=== Social Connect Widget ===
Contributors: NewsPress
Donate link: http://www.newspress.io
Tags: social, twitter, facebook, rss, footer, google plus, you tube, tumblr, linkedin, pinterest, vimeo, flickr, email, widget
Requires at least: 2.0.2
Tested up to: 4.1
Stable tag: 1.7.1

A simple plug-in that enables WordPress sites to display social media icons with configurable links.

== Description ==

This plugin will simplify adding links (social media icons) to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Vimeo, Flickr, Email and RSS feeds from your WordPress powered site.

These days it's essentially a necessity to operate hub pages on the major social networks, both as a way to improve a sites SEO and to communicate with users and customers across a range of mediums. This plugin will help you to display pretty links to your WordPress Blog or Sites Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Vimeo, Flickr, Email and RSS feed pages.

The plugin now allows selection of different icons. If there is an icon set that you would like included in the next release send us a request <i>via</i> the <a href="http://www.newspress.io/about">NewsPress website</a>.

== Installation ==

Installation Steps

1. Upload the Social Connect Widget folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory via FTP. <strong>OR</strong> Add the Social Connect Widget Plugin via the WordPress Plugins menu.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
3. Add the Widget to the desired area in the WordPress Widgets menu and/or activate by placing the shortcode [social-connect] somewhere on your site.
4. Go to Settings > Social Connect Widget to configure the various options.
5. Note that if you don't want a particular icon to be displayed simply make the corresponding text field empty.
6. Rate the plugin and verify that it works at wordpress.org.

Some Formatting Tips

* If you would rather not display one of the icons simply leave the corresponding text area blank on the settings page and it won't be shown.
* The spacing between icons may now be set from the Settings > Social Connect Widget page directly.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How do I contact you if I have questions/suggestion? =
Please contact us via the <a href="http://www.newspress.io/about">NewsPress website</a>, we'd love to hear from you

== Screenshots ==

1. Plugin in use screenshot-1.png (v 1.3)
2. Set-up options screen screenshot-2.png (v 1.3)

== Changelog ==

= 1.7.1 =
* Bugfix that was affecting a subset of users

= 1.7.0 =
* More new icon sets
* Added support for Instagram accounts

= 1.6.0 =
* New flat icon set Boxxed added &ndash; props to Pauline at <a href="http://www.twelveskip.com/">TwelveSkip</a>
* New shortcode [social-connect] allows icons can be placed anywhere
* Fixed right click modal bug which prevented display
* Cleaned up the css code
* Responsibility for plugin passed to <a href="http://www.newspress.io">NewsPress</a>, credits adjusted

= 1.5.1 =
* Addressed issue with vertical spacing when icons flow to a new line
* Added option to specify the alignment of icons
* Implemented the ability to control the right-click dialogue box
* CSS now loads in the head, as it should be

= 1.5 =
* New badges for Vimeo, Flickr and Email
* Ability to control spacing between the icons added
* Great looking jQuery tooltips (with graceful fallback)
* Awesome new right-click context box (with seamless fallback)
* Streamlined the output code for faster processing

= 1.4 =
* Added support for Pinterest (requested by Anders)
* Cleaned up code to address compliance issues (thanks Thomas)

= 1.3 =
* MAJOR UPDATE!
* Complete code rewrite
* Moved options to the WordPress settings menu (if upgrading from v 1.2 re-configure)
* Added support for LinkedIn
* New, improved <a href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=13301_0_1_10">elegant themes</a> icon set
* Various bug fixes (thanks Eric)

= 1.2 =
* Added support for Tumblr at the request of Miss McBooty over at <a href="http://foodiemcbooty.com/">foodiemcbooty.com</a>

= 1.1 =
* Added support for YouTube
* It's now possible to selectively display icons

= 1.0 =
* Version 1.0 of Social Connection Widget is the first version available as a WordPress plugin

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.5.1 =
More new configuration options to control the formatting of icons have been added

= 1.5 =
New badges and jQuery tooltips and dialogues added

= 1.4 =
Plugin now supports Pinterest

= 1.3 =
Re-write of the code, dedicated options page and new icon set introduced

= 1.2 =
New option to include icon and link to your Tumblr page

= 1.1 =
Add your YouTube channel and specify which icons to hide or display

= 1.0 =