=== WP Greet Box === Tags: referrer, search engine, google, yahoo, social networks, digg, stumbleupon, delicious, technorati, twitter Contributors: Thaya Kareeson Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=madeinthayaland@gmail.com¤cy_code=USD&amount=&return=&item_name=Donate+a+cup+of+coffee+or+two+for+AJAX+Force+Comment+Preview+WordPress+Plugin Requires at least: 2.6 Tested up to: 2.6 Stable Tag: 3.0 Display a different greeting message to your visitor depending on which site they are coming from. == Description == This plugin lets you show a different greeting message to your new visitors depending on their referrer url. For example, when a Digg user clicks through from Digg, they will see a message reminding them to digg your post if they like it. Another example, when a visitor clicks through from Twitter, they will see a message suggesting them to twit the post and follow you on Twitter. You can also set a default greeting message for new visitors (not matching any referrer URLs) suggesting them to subscribe to your RSS feed. Having these targeted suggestions will help your blog increase exposure and loyal readership. Best of all, this plugin is compatible with various WordPress cache plugins so you do not have to sacrifice speed. Currently the following referrers are installed by default, but you can easily create your own if your favorite referrer is not on the list! * del.icio.us * digg.com * google.com * yahoo.com * stumbleupon.com * technorati.com * twitter.com == Installation == 1. Upload the plugin to your plugins folder: 'wp-content/plugins/' 2. Make sure your the apache user has write permissions for the directory 'wp-content/plugins/wp-greet-box'. 3. Activate the 'WP Greet Box' plugin from the Plugins admin panel. 4. (optional) Go to the Options -> WP Greet Box admin panel to make any customizations. 5. Insert where you want your message displayed in your theme. 6. Test this out by googling your site and click through to your site from google. You should see the greeting message custimized for a google visitor. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Does this work with cache plugins? = Yes it does! Just make sure that you clear your cache after you've dropped in the wp_greet_box() code into your theme. = Can I add additional greeting messages? = Yes! You can easily do this on the WP Greet Box options page. You can even modify preinstalled messages or delete them. = I upgraded from 1.0 to 2.0. Where did my messages go? = Version 2.0 uses a very different memory structure than version 1.0. You will need to manually copy your customized messages to an external document of some sort (notepad), perform "Reset Options" to restore default configurations, and copy your customizations back over from notepad. = Where is wp-greet-box.js? Why is my wp-greet-box.js not updated? = wp-greet-box.js is automatically generated every time you activate the plugin and every time you load the WP Greet Box plugin options page. Make sure you visit the WP Greet Box options page and check that this file gets generated. = "Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_greet_box()" What gives? = This error can occur from 2 things: 1. Having multiple versions of WP Greet Box and attempting to activate both of them. 2. The web server does not have proper write permissions to the wp-greet-box/ plugin folder. To confirm that this is the issue, try to chmod 777 the wp-greet-box/ folder and reactivating the plugin. I'll try to add more error detection on an upcoming release so it's more clear during installation. == Changelog == 3.0 - Added cookies support so we do not keep showing the same message to returning visitors. - Added default message when no referrer match is found. 2.1 - Fixed PHP4 incompatibility. 2.0 - Added ability for users to add/delete/disable greeting messages. - Added confirmation dialogs for delete and reset function. 1.0 - Initial release == Screenshots == 1. Display message to new visitors. 2. Ask visitors from digg.com to digg your post. 3. Ask stumbleupon.com visitors to thumbs up your post. 4. Ask twitter.com visitors to follow you. 5. Customizing default message for new visitors. 6. Customize message for del.icio.us visitors. 7. Add your own referrer URL based message. 8. Ultra configurable display box.