID-mini icon replaced with 15x15 favicon -- for continuity with other service icons. = Rev 1.1.0 2009-Jan-06 = - Preserve local online-identities cache if DandyID API is down, or site is not available. = Rev 1.0.9 2009-Jan-06 = - If no setup credentials are configured, do not attempt to retrieve DandyID online identities. - If no user_id is configured, link the mini-chicklet to the DandyID home page. = 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 2 div classes "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.