=== Socializer! === Contributors: TheFreeWindows Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=8LEU4AZ8DWET2 Tags: facebook, social, share, google, google plus,like, socializer, bookmark, social bookmarking, share widget, email, recommend, promote, twitter, del.icio.us, digg, language, translate, links, myspace, reddit, sharing, tweet, google translate, livejournal, tinyURL, evernote Requires at least: 2.8 Tested up to: 3.9 Stable tag: 8.0 Socializer! is a fast plugin for sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and more social networks, by eMail, translating them, getting html links, exploring a site, getting short links... == Description == Socializer! helps your visitors share your blog on more than 30 top social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, by eMail, even translate them to their language, get short links, get html reference and share links, explore your blog even more using Google search results.., without compromising the speed of your pages. You can see Socializer! live in action, e.g. at [Live Desktop Gadgets](http://windowslivegadgets.com/gallery/) Socializer won't urge your visitors to share your pages, it relies on their own spontaneous decision. If you want to require the sharing of your site, you can use Socializer! along with [Social Share Motivator](http://www.thefreewindows.com/15816/reveal-posts-visitors-share-social-networks/), a plugin that pops up a Share prompt. The plugin is absolutely self-dependent and safe: it won't change anything in your database. It also keeps a blog fast, since it loads immediately only scripts for the most popular share options (Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus), postponing the rest for users who actually need them. You have options to decide what to share - posts or pages, or both posts and pages, place social buttons at the top of your content or at the bottom, or in both locations. Sharing buttons can appear also on Archives (Categories, Tags, Dates, Home/Index pages). Alternatively or along with content buttons, you can use the convenient and global Socializer! Widget and / or FLOATING Widget, that remains visible all the time, no matter how long your pages are, on a fixed location that you can define. You can use simple CSS directions to customize and fine tune the position, alignment, background, etc, of the content and widget buttons according to your theme needs. Socializer! lets you also [create manually occasional / sporadic share-links](http://www.thefreewindows.com/11487/incorporating-socializer-web-scripts-software-creating-manual-sharelinks/) independently of the regular buttons, in case that you need to use in some article specific share links. Social networks supported (and more options): Facebook, Twitter, Google Bookmarks and Google Plus, Reddit, eMail recommendation, Google Translate, copying raw HTML Code (href) for Links and Share Links, getting Short URL versions with TinyURL, share in BlinkList, BlogMarks, Del.Icio.Us, Digg, Evernote, FormSpring, FriendFeed, Linkedin, LiveJournal, Chime, MySpace, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Connotea, DotNetKicks, DZone, Fark, Faves, LinkArena, LinkaGoGo, MisterWong, N4G, NewsVine, Netvouz, NuJIJ, Scoopeo, Tipd, Tumblr, Xerpi. Socializer! is perfectly compatible with WordPress multisite MS / MU installations. * To increase your readership even more, combine Socializer! with [Social Share Motivator](http://www.thefreewindows.com/15816/reveal-posts-visitors-share-social-networks/) * If you have a non-WordPress site, php or asp, simple html etc, there is a [Javascript Edition of Socializer!](http://www.thefreewindows.com/5641/socializer-javascript/), letting you offer your visitors a chance to share and / or translate and explore your pages easily. * [Socializer! for Firefox](http://www.thefreewindows.com/5915/socializer-firefox/), for [Chrome](http://www.thefreewindows.com/11319/socializer-chrome/), for [Internet Explorer](http://www.thefreewindows.com/11432/socializer-internet-explorer/), or for [any major browser](http://www.thefreewindows.com/5897/socializer-bookmarklet/) will let you share yourself or translate any page you visit. * [Socializer! Home](http://www.socializer.info) and [Plugin Page](http://www.thefreewindows.com/5598/socializer-share-WordPress-posts-pages/) are available if you need more information. You may also like to know how you can [incorporate Socializer! in your own scripts or software](http://www.thefreewindows.com/11487/incorporating-socializer-web-scripts-software-creating-manual-sharelinks/). == Installation == To install Socializer! follow the usual way of installing WordPress plugins: unzip the archive and upload the "socializer" folder inside the plugins folder of your blog, then activate Socializer! and configure it. Both content and widget share buttons are configured from the Socializer! admin page at the Settings section of your blog. For WordPress multisite MS / MU installations you can activate the Socializer! globally, for all the sites of your network, or just install it on the main (network admin) site, leave it deactivated there, and activate it on (any number of) individual blogs in your network. You can also create occasional share-links manually, if you need to, when you write a page or post and make references to some other post. Read instructions for this at [manual Socializer!](http://www.thefreewindows.com/11487/incorporating-socializer-web-scripts-software-creating-manual-sharelinks/) If you need help, [ask for help](http://www.thefreewindows.com/about/contact/) * Except for the Socializer! images that you see here at the Screenshots section, you can view a live demo on [Live Destkop Gadgets](http://windowslivegadgets.com/gallery/) == Frequently Asked Questions == Read [Frequent Questions and Answers](http://www.thefreewindows.com/6035/socializer-WordPress-frequent-questions-answers/) and ask yourself a question if you need to. == Screenshots == 1. Socializer! Content share buttons. 2. Socializer! Widget. 3. Socializer! Floating Widget. == Changelog == = 8.0 = * A major upgrade. Share buttons of the most popular social networks are now activated immediately in the blog = 7.0 = * Added the option of a FLOAT sharing button, that remains in a fixed location you can define, always visible no matter how long a blog post is. = 6.1 = * This is just an update for the WordPress site that Socializer is compatible with WordPress 6.x. = 6.0 = * Socializer! changes its default social buttons -- with bigger ones, that support also transparency and will work gracefully on dark backgrounds. The older buttons are also available to use them, if you like them better than the new ones -- and, as always, you can replace the default with anything that you like. The Settings page also became easier to use. = 5.1 = * Fixed a compatibility problem of the widget with blogs that use ugly permalinks (the ones with queries and numbers instead of descriptive keywords). = 5.0 = * After users' requests the Socializer! button can now be placed also on Home index and Archive (Categories, Tags, Dates) pages. Style customization is now available on the plugin Settings page, besides the option of using your central style sheet. = 4.1 = * Changes to the code that will let the users of Socializer connect to the new server at [www.socializer.info](http://www.socializer.info). The old server will continue to work for some months, but you should upgrade. = 4.0 = * A major update, with new options to place the content button at the top of your content, or at the bottom, or even two times, at the bottom and at the top; css control of the sharing buttons, option to replace the default buttons with user's own, options to configure the widget (from the same admin page with the content button). = 2.5 = * New animated buttons, now featuring also Google Plus and eMail. = 2.0. = * Widget version of the plugin added. Optional activation, no need for configuration, appears anywhere a widget can appear. = 1.0.2 = * More presentation changes regarding the WordPress.Org pages. = 1.0.1 = * ReadMe file change for better compatibibility with the character encoding of the WordPress.Org pages = 1.0 = * First release of Socializer! * Top social networking sites included, along with Google Plus and eMail recommendation * Option to add manually a share link to a page * Option to display Socializer! only on posts or pages, or on both posts and pages * Double cover of Facebook, share and/or like == Upgrade Notice == = 8.0 = A major upgrade. Share buttons of the most popular social networks are now activated immediately in the blog. = 7.0 = Added the option of a FLOAT sharing button, that remains in a fixed location you can define, always visible no matter how long a blog post is. = 6.1 = No rush to upgrade; this is just an update for the WordPress site that Socializer is compatible with WordPress 5.x. = 6.0 = Upgrade to this version if you prefer bigger social buttons (the old ones are still available, though). The Settings page also became easier to use. = 5.1 = Although the problem fixed is not serious, the upgrade is mandatory if you use ugly permalinks (the ones with queries instead of keywords) and the widget. = 5.0 = Upgrade to this version to have the option of putting the Socializer! button at your Archives (Categories, Tags, Dates, Home/Index pages). This version also will let you apply style changes directly through the admin settings, if you don't want to use your main style sheet. = 4.1 = Upgrade to this version to connect to the new server at [www.socializer.info](http://www.socializer.info) = 4.0 = Upgrading to version 4.0 is recommended. New option to place the content button at the top or at the bottom, or at both the bottom and the top of your content. CSS control of the sharing buttons, even option to replace the default buttons with your own. The widget now can be configured (from the same admin page with the content button). = 2.5 = Upgrading to version 2.5 is recommended. Besides secondary improvements, the animated buttons change, now featuring also Google Plus and eMail. = 2.0 = Upgrading to version 2.0 is recommended. Besides secondary improvements, a brand new Widget is now available to complement Socializer! = 1.0.2 = No reason to upgrade. This release too addresses WordPress.Org presentation issues. = 1.0.1 = No reason to upgrade. This release addresses WordPress.Org presentation issues.