=== Quick Post Widget ===
Contributors: inapan
Donate link: http://www.famvanakkeren.nl/downloads/quick-post-widget/
Tags: post, quick, sidebar, frontpage, easy, fast, widget, youtube
Requires at least: 2.8
Tested up to: 2.9.2
Stable tag: 1.2

This plugin provides a widget to post directly from the frontpage of your site without going into the backend.


== Description ==

This plugin provides a widget to post directly from the frontpage of your site without going into the backend.  
Originally developed to enable my 10-year old son to post youtube clips simply by copying and pasting the title and code from youtube and choose a category without having to use the backend of his blog.  
Of course the widget can be used for just about anything you want to post quickly. You could use the Quick Post Widget to write short messages, like twitter, but of course you can also write longer posts.  
The widget is highly configurable with the options panel.


Features:

* Post directly from the frontpage of your site.
* Input: post-title, post-content, category and optionally tags.
* By default the post is immediately published but you can set the default publish status in the options panel.
* The widget only displays when logged-in and allowed to post.
* When allowed to create a new category, radio buttons are displayed to choose between an existing category and a new category as well as an input box for the name of the new category. It is possible to select the parent category for a new category.  
  When however you don't want to allow the creation of new categories, you can explicitly disable this feature.
* Categories can be displayed in either a droplist or a checklist to enable selecting more than just one category.
* Tags can be typed in manually but you can also select from als list of existing tags. If you don't want to use tags you can disable the feature in the options panel.
* When a required item remains empty the item-border displays default red but you can choose other colors (in case you have a red site).
* If for some reason posting is unsuccessful, for instance when a required field is empty, the widget doesn't lose its values.
* Every widget element can be styled with the stylesheet.
* Almost every widget element can also be styled with the options panel so you won't lose any customizations by upgrading.
* Every options panel element can be styled with the stylesheet.
* To keep the widget small you can disable the creation of new categories and tags and display the category selection in the droplist.



== Installation ==

1. Download the plugin.
2. Upload the entire `quick-post-widget` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory of your blog.
3. Go to the Plugins section of the WordPress admin and activate the plugin.
4. Go to the Widget tab of the Presentation section and configure the widget.


== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Feature requests = 
If you have any feature requests feel free to mail (or use the forum). Suggestions are welcome, but I will try to keep the widget as general as possible.

= Bugs = 
If you experience bugs please mail or use the forum.

== Screenshots ==

1. The actual widget functioning on a site, configured full
2. The actual widget functioning on a site, configured small
3. Options panel in the widget

== Changelog ==

= 1.2 =
* Categories can also be displayed in a checklist to enable selecting more than just one category.
* A new category can be given a parent category.
* Tags can be typed or selected from a list. Tags can be disabled in the options panel.
* It is possible to set the default publish status in the options panel.
* The creation of new categories can be disabled the in the options panel.
* Slightly changed stylesheet.
* Cleaned up some code.

= 1.1.1 =
* Fixed a bug which occurs when wordpress is installed in a subdirectory.

= 1.1 =
* When allowed to create a new category, radio buttons are displayed to choose between an existing category and a new category as well as an input box to type in the name of the new category.
* Built in visual form validation. When a required item remains empty the item-border displayes default red, but you can choose other colors (in case you have a red site).
* Corrected and slightly changed stylesheet.

= 1.0 =
* First release

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.2 =
Categories can also be displayed in a checklist to enable selecting more than just one category.
A new category can be given a parent category.
Optionally tags can be defined by typing or selecting from a list.
The default publish status can be defined.
Creation of new categories can be disabled.

= 1.1.1 =
Fixed a bug which occurs when wordpress is installed in a subdirectory.

= 1.1 =
Adds a new feature to create a new category while posting.
Built in visual form validation.
Corrected and slightly changed stylesheet.

= 1.0 =
This is the first release of this plugin, no upgrade necessary.