Nick Powers

<p><a href="http://nickpowers.info/wordpress-plugins/social-author-bio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Author Bio</a> adds a author bio box with the author’s avatar with built-in and custom social icons on pages/posts.</p>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://nickpowers.info/wordpress-plugins/social-author-bio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Author Bio Main Site</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.elirose.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Author Bio Example</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>New to version 2.4</h4>
<p>Thanks for all your great suggestions</p>
<ul>
<li>Fully integrated Google+ authorship (shows Google+ Avatar in search results)</li>
<li>Added custom field (check box) on edit screen providing the ability to disable of author box on individual pages/posts</li>
<li>New shortcode [social_bio_icons] which displays only the Social Icons</li>
<li>Ability to adjust avatar size (admin)</li>
<li>Choice of location, top or bottom, for automatic placement of Social Author Bio</li>
<li>Number of custom links increased from 5 to 10</li>
<li>Added %home% (The home URL) variable to advanced HTML section</li>
</ul>
<h4>Built in Social Icons</h4>
<p>AIM, Digg, eMail, Facebook, Google+, iCompositions, ICQ, LinkedIn, MSN, MySpace, Pinterest, Reverbnation, Skype, Soundcloud, Technorati, Twitter, Yahoo, YouTube</p>
<h4>Custom Social Icons</h4>
<p>Admin can create up to 5 custom social icons</p>
<p><strong>Admin</strong> can control the following options from the settings menu:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enable/disable use of Google+ authorship sitewide</li>
<li>Complete control over HTML that produces the Social Author Bio</li>
<li>Complete control over CSS that styles the Social Author Bio</li>
<li>Enable/disable built in and custom social icons site wide</li>
<li>Admin can enable/disable Social Author Bio display on Pages, Posts, and/or shortcodes.</li>
<li>Which role to start using Social Author Bio (defaults to Contributor) </li>
<li>What prefix to display before user’s name.</li>
<li>Location of bio box, top or bottom, for automatic placement of Social Author Bio</li>
<li>Avatar size</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Users</strong> can control the following options from their profile page:</p>
<ul>
<li>Enable/disable Social Author Bio for their profile</li>
<li>Choice of website icon (WordPress, Blogger, or website)</li>
<li>Enable/disable use of Google+ authorship for their profile</li>
<li>Enable/disable the built in or custom social icons on their profile</li>
<li>Configure each social icon’s user, username, id, etc.</li>
<li>Use shortcode [social-bio] in pages/posts</li>
<li>Use shortcode [social-bio id=xxx] where xxx is a user id to display</li>
</ul>
<p>If enabled by Admin & Author Social Author Bio is displayed automatically on post/pages.</p>
<p>If enabled by Admin, Authors can use the [social-bio] and/or the [social_bio_icons] shortcodes in posts/pages.<br />
The shortcode can be used even if the Author disables Social Author Bio in their profile.<br />
This allows the Author to tag selected posts with their Social Author Bio.</p>
<p>If you have suggestions for a new add-on, feel free to <a href="http://nickpowers.info/contact-social-author-bio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Email</a> me.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>Copyright (C) 2012  Nick Powers</p>
<p>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or<br />
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License<br />
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2<br />
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.</p>
<p>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,<br />
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of<br />
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the<br />
GNU General Public License for more details.</p>
<p>You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License<br />
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software<br />
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.<br />
<a href="www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPL V2.0</a></p>
<p>Nick Powers<br />
<a href="http://nickpowers.info" rel="nofollow ugc">NickPowers.info</a><br />
<a href="http://nickpowers.info/contact-social-author-bio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Email</a></p>


Social Author Bio

Social Author Bio automatically adds an author bio box along with Gravatar and social icons on posts. Now with built in Google Author!

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<p>If you’re looking for a way to make your every page a landing page for new contacts and leads, then you will find Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup invaluable.</p>
<p>Make your every post stand out and attract your readers’ eyes. Connect with your audience on all levels and make sure people always read your author’s bio and engage you on social networks.</p>
<h4>Social Networks</h4>
<ul>
<li>Twitter</li>
<li>Facebook</li>
<li>Google+ & automatic Google Authorship verification (rel=author)</li>
<li>LinkedIn</li>
<li>Instagram</li>
<li>Flickr</li>
<li>Pinterest</li>
<li>Tumblr</li>
<li>YouTube</li>
<li>Vimeo</li>
<li>Job title (position)</li>
<li>Company</li>
<li>Company URL</li>
</ul>
<h4>Display Settings</h4>
<p>Allow you to choose where Fancier Author Box appears on your website.</p>
<ul>
<li>Show in posts (above, below, both, none)</li>
<li>Show in pages (above, below, both, none)</li>
<li>Show in custom post types (above, bellow, both, none)</li>
<li>Bio – This is a standard author bio description. It uses your Gravatar image and alows you to put social profile icons</li>
<li>Latest Posts – Shows number of latest posts you specify and dates</li>
</ul>
<h4>Color Settings</h4>
<p>Allow you to change colors of just about any author box element. These elements include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Inactive Tab</li>
<li>Inactive Tab Border</li>
<li>Inactive Tab Background</li>
<li>Active Tab</li>
<li>Active Tab Border</li>
<li>Active Tab Background</li>
<li>Tab Content</li>
<li>Tab Content Border</li>
<li>Tab Content Background</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<p>List of features is categorized by display, color and user specific settings.</p>
<h4>Display Settings</h4>
<p>Allow you to choose where Fancier Author Box appears on your website.</p>
<ul>
<li>Show in posts (above, below, both, none)</li>
<li>Show in pages (above, below, both, none)</li>
<li>Show in custom post types (above, bellow, both, none)</li>
<li>Bio – This is a standard author bio description. It uses your Gravatar image and alows you to put social profile icons</li>
<li>Latest Posts – Shows number of latest posts you specify and dates</li>
</ul>
<h4>Color Settings</h4>
<p>Allow you to change colors of just about any author box element. These elements include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Inactive Tab</li>
<li>Inactive Tab Border</li>
<li>Inactive Tab Background</li>
<li>Active Tab</li>
<li>Active Tab Border</li>
<li>Active Tab Background</li>
<li>Tab Content</li>
<li>Tab Content Border</li>
<li>Tab Content Background</li>
</ul>
<h4>User Settings</h4>
<p>These are settings specific to users. Users have the option to show or hide their author box and enter additional information, such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>Twitter username or profile URL</li>
<li>Facebook username, id or profile URL</li>
<li>Google+ id or profile URL</li>
<li>LinkedIn id or profile URL</li>
<li>Instagram username or profile URL</li>
<li>Flickr username or profile URL</li>
<li>Pinterest username or profile URL</li>
<li>Tumblr username or profile URL</li>
<li>YouTube username or profile URL</li>
<li>Vimeo username or profile URL</li>
<li>Job title (position)</li>
<li>Company</li>
<li>Company URL</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Icon Credits – http://vervex.deviantart.com/art/Somicro-29-Social-Media-Icons-257232757</p>


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