=== Plugin Name === Contributors: ishimwe Donate link: http://www.codiiv.com/donate Tags: post,sidebar, sidebar post, wordpress, posting, wordpress MU, MU, front end, front-end, frontend, registration, login, authenticate Requires at least: 4.1 Tested up to: 4.9 Stable tag: 4.0 This plugin allows your visitors (logged in OR Not) to submit posts to your site via a simple sidebar widget form. == Description == This plugin acts as a quick front-end posting tool, allowing your visitors to easily submit posts and images from the front-end of your site, via a sidebar widget form, or a custom shortcode in a page or post of your choice. This is a very easy way to get your visitors to engage on your website. The idea came from a client who wanted a way to let members of their congregation post articles in the main church's website Some of the niches this plugin can be useful include: * Blogging website with many contributors * Community webstes with user participation/interativity * Forum like websites that don't want to use a fully featured forum module/plugin * Classified ads website where users post and review others' posts and more This plugin is fully localizable with .po file included. The .mo for French is included You can join/follow the discussion about the plugin on its home page at http://www.codiiv.com/forums/forum/plugins/sidebar-post/ * Twitter: https://twitter.com/codiiv * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codiiv.com * Github: https://github.com/codiiv == Installation == 1. Upload the entire sidebar-post directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 3. Go to "Appearance >> Widgets " and add the "NEW POST" widget where you want to have the form show up If you want to use the plugin in a page or Post, simple add the [sidebarpost] shortcode in the page you like! PS: You can also add the form anywhere in the wordpress by calling the sidebar_post_widget() function anywhere in the template files of the wordpress theme. == Frequently Asked Questions == Check http://www.codiiv.com == Screenshots == 1. Add a simple post form on the sidebar 2. You can add it using the Widget functionality in "Appearances >> Widgets" 3. You can also call it in posts or pages using a shortcode 4. Once the form has been submitted, a message is displayed == Changelog == =1.0.1= * Introduced Full translation support * Added Widget options control* added responsiveness =1.1.0= * Ajax Posti0ng =3.0.0= * Added Advanced Control Panel * Introduced premium options =3.0.2= * Fixed bugs in backend =3.0.3= * Added .po translation files * Introduced uninstaller to come in version 3.0.4 * Added full support of the language. Included fr_FR.mo * Added Default Post user =3.0.4= * Fixed formatting issues =3.0.5= * Added a fully working Uninstaller * Fixed two unnecessary loops =3.0.9= * Updated translation for French * Fixed Ajax issues on posting * Added HTML5 submit support =3.0.7= * Fixed translation paths issue * Updated CSS for backend =3.0.9= * Corrected some wording for the plugin * Added inline loggin/ register * Fixed translation paths issue * Updated CSS for backend =4.0= * Made compatible with WP 4.9 == Upgrade Notice == We had not upgraded the plugin in a long time. It is recommended that you deactivate the plugin, you upgrade and then reactivate