Blog2social

Blog2social

=== Blog2Social - Social Media Auto Publish ===
Contributors: Blog2Social, Adenion
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Donate link: http://www.blog2social.com
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 4.6
Stable tag: 3.0.0
License: GPLv3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Auto post, crosspost, schedule & share blog posts to cross-promote on social media networks, customized for profiles, pages & groups.

== Description ==
**Supported languages: English, German**

**Automatically post, re-publish, re-post and schedule your blogs posts to social media: e.g. to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, XING.**

* Blog2Social posts to profiles, business pages, community pages and groups of your connected social networks. Optionally, customize posts for each network with individual comments, #hashtags, tags or @handles - all in one easy step and auto-posted with one click only.
* Share new posts or re-share old posts. Post entire blog posts or individually formatted comments with selected images and backlinks to your blog. 
* Corporate Blogs and Multi Author Blogs: Create multiple sets of social network profiles, pages and groups for each user and different sharing purposes.  
* Drive more traffic to your blog by cross-posting and promoting your blog posts on all of your social media network accounts faster and easier than ever.

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= Supported Networks =

**Social Networks**

* Twitter - autopost to your account. Auto-submit an image and link with your tweet. Optionally, add #hashtags and @handles or select an specific image.
* Facebook - autopost to your profile and to pages. Auto-submit your attached post with image and link. Optionally, add individual comments and #hashtags.
* Google+ - autopost to your profile, pages or Google+ communities. Auto-submit your attached post with image and link or auto-submit the entire blog post to your Google+ account. Optionally, add individual comments and #hashtags. 

**Business Networks**

* LinkedIn - autopost to your profile and to company and focus pages. Auto-submit your attached post with image and link. Optionally, add individual comments with #hashtags.
* XING - autopost to your profile. Auto-submit the link to your blog post to your profile. Auto-submit an post excerpt to your business page's updates and the complete blog post to groups. Optionally customize your posts.

**Image Networks**

* Flickr - autopost your photostream with tags. Auto-submit an image of your blog post and the entire post. Optionally, customize your post and tags.
* Pinterest - autopost to selected Pinterest board with tags and #hashtags. Auto-submit a selected image from your blog post and link it to your blog. Optionally, add individual comments and #hashtags.
* Instagram - autopost to your profile with tags and #hashtags. Auto-submit a selected image from your blog post, add tags and #hashtags and a link to your blog post.

**Blogging Networks**

* Tumblr - Re-publish your blog post to your Tumblr blog. Auto-submit the complete blog post in rich text HTML with tags and a selected image to your Tumblr blog. Optionally, customize the title and copy and add tags and #hashtags.
* Medium - Re-publish to your account. Auto-submit the complete blog post in rich text HTML with tags and a selected image to your Medium blog. Optionally, customize the title and copy and add tags and #hashtags.
* Torial - Re-publish the complete blog post in rich text HTML with tags and a selected image to your Torial blog. Optionally, customize the title and copy and add tags and #hashtags.

**Social Bookmarking**

* Diigo - auto-submit the link to your blog post to create add bookmark to your account.
* Delicious - autopost to your profile. Auto-submit the link with tags and #hashtags to add a bookmark.

Blog2Social allows you to share your blog posts on social media fast and easily. 

Blog2Social auto-shares while maintaining the benefits of turning your blog posts into optimal format for each network. 

The one-page preview allows you to customize all of your posts in one single step. You may add individual comments or handles to your posts to enhance your posts with a personal touch.

With one click only you publish your customized posts on your personal selection of profiles, pages and groups on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, XING, Pinterest, Flickr, Instagram, Tumblr, Medium, Torial, Diigo and Delicious.

**Customize your posts in a one-page preview**

Customize your posts and comments per network and add #hashtags, tags, keywords and @handles in via the publication form. Just one click and your post will be auto-published on all of your selected profiles, pages and groups.

Every post will be submitted with link to your blog post by default. You may remove or edit this link.

**Schedule your posts for the best times to post**

Schedule and buffer your posts easily. Blog2Social auto-submits your posts to your selected profiles, pages and groups at the scheduled time. You may select and save your own time settings. Alternatively, choose the ready to use best-time scheduler provided by Blog2Social.

Select one-time scheduling for immediate sharing or recurring scheduling to be posted at your scheduled times. Use options for scheduling on weekly basis and define days and time.

Automate your social media management, boost your social media exposure and gain more outreach and traffic for your blog. Forget about the time-consuming manual sharing of your blog content to each single network. Achieve more outreach in less time.

= Blog2Social Free Features =

* **Autopost** to all of your networks profiles.
* **Customize posts** and add comments, tags, hashtags and handles for each network.
* **Manage your authors' posts** and share the blog posts of all authors of your blog (administrator rights needed).
* **Post images** with your posts. 
* **Keep the overview** of your publications with the dashboard.

= Accessible Social Networks =

>* Twitter
>* Facebook profile and page
>* Google+
>* LinkedIn
>* XING
>* Flickr
>* Pinterest
>* Instagram
>* Tumblr
>* Medium
>* Torial
>* Diigo
>* Delicious

= Blog2Social Premium Features =

Blog2Social Premium includes all features of the free version and awesome additional features including:

* **Schedule your posts on network level** to automatically share them on your profiles, pages and groups at the best time.
* **Follow the links in your dashboard to shared posts** to your timelines.
* **Activate up to 10 users** per license to profit from Blog2Social Premium.
* **Easily connect multiple profiles** of your social media accounts easily switch between your social profiles.

**Additional** sharing options:

>* Google+ pages
>* Google+ groups
>* LinkedIn pages
>* XING groups
>* XING pages
>* multiple Twitter accounts
>* multiple Facebook accounts
>* multiple Google+ accounts
>* multiple LinkedIn accounts
>* multiple XING accounts
>* multiple Flickr accounts
>* multiple Pinterest accounts
>* multiple Instagram accounts
>* multiple Tumblr accounts
>* multiple Medium accounts
>* multiple Torial accounts
>* multiple Diigo accounts
>* multiple Delicious accounts


= Support and Contact =

* Email: [email protected]
* Twitter: twitter.com/blog2Social_com

= Upgrade to Blog2Social Premium and Payment Options =

>Blog2Social Free is free forever. If you want to use all  awesome features for sharing and scheduling upgrade to Blog2Social Premium.

>Upgrade Blog2Social now ? [http://service.blog2social.com/](http://service.blog2social.com/ "Blog2Social Service")

Your payment options are: PayPal, Credit Card, Debit, Transfer.

== Installation ==
1. Go to the Admin Panel of your Wordpress dashboard

2. Select "Plugin" -> "Add New" in the left hand side menu

3. Enter "Blog2Social" in the "Search Plugins" textfield.

4. Click "Install Now" on the Blog2Social banner

5. If needed enter your FTP data to install the plugin

6. After the installation click "Activate Plugin"

7. "Blog2Social" appears in the left hand side menu

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= Is it free? =

Yes, Blog2Social is completely free to publish your blog posts to your social media profiles. For more elaborate features and options you may upgrade to Blog2Social Premium whenever needed. 
 
= Can I to use one Blog2Social Premium licence for more than one blog? =

Depending on the license you choose you use your license key for multiple users or blog installations. You are free to use the license key for different users in one blog or for users in different blogs depending on the number of licenses you purchased.

If you want to change the users of your license, log in with your user credentials on [service.blog2social.com](http://service.blog2social.com "service.blog2social.com") and delete the respective user. For new users enter the license key in the license key field in the Blog2Social dashboard settings.

= I registered for the trial of Blog2Social Premium / I upgraded to Blog2Social Premium. Where can I find my license key? =

You receive your license key with your welcome email, together with the login credentials. Please check your inbox and the spam folder of your email system.
If you have the login credentials for [service.blog2social.com](http://service.blog2social.com "service.blog2social.com") log in to your account and pic up the license key.

= I registered for the trial of Blog2Social Premium and do not wish to purchase Premium. Do I have to cancel the free trial after the trial period? =

The trial period is free of charge and obligations. If you do not buy a Premium license after the trial period your account will be switched back to Blog2Social Free automatically. you can upgrade anytime to Blog2Social Premium.

= Do I need special folder permissions to install the plugin? =

The standard permissions are sufficient ( "wp-content/plugins" 755)

= I cannot connect my Google+ account. What do I need to do? =

1. Log in to your Google account [google](http://plus.google.com "google.com")
2. Click [unlock captcha](https://accounts.google.com/UnlockCaptcha "Captcha Unlocker") to open the security settings of your Google+ account.
3. You will be forwarded to a security query. Confirm the query. Your account will be connected to Blog2Social. Done!

= I cannot connect to Facebook pages. What do I need to do? =

To connect to a Facebook page you have to be administrator of that page. If you are, log in to Facebook with your account credentials in your browser (in another browser tab at best) and then try again to connect Blog2Social to the Facebook page.

= I have installed and activated Blog2Social properly, but I can only post my own blog posts, not those of other authors and editors. =

To post other authors' posts you need administrator rights for the blog.

= I posted an update without selecting an image, but in some networks the post still does appear with an image. =

If the page the post links to provides respective meta-tags in the page header, some networks read out these tags and scrape the image that is named in the tags. For WordPress this is usually the post image or a default image as fall-back.

= I receive the following error message: "An unknown error has occurred! Please ensure that your website address (URL)is reachable". =

The social networks require public links in the posts. If your WordPress or your post is not accessible for public, this error will appear. Please make sure that your post is published for "public".

= I connected my Facebook page successfully, but still I cannot post to my page. =

1. Log in to Facebook via your browser and open the page settings. 

2. In the section "General" look up "Visitor Posts". 

3. Select "Allow visitors to the Page to publish posts" and check "Allow photo and video posts".

If you still cannot post to your page check the app settings of Blog2Social in Facebook. To do so click the setting symbol left hand side to Blog2Social in the app list to open the settings. In the very first section "App visibility and post audience" "public" has be selected.

= I want to switch the language of the Blog2Social plugin. What do I have to do? =

The language of the Blog2Social plugin depends on the language selected in the general settings.

= Where do you store passwords, usernames and personal data? =

We never access or store personal data.

The authorizations to get access to the networks' APIs are processed as encrypted code. Blog2Social neither stores passwords, usernames nor any personal data.

We use the official authentification oAUTH methods to third-party applications provided by the social networks. These methods manage the authentification process on and only hand over a confirmation to Blog2Social. These confirmations do not contain any personal data or login information. Usernames, passwords and personal information will be saved and stored within the social networks only and nowhere else. 




== Screenshots ==
1. Automatic sharing with one click only.
2. Customization of posting texts. For republishing on blog-networks with rich text editor (edit font-face, images and links).
3. Easy connection of profiles, pages and groups. Just click the referring button.

== Changelog ==
= 3.0.0 =
Re-engineered Post dashboard, new one-page preview features: WYSIWYG editors, simplified network selection, new scheduler features: best-times-scheduler, my-times-scheduler, recurring scheduling, multiple accounts per profile (applies to FREE and PREMIUM)
= 2.2.1 =
REMOVE BUG Trial Version
= 2.2.0 =
Trial Version
= 2.1.9 =
new Networks: Instagram, Torial, Delicious
= 2.1.8 =
new Version: Smart
= 2.1.7 =
new Networks: Medium, Xing Groups + Pages
= 2.1.6 =
usability optimization  
= 2.1.5 =
Add Pagination for Lists and sort by Date  
= 2.1.4 =
Editing Schedule Prozess   
= 2.1.3 =
Editing Schedule Prozess 
= 2.1.2 =
Remove Bugs in Social Posting
= 2.1.1 =
more different post types
= 2.1.0 =
New Version
= 2.0.4 =
Allow HTTPS URLs
= 2.0.3 =
Remove Bugs in Social Media Report
= 2.0.2 =
Optimize Handling and Remove Bugs in Social Media Report
= 2.0.1 =
Optimize Handling
= 2.0.0 =
New Version
= 1.0 = 
first Release

== Upgrade Notice ==
Blog2Social will automatically turn your posts into the optimal format and schedule them for the best times to post on each network, once or recurring. Easily select or remove networks and multiple accounts for auto-sharing or re-sharing.