=== Plugin Name ===

Contributors: LinksAlpha
Tags: post, facebook, twitter, google plus, reddit, stumbleupon, pinterest, digg, yahoo, social, sharing, likes, page, social networks, Blogger, Brightkite, Delicious, Diigo, Foursquare, Plurk, Posterous, Sonico, Tumblr, Typepad, Windows Live, Yahoo Meme, Yammer, evernote, msn, instapaper, readitlater, netlog, vkontakte, hyves, xing, mail.ru, yahoo mail, hotmail, gmail, print, weibo.
Requires at least: 2.0.2
Tested up to: 3.3.2
Stable tag: 5.7.1

== Description ==

**Try the plugin at: http://sd.linksalpha.com**

**Enables Social Sharing of your blog posts to 30+ Social Networks, including:**

1. Google +1
1. Facebook Like
1. Facebook Send
1. Twitter button
1. LinkedIn Share
1. Pinterest
1. StumbleUpon
1. Digg
1. Reddit
1. Email


**Publish to Social Networks**

Plugin also enables you to `Automatically Publish` or `Self Publish` your `Blog Posts to 25+ Networks`.

1. Facebook Profile/Wall
1. Facebook Pages
1. Facebook Groups
1. Facebook Events
1. Twitter
1. LinkedIn
1. MySpace
1. Yammer
1. Yahoo
1. Identi.ca
1. Status.net
1. Socialcast
1. Plurk
1. Sonico
1. Delicious
1. Diigo
1. Foursquare
1. Gowalla
1. Wordpress.com Blog
1. Wordpress.org Blog
1. Blogger
1. Tumblr
1. Typepad
1. Posterous
1. Yahoo Meme
1. Windows Live

**List of Features**

* Social Sharing Buttons
* Displays Social Buttons with count of activity
* Offers consistent UI: aligned buttons and uniform color selection
* Automatically post your blog posts to social networks
* Using advanced features such as categories, automatically post selected blog posts to a subset of networks.


**Benefits**

* Viral spread of your content by Tweeting, Liking, +1, Sharing of content on social networks.
* Keep your fans, followers, and connections automatically updated on your blog posts.
* Expand your blog reach and save time by letting the plugin publish your blog posts - automatically.


**Manual positioning**

For Manually positioning the Social Sharing Buttons in your blog in place the below given code in the index.php file or any other file as you see appropriate in themes folder (...\wordpress\wp-content\themes). Note: if you are using 'default' theme for the WordPress plugin, then place the above code in single.php:

1. Social Sharing Buttons with Counters - `<?php laecho_wp_filter_content_widget(); ?>`
1. Social Sharing Buttons without Counters - `<?php laecho_wp_filter_content(); ?>`
1. Social Sharing Icons - `<?php laecho_wp_filter_buttons_icons(); ?>`
1. Social Sharing Icon - `<?php laecho_wp_filter_buttons_icon(); ?>`

Once you have completed the above step, perform the following:

1. Load the admin page for the plugin "Social Discussions" located under - Admin Console > Settings > Social Discussions.
1. Expand the section for "Social Buttons".
1. Under "Select Style", select the appropriate style for which you got the code from above. Style 1 is - Social Sharing Buttons with Counters, Style 2 is - Social Sharing Buttons without Counters, Style 3 is - Social Sharing Icons, and Style 4 is - Social Sharing Icon.
1. Check the box under the "Show/Hide this Style" and submit by clicking on "Save Changes".


**Misc**

* For getting support, email us at: discuss@linksalpha.com
* Note: We encourage you to download the latest version of the plugin as soon as it becomes available - as it may have additional extremely useful features for your blog.


== Installation ==
1. Upload social-discussions.zip to '/wp-content/plugins/' directory and unzip it.
2. Activate the Plugin from "Manage Plugins" window

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
Please go to: http://help.linksalpha.com/social-discussions.  

For support email us at: discuss@linksalpha.com. 

== Screenshots ==
1. Social Sharing Buttons with activity counters.
2. Social Sharing Buttons without activity counters.
3. Social Sharing Buttons as icons.
4. Social Sharing Buttons as a single icon.
5. Your blog post automatically published on Social Network.

== Changelog ==

= 5.7.1 =

* Minor bug fix

= 5.7 =

* Minor bug fix

= 5.6.4 =

* Minor bug fix

= 5.6.3 =

* Fixed non-working option.
* Minor bug fix

= 5.6.2 =

* Minor bug fix

= 5.6.1 =

* Minor bug fix

= 5.6.0 =

* Another major upgrade to plugin!
* New buttons style options to choose from.

= 5.4.0 =

* Major upgrade to plugin!

= 5.1.0 =

* Plugin now uses official Twitter button instead of ReTweet button from LinksAlpha.com
* Plugin now detects if user has PuSHPress plugin installed. Helps in faster publishing

= 5.0.0 =

* Must upgrade -  added 10+ more networks for Automatic Publishing of your blog posts to multiple Social Networks.