=== ShareThis === Tags: email, e-mail, bookmark, social, network, digg, del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, technorati, reddit, tailrank, furl, blinklist, blogmarks, newsvine, facebook, myspace, social, socialize, stumbleupon, aim, google bookmarks, windows live, yahoo my web, twitter, google buzz, buzz, share, sharethis, addthis, addtoany, share this,google buzz, yahoo buzz Contributors:ShareThis Requires at least: 1.5 Tested up to: 3.0.x Stable tag: 3.0.1 ShareThis plugin is a sharing widget that allows users to share your content through email, 50+ social networks including Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, and through text message and AIM. == Description == ShareThis plugin is a sharing widget that allows users to share your content through email, 50+ social networks including Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, and through text message and AIM. ShareThis now provides several layout and styling options to make is simple and easy for your users to share your site content to popular social networks. To check out the ShareThis plugin for WordPress, visit: http://sharethis.com/wordpress You can customize the ShareThis widget on your site and register with ShareThis (registration is optional) to get access to enhanced share related analytics for your site. == Installation == 1. Download the plugin archive and expand it (you've likely already done this). 2. Put the 'sharethis.php' file into your wp-content/plugins/ directory. 3. Go to the Plugins page in your WordPress Administration area and click 'Activate' for ShareThis. 4. In the WordPress Administration area, open the ShareThis Options page, and customize the sharing buttons based on your need. == Stats and Reporting == Once you have your ShareThis button set up you can register your domain under your account to receive reporting. Link to register domains: http://sharethis.com/account/domains You can also integrate your ShareThis button with Google Analytics. Visit http://help.sharethis.com/analytics/google-analytics for more information. == A Little About Us== At ShareThis, we think sharing should be simple. We aim to bring sharing to everyone and that means being able to share different kinds of content to a variety of sources quickly and easily. With the ShareThis widget, users can send blog posts, text, and pictures to others in their network via many social networking and social media options, as well as email, SMS/text message, and AIM. Whether posting to Facebook or MySpace, tweeting via Twitter, Digging it or Sharing to Google Buzz, users can make the most of the content on blogs through a single widget with a wealth of options. == Recent Feature Updates == At ShareThis we are always trying to develop a sharing product with our users and publishers needs in mind. Through our support forums, outreach on social media sites and personal experiences, we continue to cultivate the widget and sharing experience to include features and functionalities that we hope you like. In the most recent update we have some great features to share: - More choices & flexibility in layout and styling of social sharing buttons on your page. Visit the new ShareThis Options page in your WordPress admin area to learn more. - Visual customization of sharing buttons through your CSS stylesheet. This means you control the look & feel of these buttons in your own domain. - Native look and usage of the new Twitter button and Facebook button. - New Social Reach button styles to show your visitors how popular your content is based on others sharing. Simply put, Social Reach measures how popular a story is with users by counting outbound sharing and inbound visits from friends on social networks for these shared links. A number is displayed on your pages. See example screenshots in the update documentation. - Lastly, we've significantly simplified the WordPress installation by making registration optional and letting you configure ShareThis button options within Wordpress. We encourage you to register with ShareThis to get sharing stats from your site and other new social metrics that we are busy working on. Some of our prior updates are below, with the promise of many more to come! - The widget is now 80% lighter for the fastest sharing out there! - Users can log in with Facebook, Twitter, Google or Yahoo! accounts - Saves recently shared to contacts - Users can now search for their favorite services - ShareThis recommends other hot content on your site == Frequently Asked Questions == Got questions, we've got (some) answers! For frequently asked questions, check out this page and see if we've already got you covered: http://help.sharethis.com Still got questions? If you need technical help, check out the support info below. For someone in marketing, please email marketing@sharethis.com == Support == Have questions or suggestions for us? Perhaps it's already answered or being discussed in the ShareThis forums: http://forums.sharethis.com If you would like to contact the support team via email you can reach us at: feedback@sharethis.com == Screenshots == Check out some screenshots of our new widget in action! 1. A view of the classic ShareThis button on your posts 2. An example of large social icons on your posts 3. An example of small social buttons 4. An example of social reach buttons with counts in horizontal, compact layout 5. An example of social reach buttons with vertical layout for counts 6. A view of the widget when a user clicks or mouses over it 7. Sample tracking reports available to registered ShareThis publishers