Author: alex

  • XPSK – WordPress Plugin Starter Equipment (Utilities)

    XPSK – WordPress Plugin Starter Equipment (Utilities)

    To all fellow WordPress Plugin developers of the world.

    Finally there is a tool to make life a little less complicated.

    Are you tired of:

    • Repetitive coding
    • Searching through old code to get new work out
    • Code restructuring
    • Code cleanup
    • Long hours

    After 13 years of development most of the above drove me crazy and I decided to create something that basically almost creates, or does my work for me.

    XPSK is what I came up with and to this day its literally saving me months of time and frustration and gives me the ability to make money quickly and effectively.

    Certainly the needs for most plugin developers are to impress clients with back-end functionality in other words plugins:

    • That has high quality;
    • Like WordPress itself, are user friendly;
    • That looks good;
    • That gives a quick response to any input action;
    • and in turn impress there users

    …well, this platform provides all of the above needs!

    Features

    All you have to do is set your parameters needed by your end plugin and simply press create.

    A plugin with the following is created instantly in your WP plugin directory and has the following ready to go on activation:

    • Admin menu and optional sub menu items
    • Admin page with a logo
    • Database setup and entry form
    • WP styled view of the database
    • Ajax inserts, deletions, editing, sorting and pagination
    • Sidebar widget
    • Dashboard widget
    • TinyMCE button with short code
    • TinyMCE Popup window
    • Ready function for user interface output
    • Ready function for short code processing
    • All JS needs are localized withing the plugin preventing interference with other plugins or themes where not needed (hopefully one day this would be standard practice).

    License

    Regular

    If you have a need to create one or more plugins for a single end client this license is your best option.

    Extended

    If you need to create plugins that you want to sell on for example Codecanyon then this is the license you need.

    You Create

    Remember, this gives you a solid base to work from and all your creativity will still be added to this framework for an awesome high quality end product.

    Skill level requirments

    XPSK is suitable for the following type of WordPress plugin developers:

    • Beginners
    • Novice
    • Experienced
    • Expert
    • Specialist

    A little further down the road…

    V1.0 is just the tip of the iceberg, first we’ll test the water and then open the flood gates with more building blocks like: panels, drag and drop UI output, plugin modules and many more.

    Enjoy!

  • Social Sidebar for WordPress (Social Networking)

    Social Sidebar for WordPress (Social Networking)

    Description

    Quickly add CSS3 social links to your WordPress site with this very configurable plugin!

    Features

    WordPress Configuration
    Set your links and styles through a settings page in the WordPress admin panel, modify as needed.

    Automatic Integration
    The link code and stylesheet automatically append to the header and footer of your site’s theme using the wp_head and wp_footer functions.

    HTML5 / CSS3
    Works on all the newest browsers, properly tagged and contains transitions.

    100 Icons
    Choose from 100 icons derived from a number of online services and several general icons to create the perfect sidebar for your site.

    4 Themes
    Default, light, transparent, and color themes available.

    2 Sides
    Set your bar on the left or right side of the page.

    2 Styles
    Defaults to blocks on the side, but you can also set the style to show circles.

    4 Label Styles
    Square, curved, rounded, and fancy label styles for just the right fit when the icons are moused over.

    Contains

    Plugin Files
    Folder with PHP, CSS, JS, and Font files, ready for upload and install.

    Documentation
    HTML file with instructions on the installation, use, and configuration of the plugin.

    Icons

    Aid
    Android
    Apple
    Blogger (x2)
    Bookmark (x2)
    Bubbles (x2)
    Bullhorn
    Cog (x2)
    CSS3
    Delicious
    Deviantart (x2)
    Dribbble (x3)
    Facebook (x3)
    Flattr
    Flickr (x4)
    Forrst (x2)
    Foursquare (x2)
    Github (x5)
    Google
    Google-Drive
    GPlus (x4)
    Heart
    Home (x2)
    HTML5 (x2)
    Instagram
    Joomla
    Lanyrd
    LastFM (x2)
    LinkedIn
    Linux
    Mail (x3)
    Paypal (x2)
    Picassa (x2)
    Pinterest (x2)
    Power
    Reddit
    RSS (x3)
    Share
    Skype
    Soundcloud (x2)
    Stackoverflow
    Star
    Steam (x2)
    Stumbleupon (x2)
    Thumbs-Up
    Tumblr (x2)
    Twitter (x3)
    User (x2)
    Users
    Vimeo (x3)
    Windows
    Windows8
    Wordpress (x2)
    Xing (x2)
    Yahoo
    Yelp
    Youtube (x2)

    Credits

    IcoMoon – Font icons used in the sidebar links.

    Change Log

    Version 1.0.0
    Initial release

  • wordpress Article Social Share (Social Networking)

    wordpress Article Social Share (Social Networking)

    Item Description:

    The Article Social Share plugin adds a sleek social bar in your articles and pages, to boost your page views.

    Features:

    • Elegant & Sleek CSS3 Design
    • Ultra fast share buttons loading
    • See Share counter from the posts/pages list in the wp-admin side
    • Light and Dark predefined styles

    • Posts, pages and custom
      post types supported
    • Display the social share icons on index pages including the home page
    • Responsive Layout

    • Change Icons order

    • Facebook, G+, Twitter, Linkedin,
      Pinterest, Tumblr, Digg, Reddit, Delicious, Stumbleupon, Buffer, Vkontakte, Print, Comments.

    • Different bar positions
    • Disable the social share bar in specific posts/pages
    • Cross Browser Support

    Changelog

    v1.0.7 -
    Added Buffer share button
    Added Vkontakte share button
    
    v1.0.6 -
    Fixed layout issues in some themes
    
    v1.0.5 -
    Fixed issues with buttons in some themes
    
    v1.0.4 -
    Added Social Share Widget
    Added "Top and Bottom horizontal" position
    Fixed issues with Disqus comments counter
    
    v1.0.3 -
    Fixed issues displaying the social bar in home page
    Added option to enable/disable the counters
    Added Tumblr
    Added Digg
    Added Reddit
    
    v1.0.2 -
    Added support for Disqus in comments counter
    Added Stumbleupon
    Added Delicious
    
    v1.0.1 -
    Fixed issue removing icons from the plugin panel
    
    v1.0 -
    Release
    
    

    Credits:








  • SocialFans – WordPress Responsive Social Counter Plugin (Social Networking)

    SocialFans – WordPress Responsive Social Counter Plugin (Social Networking)

    Last Update: 3 December 2013 – Latest Version 1.2

    Retina Responsive WordPress plugin displaying your social accounts fans, subscribers and followers number with a lot of features coming with 18 social networks like facebook, linkedin, pinterest , twitter and 14 other social networks

    key features

    • Built on Bootstrap 3
    • Retina ready
    • Fully responsive
    • Fit any of sidebars width
    • Animated effects 
    • Cross browsers – Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11 (Animations IE10+)
    • Translation ready ( .po and .mo ) files
    • unlimited choices to create your own skin
    • Three choices of animation beside no animation choice
    • choice to show / hide the total count of your social fans
    • Cache all or cache by specific to reduce the API calls and loading time
    • Sort the social networks by drag and drop

    Supported Social networks

    1. facebook
    2. twitter
    3. google+
    4. Pinterest
    5. Linkedin
    6. Github
    7. Vimeo
    8. Dribbble
    9. Envato
    10. Sound cloud
    11. Behance
    12. Foursquare
    13. Forrst
    14. MailChimp
    15. Delicious
    16. Instgram
    17. Youtube
    18. VK-VKontakte

    Skins

    • Light
    • Dark
    • Colored
    • You can make your own skin, it’s like a puzzle game  :)

    Animation

    There is a three types of animation beside to no animation



    *** Changelog ***
    
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    Version 1.2 - 3-12-2013
    - Total counter fixed
    
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    Version 1.1 - 28-11-2013
    - Css conflict fixed
    - FontAwesome icons conflict fixed
    - Css merged to one file
    - Github counter issue fixed
    - VKontakte counter added [vk.com]
    - widget view improvements
    
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    Version 1.0
    - First release
    
  • Responsive WP Vimeo Grid Video Gallery (Social Networking)

    Responsive WP Vimeo Grid Video Gallery (Social Networking)

    Summary

    The WordPress Vimeo Grid Gallery Plugin is a wordpress plugin that displays the vimeo channel videos of the given user profile. The plugin includes a simple backend where users can set the vimeo channel videos to show.

    Features

    • Easily integrates with wordpress.
    • Includes a lightbox to play the videos
    • Includes tagged videos, liked videos, subscribed videos and all uploads
    • Includes a simple short code that can be used in wordpress pages or posts

    Support and Documentation

    Please drop us a line on appsupport@built-app.com with any questions you may have, full documentation is included with the program to help you with your projects.

  • Straightforward Social Locker (Social Networking)

    Straightforward Social Locker (Social Networking)

    Easy Social Locker is easy to use social locker which allows you to automatically lock any page, post, custom post type or selected content. Your content is hidden and only way to reveal it is to like or share your page. This functions gives you more likes, shares, in’s, tweets or +1’s.

    Easy Social Locker has unique functions not provided by lockers on the market that can generate more likes, tweets, shares, in’s or +1’s

    • Automatic blog category lock – you can lock any blog category with just a single click
    • Hiding like counter for all available social networks (even Facebook)
    • Ability to generate unique URL addresses for like and share – when user likes one page he is not able to like it again. This function generates unique address for like each time page is loaded and this makes like of one page available again.
    • Ready made function for template and plugin developers to lock content with one line of code

    Social media and search engine optimization are two of the best ways to get traffic and exposure for your website. Combined, they can create impressive results. SEO came to the forefront in the past decade as websites continued to experiment with new methods of boosting traffic and sales. On the other hand, social media is all about creating a relationship with your followers, including existing and potential clients. When it comes to content creation, promotion, outreach, goal tracking, branding, and other essential sales functions, social media can be a powerful ally. Combining social media with you existing SEO strategy and you can achieve much more!

    How to use unique Easy Social Locker functions to boost your likes or shares

    You have content that users want – video, image, article, audio, download link or something else and you want to use it to boost your likes or shares – you can do this with unique functions of Easy Social Locker not provided by other lockers to do this. What you need to do is:

    • Create message that will attract users and enforce them to click your button.
    • Narrow down unlock time in settings (you can even enter zero to unlock just for current session).
    • Activate unique URL address generation –  when user likes one page he is not able to like it again. This function generates unique address for like each time page is loaded and this makes like of one page available again.
    • Hide like counters for social networks.

    Why Social Networks are important to you

    • 450+ million Tweets are sent each and every day
    • 32% of all Internet users are using Twitter.
    • One out of every seven minutes spent online is on Facebook
    • 23% of Facebook’s users check their account 5 or more times daily.
    • 53% of consumers said they use Twitter to recommend companies or products in their Tweets
    • Over 15M consumers go to social media channels before making purchase decisions
    • 78% of people said that companies’ social media posts impact their purchases
    • 75% of people use social media to find or share information about brands
    • 74% of consumers rely on social networks to guide purchase decisions
    • 81% of US respondents indicated that friends’ social media posts directly influenced their purchase decision

    Give people a reason why they need to click your social buttons and you will be able to get access to 2 BILLION social media users.

    Why you need such plugin

    Features that Easy Social Locker gives you

    • Easy to use and install
    • Choose between like, share or like or share lock snippets.
    • Supporting Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn.
    • Hiding like counter for all available networks (unique locker function not available in other lockers).
    • Ability to generate unique URL addresses for like/share (unique locker function not available in other lockers).
    • Automatic lock post, page or custom post types.
    • Locks any type of content until the user shares it! Images, Videos, Flash, HTML, Forms, etc.
    • Easy to use toolbar plugin to select specific content in editor.
    • Content is fully hidden until social share/like is completed.
    • SEO friendly. Allows you to show content for search bots.
    • Random site page or post like/share to unlock content.
    • Single like or share to unlock all content of site.
    • Ability to share custom message, text or address.
    • You can use only buttons you need.
    • Automatic blog category lock – you are able to lock all post from specific category just with a few clicks (unique locker function not available in other lockers).
    • Messages customization.
    • Remembers users who already unlocked your content (via cookies).
    • W3 Total Cache compatible (demo site is runnig with W3 Total Cache).
    • 5 awesome predefined locker styles.
    • Ready made function for template and plugin developers to lock content or post.
    • Usage statistics to track social activity.


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    Documentation

    You can view full Documentation of Easy Social Locker to take look over its full features.

    More Premium Items

    Easy Facebook Fanpage and Promotion Builder

    Easy Facebook Contest

    Changelog

    version 1.0.4 
      (New) You can hide like counters for all services 
    
    version 1.0.3 
      (New) Improved locker panel with 5 styles 
      (New) Custom share address and message now can be used with lock and share methods 
    
    version 1.0.2 
      (New) Added developer function to lock content from template or third party plugin 
      (New) Added internal update notifications 
    
    version 1.0.1 
      (New) Added LinkedIn support 
      (New) Added default like/share method in settings which is used when you create new post/page or in automatic blog category lock 
      (New) Added setting for texts above like and share blocks 
      (Change) Improved statistics
  • Simple Fb Contest (Social Networking)

    Simple Fb Contest (Social Networking)

    Easy Facebook Contest is Easy Facebook Fanpage and Promotion Builder plugin which allows you to run unlimited Facebook contests. Please ensure you have purchased and installed the latest version of Easy Facebook Fanpage and Promotion Builder before using this plugin. (Latest version 1.0.2 from December 5, 2013)

    Demonstrations

    Video demonstration of voting process

    Easy Facebook Fanpage and Promotion Builder demonstrations



    Features

    • Create and run unlimited number of contests
    • Reward users for referring friends – you can setup bonus which user will get if referred friend enter contest.
    • Easy create designs with Page Builder
    • Fan Gate – limit contest only to your fans
    • Share Gate – a quick way to share message on participant wall which all friend will see.
    • Social Sharing – people will share your page over social networks to get additional bonus (Facebook, Google+, Twitter)

    Features you get with Easy Facebook Fanpage and Promotion Builder

    • Easy integrate into your current WordPress site and start delivering content
    • Create Unlimited Facebook Fan Pages
    • Create Fan Pages quickly with easy to use Page Builder
    • Works with your 3rd Party Plugin your have installed
    • Create amazing pages with advanced design options
    • Fangate – display different content for fans and non-fans
    • Sharegate – display specific content only when users share your page
    • Integrate Facebook comments, send and like with easy to use shortcodes
    • Facebook Sweepstakes and Giveaways
    • Facebook Application Manager

    Advantages of running Facebook Contest

    • Facebook can make your brand go viral.
    • Easy access to thousands of new potential customers.
    • Drives Traffic to Your Website.
    • Improves your SEO.
    • Create amazing promo campaigns and attract new fans.
    • Easy promote your special deals, products, services, events.
    • Increase number of fans or your mailing list with potential new customers.

    A Facebook Contest is an easy way to engage Fans and convert them into email signups by enticing them with a prize. One Facebook contest can give you the same return on investment as hundreds of pieces of content, saving you hours. For small business owners and small marketing teams, this time-savings is invaluable. In this article you’ll learn how to run a Facebook Contest to achieve specific goals and grow your business.

    Contests are a great way to:

    • Get exposure for your page. People – especially those on social media – love to be the first person to know about something, and to tell others about it. So give them some fodder for their social sharing habit! If your contest has a great prize, your followers are sure to share it with their social networks to maintain their reputation as a great source for information among their friends. Once their friends come to your Facebook page, they will probably give you a ‘like’. And even if they don’t their awareness of your brand has already been increased.
    • Increase your number of likes. There is an organic and an inorganic way to go about this. The first is to simply count on the virality of your contest to bring exposure to your page and gain likes that way. People who enter your contest probably already like your page, but if they don’t, they’ll be sure to like you now in order to hear when the winner is announced. Another common practice is to make liking a mandatory part of the entry process. This can be a highly effective way to gain more followers on Facebook, but be aware of what your goals for this contest are before deciding to go this route. If your goal is strictly to increase the number of people who like your brand, this is a great idea.
    • Grow your email database.
    • Facebook contests are fun for your fans!

    Live demo

    • Font end demo can be found at Easy Facebook Demo Contest page
    • Back-end demo can be seen here (username: demo, password: demo). Please note that back-end demo is not connected to actual front end preview. In back-end demo Facebook settings page is disabled – you may preview this part in screenshot section.

    Documentation

    Please see the Easy Facebook Contest Documentation to preview all of the features and read for special requirements that plugin require to work. This is plugin for Easy Facebook Fanpage and Promotion Builder. Please ensure you have purchased and installed the latest version of Easy Facebook Fanpage and Promotion Builder before using this plugin. If your current hosting does not meet requirements but you still wish to use plugin please see this tutorial how you can open another free hosting account just for your Facebook fan pages (without affecting your current site work).

    Changelog

    version 1.0.2 (December 5, 2013) 
    - (Fix) Using default encoding from WordPress configuration to provide support for non-latin chars. 
    - (New) Separate buttons when you refer friend for enter in contest or just to vote for friend 
    - (New) Shortcode to display full result table 
    - (New) Automatic MailChimp import of all participants from contest
    

    More Premium Items

    Easy Facebook Fanpage and Promotion Builder

    Easy Social Locker

  • Social Pop Widget (Social Networking)

    Social Pop Widget (Social Networking)

    It’s a widget that shows a rank of your best posts on social networks, use data from Facebook Likes, Facebook Comments, Facebook Shares, Google +1s and tweets with your links on Twitter.

    There are 3 different styles, and you can parametrize the output choosing a period to analyze and the number of posts to show.

    Data from social networks are saved in your WordPress database in custom fields and you can use them in your theme to show data inside, for example, your category posts lists or wherever you want.

    If you need more analytics and social statistics you can watch my other plugin Top Social Stories. :)