=== Incrwd: Engagement Program for Blogs ===
Contributors: incrwd, aduston
Tags: engagement, reward, gamification, game mechanics, facebook, comments, free, giveaway, plugin, loyalty, widget, sidebar, twitter
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 1.0.2
Stable tag: 1.2.3

Incrwd is a powerful yet incredibly simple engagement program for blogs that helps increase pageviews, visits, shares, and comments. 

== Description ==

Incrwd is a powerful yet incredibly simple engagement program for blogs that uses real rewards to incentivize users to visit your site, share your posts on Facebook and Twitter, and comment more often. Users start earning points towards their rewards immediately, and are gradually motivated to register in order to keep their accumulated points. Offer your users giftcards from awesome brands provided by us, or create your own giveaways and upload your own personalized rewards. 

Increase your pageviews, time spent on site, social shares, comments, facebook likes, and decrease your bounce rate with our powerful loyalty program. 

[Sign Up](http://www.myincrwd.com) to add your own rewards and configure your engagement program after installation. 

Incrwd rewards users for: 

* Registering to your wordrpess blog (or registering through facebook).
* Visiting the site on frequent basis. 
* Sharing on Facebook
* Sharing on Twitter
* Sharing on Google Plus
* Commenting on articles. 
* Liking your Facebook Page

You can:

* Set your own personalized rewards (or use our own)
* See in-depth analytics of how our widget is affecting user behavior. 
* Learn who your most loyal users are
* Learn about your users' social behavior 

== Installation ==

1. You can either use the automatic plugin installer or your FTP program to upload plugin files to your wp-content/plugins/incrwd directory. Make sure the source files reside in this directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the "Plugins" menu in WordPress.
3. To check your program's analytics, go to http://www.myincrwd.com/signup/analytics_dashboard/

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Users are not getting points for commenting on my blog! What's going on? =

We currently only support the following commenting sections: 

* Native Wordpress commenting system
* Facebook comments

We are working hard to bring support to LiveFyre and Disqus. Stay posted! 

= Users are not getting points for sharing on my blog! What's going on? =

We are working hard to support as many sharing options as possible. Currently, we support the following Share buttons and their versions.

* Facebook Like (**We support the XFBML and HTML5 versions**. We currently do NOT support the iFrame Facebook Like Button. See below for installation instructions).
* Twitter Button (We supoort all versions except the iFrame version)
* Google Plus button

For a complete sharing solution we recommend that you install the default version of **[www.addthis.com](http://www.addthis)**. Please note that we only support the default version of addThis. To make sure you have the default version please go to your wordpress settings tab, select AddThis, click on the "more options" link, and then choose the 5th or 6th setting down. Do this for both the above the post sharing tool and the below sharing tool. 

To Quickly install an XFBML or HTML5 version of the FB Like button please follow **[this link](http://bit.ly/yfDwGM)** and:

1. Enter your URL, 
2. Select "Get Code" button at the bottom.
3. At the top of the pop up that appears, you can select either XFBML of HTML5.
4. Copy and paste the code provided in your header.php, single.php, and main.php pages

= How do I Activate the Incrwd Share Widget =

1. In the Wordpress Dashboard, click on the Settings tab.
2. Under settings, click Incrwd Setup.
3. Choose locations on Blog where you would like the Share Widget to appear.


= How do I configure my widget? =

This function is currently unavailable. If you would like to configure your widget please email us at support@myincrwd.com. 

== Screenshots ==

1. The Incrwd widget tab in retracted state (it's on the right edge).
2. Expanded state, which results from clicking on the tab.
3. Real-time congratulatory message encouraging users to interact with site.
4. Close-up of real-time congratulatory message.