=== Plugin Name ===
Contributors: kliehm
Donate link: http://learningtheworld.eu/2007/amazon-machine-tags/
Tags: Amazon, API, web services, post, posts, sidebar, content, tags, tagging, tag, links, machine tags, associate, XSLT, XSL, REST, CSS, AJAX, YUI, i18n, POSH
Requires at least: 2.3
Tested up to: 2.3.1
Stable tag: 1.0.3

The plugin checks for machine tags with ISBN or ASIN numbers, gets the product data from Amazon, and displays it in the sidebar or in a blog article.

== Description ==

Simple inclusion of Amazon items through machine tags.

1. Identifies any tag in the [machine or triple tag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_tag) form book:isbn=1234567890 or amazon:asin=1234567890. Works with native tags from WordPress 2.3 and later, Bunny’s Technorati Tags, and Jerome’s Keywords.
1. Gets the item information and a thumbnail image from the **Amazon Web Services API**.
1. Displays the item(s) in the sidebar or in a blog article with a link to the visitor’s best match (if the [ip2country](http://priyadi.net/archives/2005/02/25/wordpress-ip-to-country-plugin/) plugin is installed) or a default Amazon shop of your choice.
1. If you are an Amazon Associate for that locale, your Associate ID is included automatically.

You can edit the server-side, semantic and valid XHTML output via XSLT, change the CSS, or translate the admin interface through PO-files.

YUI/AJAX is used for your convenience to verify the Access Key in the admin interface.

== Installation ==

1. Upload the whole `amazon-machine-tags` folder into the `wp-content/plugins/` directory.
1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress,
1. Get an Amazon Web Services [Access Key](http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSECommerceService/2007-06-13/GSG/GettinganAWSAccessKeyID.html).
1. Create a `wp-content/cache/` directory with permissions set to 755.
1. Put `<?php AMTAP::get_items(); ?>` in your sidebar and start using machine tags.
1. Edit `amtap-blog.css` if you like.
1. If you want to use tags in a blog article, write `[amtap book:isbn=1234567890]` or `[amtap amazon:asin=1234567890]`.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does it work in the sidebar on pages, too? =

Posts have tags, pages don’t, so it doesn’t work on those by default. But there’s a plugin called [tags4page](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags4page/) that enables tags for pages. Works like a charm.

= I’m overwhelmed by the number of options. Are they really required? =

No. The only required field is the Amazon Web Services Access Key. You can leave the others as they are set to defaults.

== Changelog ==

* 1.0.3: Fixed the display of inline tags on category pages.
* 1.0.2: Changed the plugin path from `amtap` to `amazon-machine-tags` for consistency with the file structure in the zipped file.
* 1.0.1: Bugfix for native WordPress tags.