=== Floating Social Media Links === Contributors: celloexpressions Tags: social media, facebook, youtube, twitter, floating frame, links, icons, dynamic width Requires at least: 3.3.0 Tested up to: 3.4.1 Stable tag: 1.2.0 Add a clean and simple floating frame with social media and custom links to your website/blog. Fully customizable with a robust array of options! == Description == Floating Social Media Links is a Wordpress Plugin designed to allow anyone to add a simple floating frame to their wordpress website/blog, which contains icons and links to their social media and partners' websites. Although similar Wordpress plugins do exist, the purpose of this plugin is to give highly customizable options and move away from "like" "share" and "subscribe" buttons in favor of simple, stylish linked icons (although these "action buttons" can still be optionally included). Instead of simply asking visitors to acknowledge their appreciation of your work, this encourages them to also check out your social media in addition to those acknowledgements, therefore increasing overall social interaction (more so than simply using "likes" to indicate interaction). My favorite feature amongst the robust array of options is the ability to add up to seven (7) custom links with custom uploadable thumbnails. This allows you to link to your other projects, your blog, or anything else you want right next to your social links. And never a single advertisement, link to my site, or donate button on the admin screens! When upgrading from version 1.0.0 or 1.0.1 to version 1.1.0, 1.2.0 or higher, PLEASE be sure to visit your setting page and ensure that all of the new features are set to your liking. Please feel free to offer any feature suggestions you might have and I WILL consider them for future releases. == Installation == 1. Take the easy route and install through the wordpress plugin adder :) OR 1. Download the .zip file and upload the unzipped folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 1. Ensure that the `` and `` action hooks are in your theme's header.php and footer.php files templates 1. Enter your links, choose appearance settings, and set the first general option to YES to activate the frame on your site == Frequently Asked Questions == = Where's the settings page? = It's under settings: Settings -> Floating Social Media Links. And on a side note, the tabs on the settings page are showing different parts of the same page, not refreshing the browser, so you can switch between tabs without needing to save (and you are always returned to the general options tab when saving). = The frame doesn't show up on my site! = First, make sure that the first general option is set to SHOW the frame. Next, check your theme's header.php and footer.php files for the necessary action hooks (more instructions on the general options settings page). Check your vertical position setting AND UNITS in the appearance settings page (15px is much different from 15in) - it's possible that your frame is too far down the page to see. If the problems persist, try the support forums. = What about other social media sites? = I realize that there are countless other social media sites which aren't included in this plugin. In order to avoid an extensively bloated plugin and settings page, I have only included the three most popular sites (Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube). But... one of the reasons I've included space for up to 7 custom links is so that you may include links to any additional social media sites that you wish to. Simply find a version of the site's logo that you like and upload it as the icon, then enter the entire url (including, for example, facebook.com/), and it functions just like any of the built-in links. = When I updated to version 1.1.0 (or higher from earlier versions), all of the links disapeared from the site. Why, and how do I fix it? = Version 1.1.0 reworked the user interface of the plugin and the one change that impacts users is that instead of having a checkbox to disable each link, there is a checkbox to enable each link. As a result, plase go to the "Links/Icons" settings tab and select the checkbox next to each link that you want to show up on your site. Additionally, links are automatically disabled if the link extension is left blank (ie if the facebook links is left as simply http://facebook.com/). = My settings for a custom link disapeared when I said to hide it. Can I get them back or do I need to start over? = Any custom links that are hidden from your site will also be hidden from your settings page, by default. All of your settings, however, are saved. Simply click "Add Another Custom Link" and your previous settings will be pre-populated in the form. Note: If you have custom url 2 set, but not custom url 1 (for example), the options for custom url 2 will be hidden and url 1 shown on the options page (not on your site). Please use the custom urls sequentially to avoid this scenario. = Can I include a facebook like / twitter follow / youtube subscribe button in the frame? = Simply go to the "action buttons" tab on the settings page and check the boxes for the buttons that you would like to show. Facebook like buttons do have the potential to increase your page load time though. = Where are the custom appearance color scheme settings? = Once you click on the "custom" color scheme option, all of the associated settings will appear. = When I switched to a dynamic site width I lost my border settings and can't find them... = Because CSS borders can't be a %size, they will add a certain number of pixels to the width of the frame even if the frame has a percentage width. To avoid this senario, borders are disabled in dynamic width mode, but frame shadows are still allowed to separate the frame from the page background. == Screenshots == 1. Sample view on a blog using default appearance settings and some custom links 2. Admin Screens 3. Admin Screens 4. Admin Screens 5. Admin Screens == Changelog == = 1.2.0 = * Several feature upgrades and additions including: ** Ability to disable frame shadow independently of a custom colorscheme ** Wide, medium, slight, no, or custom rounded corners on the frame (css border radius) ** More extensive options for vertical positioning including support for different units and auto-detection if a custom value has been set * Custom Link icons are no longer restricted to squares, only the width is resized and the height is adjusted accordingly * Support for dynamic width websites has been added, with separate size options for fixed width and dynamic width sites (reduces frequency of frame covering site content) * Completely restructured CSS for greater efficiency, and way fewer external files * /user/ and /!#/ have been removed from youtube and twitter URLs by default, as they are now optional for youtube and twitter (you may add them in with your url extension if desired) * Other minor adjustments, bugfixes, better protection from bad options inputs, and clearer, more intuitive instructions and settings labels = 1.1.0 = * Major upgrades to the user interface, some new options, clearer instructions, a new YouTube subscribe button, and minor bugfixes. * VERY IMPORTANT: ONCE THE UPDATE IS COMPLETE, YOU MUST GO TO THE "LINKS/ICONS" TAB AND CHECK THE "ENABLE LINK" CHECKBOX NEXT TO EACH LINK YOU WANT TO ENABLE. THIS IS A NEW OPTION REPLACING THE DISABLE THIS LINK OPTION (MORE INTUITIVE THIS WAY), AND YOUR DISABLE SETTINGS CANNOT BE TRANSFERED. ALL OTHER SETTINGS ARE PRESERVED. = 1.0.1 = * Fixed margin/spacing errors between links and especially social sharing buttons * Confirmed compatibility with Wordpress 3.4.1 = 1.0.0 = * First publically available version of the plugin. * Compatible with Wordpress 3.3.0 through 3.4.0 = 0.8 = * This and all previous versions are initial development versions == Upgrade Notice == = 1.2.0 = Major upgrade including several added functionalities and features, particularly regarding appearance options. PLEASE go through your settings and ensure that everything still works as intended, as well as choosing settings for the new options, after upgrading.