=== Author Box ][ ===
Contributors: ipublicis
Plugin URI: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/author-box-2/
Author: Lopo Lencastre de Almeida - iPublicis.com
Author URI: http://www.ipublicis.com
Donate link: http://smsh.me/7kit
Tags: author, theme
Requires at least: 2.7.0
Tested up to: 2.9.2
Stable tag: 1.2

Adds an author box below text when viewing a single article. From a Brian Gardner's article at http://smsh.me/7ngf

== Description ==

Adds an author box below text when viewing a single article. idea taken from a [Brian Gardner's](http://smsh.me/7ngf) article.
Due to some problems in creating this project on Wordpress.org Extend another Author Box plugin appeared with almost the same code as ours so we decided to change its name.

It allows also the author to define links to the external social network's websites: Twitter, Identi.ca, Facebook and Netlog. Those will appear as clickable icons.
Now also allows theme developers or authors to selectively include Author Box ][ using either a Template Tag or a Content Shortcode.

* Check out the other [Wordpress plugins](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/ipublicis) by the same author.

== Installation ==

How to install the Wordpress Author Box ][ plugin and get it working in three easy steps:

1. Upload `/author-box-2/` folder and its files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Go to your Personal Profile and insert the user id for the social networks you want to have the link in Author Box ][. For instance, if in Twitter your url is http://twitter.com/niceguy just use the "niceguy" part of it. It is the same procedure with the other social networks.
4. You have a few display options:
	* Do nothing and Author Box ][ will appear automagically after author's articles in single view
	* Could go to "Settings" and set "Auto Display Off" and use one of the following options:
		* Template tag: `<?php if (function_exists('authorbox_display')) echo authorbox_display(); ?>`
		* Shortcode: [authorbox]

You should have at least your "Contact Info" Website and/or one of the Social Networks defined or, at least, a not so short "Biographical Info", or the CSS may be messy. 

If you use Wordpress Mu and want to add this plugin to all blogs just install it in the mu-plugins directory instead or, in more modern versions, activate it globally.

== Translations ==

If you want to make a translation for your language, use the author-box-2.pot included and (if you want) send me the .po and .mo files to dev@ipublicis.com for inclusion in plugin's package. You'll be credited, of course.

= Credits for present translations =

* Dutch  translation made by Theo van der Sluijs ([tvds](http://profiles.wordpress.org/tvds))
* Persian translation made by Sourena Parham ([bluebird2](http://profiles.wordpress.org/bluebird2))
* Portuguese translation made by Lopo Lencastre de Almeida ([ipublicis](http://profiles.wordpress.org/ipublicis))

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Have more questions? =

Go to the [Wordpress' forum](http://wordpress.org/tags/authorbox?forum_id=10#postform).

== Screenshots ==

1. The Author Box ][ in a blog using LTR language.
2. The Author Box ][ in a blog using RTL language (Persian).
3. The modified User Profile page with social networks.

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.2 =

* Added Dutch translation.
* Minor changes.

= 1.1.1 =

* Some plugin code cleaning.
* More changes in the RTL stylesheet.
* Translations updated. 
* New screenshots with the correct version working. 
* More info added to the readme.txt.

= 1.1 =

* Now working with Right-to-Left languages too.
* Bug with translations solved.
* Added Persian translation (by [bluebird2](http://sourena.net/)).
* Added Portuguese translation (by [ipublicis](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/ipublicis)).
* Added and extended function from Simple Author Box code to include other external social sites. 
* Change external link to iconized links.
* Changed output HTML and CSS.
* Changed name from AuthorBox to Author Box ][

= 1.0 =

* First version released.