=== Plugin Name ===
Contributors: Topsy Labs 
Tags: topsy, twitter, widget, trackback, trackbacks, comments, tweetbacks, tweet
Requires at least: 2.0
Tested up to: 2.8
Stable tag: 0.9.3

Turn tweets into comments for your WordPress blog.

== Description ==

Turn tweets into comments for your WordPress blog. This plugin will query Topsy's real-time index of tweets and automatically generate trackback comments on your posts when people tweet about them.

== Installation ==

Note: Plugin requires PHP 5.0 or greater.

1. Download and extract the plugin.
2. Copy the "topsy" folder to the "/wp-content/plugins/" directory
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

The Topsy plugin will check for tweets that link to your blog posts, and generate a new comment on the target post for each tweet. On the plugin settings page, you can limit this to only include tweets by "influential" people.

= Upgrade Instructions =

Simply download and extract the new file, and copy the new "topsy" folder over the older one in your plugins directory. You don't need to do anything else.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= If I deactivate or remove the plugin, what happens to my trackback comments? =

Trackback comments are real comments, inserted into the WP comments database. The plugin creates the comments, but after that, they exist on their own. Deactivating or removing the plugin will have no effect on them.

= When someone links to a post of mine, how quickly will the trackback comment appear? =

It will appear the next time someone tries to load the post page. As the page loads, the Topsy plugin checks to see if there are any new links to the page, and adds comments if there are.

However, if you're allowing search engines to index your blog, then the search engine's hits will also trigger the plugin, so it's entirely possible that search engines will keep your trackback comments up-to-date without any human intervention.

= I deleted one of the trackback comments, but it keeps coming back. Help! =

If the plugin is still activated, it will re-generate trackback comments every time a blog post page is loaded.

If you want to keep the plugin activated, and block one or two comments from reappearing, you can use the "Unapprove" feature in the WordPress dashboard. An Unapproved comment will not be visible on your blog's pages.
    
== Screenshots ==

1. A tweet that links (via bit.ly) to a WordPress blog post
2. The resulting trackback comment on that blog post, created by the Topsy plugin.


== Changelog ==

= 0.9.3 - 2009-10-22 =

Bug fix: Resolved issue where "Topsy page" trackback link from pages with ? or + in their URL showed no trackbacks.

= 0.9.2 - 2009-10-16 =

Added "ignore list" feature. Added option to display trackbacks as comments, not just trackbacks. Added auto-linking of @usernames and #hashtags. General code cleanup.

= 0.9.1 - 2009-10-13 =

Revised format of trackback comment text to remove "On Twitter..." lead-in. Added rate limiting support.

= 0.9.0 - 2009-10-09 =

Initial release.