=== Socialite ===
Contributors: brap
Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3944609
Tags: publish,post,plugin,Twitter,Facebook,MySpace,social,social network,post to Twitter,post to Facebook,post to MySpace,publish to Twitter,publish to Facebook,publish to MySpace
Requires at least: 2.2
Tested up to: 2.7.1
Stable tag: 0.2

Publishes your Wordpress posts to Twitter, Facebook and MySpace.

== Description ==

Socialite allows your Wordpress posts to publish to Twitter, Facebook, and
MySpace. Each social networking site can be enabled or disabled for
publishing, and each is configured separately with their own options. Support
for Short URL services such as zz.gd and Tinyurl.com is also supported.

<a href="http://www.gilfether.com/socialite">Visit the Socialite Homepage for More Information</a>

A few notes about this plugin:

* <strong>IMPORTANT</strong>: Socialite requires PHP 5.0.0 or greater. PHP 4
was retired on Dec 31, 2007 and it won't be supported.

* <strong>IMPORTANT</strong>: MySpace does not have an official API that
supports posting to the MySpace blog. This means cURL had to be used to emulate
logging in and posting to the MySpace blog. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PHP CURL
OPTIONS INSTALLED ON YOUR SERVER, THE MYSPACE MODULE WILL NOT WORK!<br />
Please read
<a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.setup.php">http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.setup.php</a>
for more information

* The Twitter and Facebook modules are written using each networks official
API, so barring any mistakes on my part, both modules should be pretty stable.


== Installation ==

1. Socialite is distributed in zip compression format. Unpack the socialite.zip
file. A folder called socialite should be created.

2. Move the socialite folder into your Wordpress plugins directory, located at
wp-content/plugins. When you have done this, you should have a the folder
wp-content/plugins/socialite

3. Log into Wordpress as an administrator or as a user that can activate
Wordpress plugins. Go to the Plugins menu and activate the Socialite plugin.

4. As the administrator, go to the Settings Wordpress Menu,
and click on the Socialite menu option. Complete the Socialite Configuration
for all the options you want set, and click on the 'save' button at the bottom
of the screen.

5. Now if you are feeling generous, there is a Donation link on the right hand
side of the Socialite Configuration page. I'm a struggling free lance
programmer and develop and maintain this plugin in my spare time. Any amount
you can donate will help, even if its enough for me to pick up a value meal at
a fast food resturant so I can continue working on this plugin through the
night into the next morning! It also helps the server fee which hosts this
plugin.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Do I have to use all three Social Networking sites at once? =

No. You can turn Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace on or off as you wish.

= Does the plugin publish the entire post, or an excerpt? =

Twitter only allows a one line story of 140 characters to be posted. This can
be configured by you.

Facebook only allows a one line story to the News Feed. Until recently, you
also able to not only view the one line, but it also permitted the short story
and full story to be viewed. In the latest Facebook updates, this does not
appear to be the case.

MySpace allows you to post anything you want, the full story, the excerpt, both,
or neither!

= Can I configure the way the published post looks on each site? =

Twitter only allows a 140 character post. It can be configured to your liking,
however because of the size limitation, there is only so much you can do.

Facebook can not be configured and has a set appearance. Facebook only allows a
one line story to be posted to the News Feed of your profile. This is due to
the way the Facebook API works.

MySpace is configurable, and in the Socialite configuration there is a place
for you to set up a publishing template.

= What version of PHP will this plugin work with? =

PHP 5.0.0 and later is supported.

= Are there any special PHP modules I need installed? =

The MySpace module requires you to have cURL installed for PHP. Please read
<a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.setup.php">http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.setup.php</a>
for more information.

The Twitter and Facebook modules do not require any additional PHP modules.


== Screenshots ==

1. The Socialite configuration screen in Wordpress 2.7


== License ==

Socialite is released under Version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
For more information please read
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</a>