=== Feed Text Link Widget ===
Contributors: dhoppe
Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=1220480
Tags: widget, sidebar, rss, rss2, atom, feed, badge, posts, comments  
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 3.3
Stable tag: trunk

This Plug-in enables you to display your RSS and Atom Feed Links as Widget in the sidebar.

== Description ==

This Plug-in enables you to display your RSS and Atom Feed Links as Widget in the sidebar. The Widget can display the following links:

* RSS2 Post Feed
* RSS2 Comments Feed
* Atom Post Feed
* Atom Comments Feed
* RDF Post Feed
* Help Link about Feeds

Of course you can change all Links, Captions and Stuff.


= Requirements =
* **Feed Text Link Widget requires PHP5!**
* WordPress 3.0 or higher


= Customizing the appearance =
If you want to customize the design you have to do the following:

* copy the *feed-text-link-widget.css* file (from the plug-in folder) to your theme directory
* copy the *feed-text-link-widget.php* file (from the plug-in folder) to your theme directory
* Now you can start customize the style of your widget until it fits your needs. Both files are well documented and easy to understand. The *feed-text-link-widget.php* builds the architecture. The *feed-text-link-widget.css* adds the style information. 

**Of course i can help you customizing your widget appearance** for a small fee. ;) Feel free to send me a mail or leave a comment in my blog.


= For developers =
If you want to use a customized template file outside the theme directory you can use the *feed_text_link_widget_template* filter. Just write the path to your template file in the filter to bypass the template. Here is an example that shows how you can write a plugin which changes the template path to a file in the same directory.

<code>
Function bypass_template($template_file){
  /* the $template_file is the file which is currently set as template so
     you can also use the filter to read the current template file. 
  */
  return DirName(__FILE__) . '/my-template.php';
}
Add_Filter('feed_text_link_widget_template', 'bypass_template');
</code>

Analogical you can change the style sheet with the *author_info_widget_style_sheet* filter. Here is an example:
<code>
Function bypass_style_sheet($css_file){
  /* the $css_file is the file which is currently set as style sheet so
     you can also use the filter to read the current css file. 
  */
  // Url to your CSS File
  return get_bloginfo('wpurl') . '/my-style.css';
}
Add_Filter('feed_text_link_widget_style_sheet', 'bypass_style_sheet');
</code>


= Questions =
If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment in my blog. But please think about this: I will not add features, write customizations or write tutorials for free. Please think about a donation. I'm a human and to write code is hard work.


= Language =
* This Plug-in is available in English.
* Dieses Plugin ist in Deutsch verfügbar. ([Dennis Hoppe](http://dennishoppe.de/))
* Acest plugin este disponibil în limba Română. ([Anunturi Jibo](http://www.jibo.ro/))
* Este plug-in encontra-se disponível em Português. ([Rodrigo Neves](http://devrendezvous.com/))

If you have translated this plug-in in your language feel free to send me the language file (.po file) via E-Mail with your name and this sentence translated in your language: "This plug-in is available in %YOUR_LANGUAGE_NAME%." So i can add it to the plug-in and link to your website from the plug-in page if you want.

You can find the *Translation.pot* file in the *language/* folder in the plug-in directory.

* Copy it.
* Rename it (to your language code).
* Translate everything.
* Send it via E-Mail to mail@DennisHoppe.de.
* Thats it. Thank you! =)


== Screenshots ==

1. Front-End
2. Back-End
 

== Installation ==

Installation as usual.

1. Unzip and Upload all files to a sub directory in "/wp-content/plugins/".
1. Activate the plug-in through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
1. Go to your widget admin page and choose a place for your new Widget.
1. You like what you see?

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.5 =
* Using WP_Enqueue_Style now.

= 1.1.4 =
* Added Romanian translation by [Anunturi Jibo](http://www.jibo.ro/).
* Added Portuguese translation by [Rodrigo Neves](http://devrendezvous.com/).

= 1.1.3 =
* Added png icon with transparent background

= 1.1.2 =
* Added RDF Feed link

= 1.1.1 =
* Read template directory with get_query_template()
* Read style sheet directory with get_stylesheet_directory()
* Template Engine should now work with child themes


= 1.1 =
* new feature: You can change all captions
* You can change the Post-RSS-Link
* You can change the Help-Link
* Included Template engine for the style and the architecture

= 1.0.1 =
* Bug Fix: Made some strings translatable.
* Added German translation.

= 1.0 =
* Everything works fine.