=== Simple microblogging ===

Contributors: sgcoskey, vgitman
Donate link: http://boolesrings.org
Tags: tweet, tweets, microblog, microblogging, micropost
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 3.3.1
Stable tag: 0.0

Add a microblog to your site; display the microposts in a widget or using a shortcode.

== Description ==

This simple plugin allows you to easily post short messages such as thoughts and updates.  These messages will not appear in your stream of posts; instead you can display them in a widget in yours sidebar.  You can also display them in any post or page by using the `[microblog]` shortcode.

To get started, just look for the new `Microposts` administration panel in your dashboard.  Click `Add new` and then compose a short message in the same way that you normally compose your posts.  If you give the micropost a title, then it will be displayed in bold and used as the first few words of the micropost.

Then, either add the widget to your sidebar or add the `[microblog]` shortcode into your site, and that's it!

The `[microblog]` shortcode supports several options:

* **num**: The number of microposts to show.  Defaults to `5`.  Use `-1` to show all microposts.

* **null_text**: If no results are returned, shows this text.  Defaults to `(none)`.

* **show_date**: If defined, the creation date will precede the microposts.

* **date_format**: If showing the date, this php date format will be used.  The default is the Date Format value from the General Settings page.  I recommend `"F j"`, which displays as "May 12".

The output can then be further formatted using CSS.  We recommend the plugin [Improved Simpler CSS](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/imporved-simpler-css/) for quickly styling your post list (and your site)!

Report bugs, give feedback, or fork this plugin on [GitHub](http://github.com/scoskey/Simple-microblogging-wordpress-plugin).

== Installation ==

Nothing unusual here!

== Screenshots ==

1. A rendered widget containing my two microposts
2. The widget configuration box

== Other notes ==

If you are having trouble viewing your microposts, try visiting your permalinks preference pane and clicking `Save changes`.

It is a known issue that some permalink structures do not work with Simple microblogging when the plugin `Salmon for wordpress` is installed.

== Changelog ==

`0.0` initial release