=== Plugin Name === Contributors: roohit Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7137089 Tags: highlight, button, viral, widget, social-bookmark, social-network, web-design, design, blog, blogger, addthis, sharethis, addtoany, highlighter, tool, tools, site-builder, bookmarking, social, social bookmarking, bookmark, bookmarks, sharing, share, saving, save, Post, posts, page, pages, images, image, admin, statistics, stats, links, plugin, widgets, im, e-mail, email, seo, buttons, delicious, google, digg, reddit, facebook, myspace, twitter, stumbleupon, technorati, wpmu, mixx, sociable, addtoany, add, any, sidebar, comments, rss Stable tag: 1.6.20 Simple/powerful plugin that enables readers to make highlights on your webpage & EASILY post them to Facebook, Twitter...100+ such sites! == Description == Ever used a yellow highlighter? It's the most natural publishing tool that was missing on the Web until now. **To Try it:** 1. Upon clicking the highlighter button (e.g. [on this page itself](http://go.roohit.com 'click this link')), visitor's mouse cursor changes to a pen and s/he can highlight any part of your website *in color*. Mouse over the highlight and **post it to any Social Network** or Social Bookmark site: enables visitors to **quickly/easily** share "highlighted pages" with their friends, **bringing more of them back to your site**. 1. **Automatically saves** and Collects *all* highlights. View [your own collection](http://roohit.com/site/view1.php 'including any highlights you just made') EASY SHARE: helps **visitors promote your site**. * Share highlights with anyone on Facebook, Twitter (directly **Tweet Your Highlights**), LinkedIn, MySpace, delicious, digg... almost all(100+) such services! - No special software needed - No signup/registration needed - FREE * Makes sharing **very effective** since readers can immediately focus on the highlights while keeping the context and content intact. * Share using: **E-Mail**, **Blogs**, **IM**, **Social Networks**, **Social Bookmarks**, **Forums**, Comments. or any medium! * Automatically does it all for the user by **simply using a highlighter pen** that is familiar to everyone regardless of age, sex, race, religion, or geography! * Puts a **Micro-wrapper** around the functionality of AddThis, ShareThis, Add to Any, Tell a Friend etc. so that readers can easily draw attention to what they want to share on your page without having to go through the tedium of copying parts of a page, and pasting them into email with a link. MICRO-BOOKMARK: * Automatically shortens the URL and displays it to the user e.g. http://rooh.it/f467e (i.e. generates a MicroBookmark) * **MicroBookmark goes directly to the highlighted portion** on the page and can have a custom name such as http://rooh.it/warSux VIRAL LINKS TO YOUR SITE: A **very viral way to get into all social networks**. * Automatically & instantly posts a link to your site - on our Home Page, - our **Collection** of user generated Highlights, - that reader's blog and/or Social Networks, and - in a **peer-to-peer** mechanism on ALL Social Networks, and Blogging Platforms using the related "My Highlights" [sidebar widget](http://roohit.com/site/s_lite.php 'Learn about it') * The link to your site is posted with the implicit endorsement of - being selected by "a known person" (friend), and - as being "interesting" (relevant!) * Ensuring maximum visibility and credibility of your website. FEATURES: * **Restores & Remembers Highlights**: Everything a reader highlights is automatically restored & remembered (without asking anyone to signup) * **MicroBookmarks**: automatically makes a short url that goes directly to the highlights on your page * **Email Highlighted Page**: with embedded highlights or just a MicroBookmark url, to anyone! * **Web Based**: Anyone can see shared highlights (no special software needed, no download, no installation) * **Auto Publish to own Blog, Web-Site...**: enables readers to automatically post - anything they highlight on your page - to their blog, and to all Social Networks using a trusted peer-to-peer mechanism. * **Post to Any other website** : Easy Share links to your site, in 1-click, on all community, Social Networks, Social Bookmarks,& Social media sites * **Contact list**: is seamlessly imported, maintained, autoCompleted and autoPopulated. * **My Collection**: See all highlights together . categorize/tag them, rate them, share with others, annotate & much more. * **Combine**: select any subset of highlights and see them as one page with highlights & context intact. * **FREE & No SignUp**: Don't have to 'join' another service, and it's all free! * **Intelligent AJAX**: does all this, without visitors ever leaving your page COOL VALUABLE TOOL NATURAL PUBLISHING TOOL: * Commonly used in the offline world * **Insofar missing in the online world!** BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: * Gets you insights on what your visitors are interested in: tells you not just which pages but, which parts of each page are of interest to your audience. **HIGHLIGHT ANY WEBSITE (for yourself):** No signup, No Download necessary 1. On any other webpage **type roohit.com/ before the URL** address (e.g. [http://roohit.com/google.com](http://roohit.com/google.com '')) and your mouse cursor instantly changes into a highlighter pen. We recommend you [**get a button**](http://roohit.com/site/1click.php 'Hassle free') so you don't have to type each time. == Installation == This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. 1. Upload the `instant-web-highlighter` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress == Frequently Asked Questions == = What is a MicroBookmark? = Just like a bookmark takes you to a web-page, a MicroBookmark **takes you directly to a part of the page**, and it is already highlighted! (Power users can think of it as reader defined anchor tags) = Why MicroShare? = Because it saves time, and quickly & easily draws attention to **the most important part of your web page** while still maintaining the context and credibility intact. = What do you mean MicroSave? = When someone highlights a part of a page, it is **automatically saved** for the user. = Why use this? = It's all done **automatically**, users don't have to copy-and-paste parts of the page to their email, and/or a link to the page in order to call attention to just a portion of the page. = What platforms are supported other than WordPress? = You can **add a highlighter to any webpage**: on your **blog**, on your **website**, in your **forums** postings, in your **classifieds** listings, on your **Profile** Page, in **comments** you make anywhere on the Internet... [Learn more.](http://roohit.com/site/buttons.php) == Screenshots == 1. This is what the default highlighter button looks like. 1. This is what a Highlighted page looks like (visitors can pick the color of the highlighter pen to be any color.) 1. An example of a WordPress blog with a Highlight button on. == Changelog == = 1.6.20 = * Changed readme back to an older version alongwith minor changes = 1.6.10 = * Added label before the button, fixed button alignment, 2 more buttons = 1.6.9 = * Added a big button as the default button = 1.6.8 = * Revised the Description section of the ReadMe file = 1.6.7 = * Made it so that Highlighter goes to the specific posting rather than the referring page itself. = 1.4 = * Added logic for hoverBox to be displayed consistently. = 1.3.2 = * FIXED the issue where it seemed like some sites did not finish loading. = 1.3 = * Added the option to display a box when the user mouses over the highlighter button. Admins can go to Settings to turn this feature on/off. = 1.2 = * Added the option to add the Highlighter Button as a sidebar widget as well. = 1.1 = * Given that "Settings" page was added, deemed it worthy of a minor revision, so bumped to revision 1.1 = 1.0.3 = * Added "Settings" so users can pick the style of the button they want. = 1.0.2 = * Changed the default button look and added 8 more button looks = 1.0.1 = * Highlighter is very stable. * Initial version of the WordPress plugin. = 0.5 = * Never publicly released. == "My Highlights" Ticker (MicroBlog) == Highlight anything publicly on any website, and watch it **instantly & automatically get posted to your blog/site** alongwith a link back to the original highlighted article. Any **comments you make are automatically included** on your MicroBlog. You can also [add the "My Highlights" widget](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/autopublish "Add it to your WordPress") to your WordPress site for FREE.