=== Verisign Domain Hashlink ===
Author: Verisign, Inc.
Contributors: Phillip Harmon
Tags: verisign domain hashlink, domain, hashlink
Plugin link: http://www.domainhashlink.com
Requires at least: 2.6
Tested up to: 3.4.0.1
Version: 1.0
Stable tag: 1.0

Verisign Domain Hashlink BETA is a navigation tool that lets you shorten long URLs using your domain name, a hashtag symbol and keyword.

== Description ==
Verisign Domain Hashlink lets WordPress site owners easily create memorable and branded URL shortcuts for landing pages or to promote specific content on their site.  With a Domain Hashlink shortcut, your brand identity is still preserved in the URL via your domain name, but website visitors can easily remember and locate specific content on your WordPress site with a # and keyword (e.g. www.Verisigninc.com#domainhashlink).  

Great features that Domain Hashlink provides: 

- Track offline campaigns: Provide statistics on traffic and trends associated with keywords and even map keyword performance to a particular campaign.

- Grow viral and web traffic: Directs site visitors to specific pages, building your website traffic as more visitors can navigate to what they are looking for on your site.  

- Maintain your full domain name to preserve your brand: Create branded, short URLs that preserves your domain name and promote your website, your brand (e.g. www.example.com#keyword)

- Monitor keywords: Reporting tool show most commonly entered keywords terms and provide suggestions for new keywords.

- Promote short branded URLs on social network platforms: Publish keywords to a Facebook or Twitter account, quickly sharing your new, memorable URLs with your social connections to drive traffic to your site.


== Installation ==
To subscribe to this service, you will need an invitation key. To request an invitation key from Verisign, send an e-mail with your domain name and email address to domainhashlink@verisign.com.

This plugin follows the [standard WordPress installation method][]:

1. Upload the 'domain-hashlink.zip' file to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory using wget, curl of ftp.
2. 'unzip' the 'domain-hashlink.zip' which will create the folder to the directory `/wp-content/plugins/dhl_v1.0.5`
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
4. Configure the plugin through 'Domain Hashlink' submenu in the the 'Settings' section of the Wordpress admin menu
5. Add your DHL Invite Key.
6. Save and you are finished.

[standard WordPress installation method]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= What is Verisign Domain Hashlink? =
Verisign Domain Hashlink is a vanity URL that lets you create shorter, more memorable URLs. It's designed to help users locate precise content on your website. It's a brand new kind of website navigational tool. It's also a handy shortcut to get someone exactly where you want them to be online: with a short, intuitive and easily remembered keyword or phrase preceded by a #, or hashtag symbol.

== Screenshots ==
Verisign Domain Hashlink BETA is a navigation tool that lets you shorten long URLs using your domain name, a hashtag symbol and keyword.

== Changelog ==
= version 1.0.5 =
Initial Version