WP Plugin: Gregarious


Social bookmarking allows users to submit, comment on, and “promote” websites. The Gregarious plugin supersedes the Digg This Reloaded Plugin and allows for seamless integration between your Wordpress Blog and social bookmarking sites such as Digg.com, Del.icio.us, Reddit and more. Requiring no editing of templates, and a simple point and click interface, Gregarious is the ultimate social bookmarking plugin for Wordpress.

Due to time constraints, I cannot guarantee support for this plugin.
Not compatible with WP 2.5.

Dynamic Buttons

I’m Diggin’ it

Digg iframe button

Gregarious uses the brand new Digg APIs to generate a dynamic ‘Digg It’ button on your post that shows the number of Diggs and allows the user to Digg post. No manual work is needed - the plugin knows when a post has been ‘dugg’ and sticks the button onto your post with no effort, leaving you free to write quality content. That’s right. Just activate it, and watch your traffic shoot through the roof.

Have you reddit?

Another great social bookmarking site that features dynamic buttons is Reddit. Again, integration is no hassle. Just turn on the Reddit button from the Gregarious options page, and you’re laughing. No manual labor, no long and complicated PHP scripts, and no coding. One click and you’re away!

More Features

Wow, could Gregarious possibly have more features? You betcha! As well as merely adding Digg and Reddit buttons, Gregarious has the following nifty additions:

General Features

  • Complete admin interface with options regarding all configurable aspects of plugin including styles, display options (show on post, page, home, etc.) Digg link style (button, image or text link), and more.
  • Check for updates automatically so you’re never out of date.
  • No template customizations or coding knowledge necessary as the plugin handles everything for you, and then some.
  • Choose the position of the buttons. Do you want them before or after your post content?

Digg related features

  • Uses the brand new Digg API to generate dynamic buttons.
  • Gregarious automatically knows if your post has been “Dugg” using DiggDetect™.
  • You decide what to show for posts which have been Dugg or those which are yet to be Dugg. You can customize the links, show a dynamic or compact badge, an image - or choose not show anything.Digg Icon
  • Configurable “What’s this?” link, so your users know exactly what they’re up against.
  • Ease up on the bandwidth by using a text link instead of an image or Digg button if you need to.

Reddit integration

  • Choose between three styles of buttons, from the eye-candy laden to the minimalistic.
  • Customize the position of the button easily from the options page.
  • Easy to use with no work required.

Other social bookmarking sites

  • Submit your post to heaps of bookmarking sites with Alex Kings’s Share This plugin built right into Gregarious (it comes integrated - no further installation needed).
  • Take advantage of further customization with options for Share This in the Gregarious admin panel.
  • Add, remove, edit or rearrange social sites for the Share This plugin - an indispensable feature.

Download

Version 1.9.xx

Gregarious can be downloaded from the WordPress.org Gregarious page. (The link below points to the download from that page)

Direct Download

Installation and Usage

How do you install Gregarious, the ultimate social bookmarking plugin for Wordpress? It couldn’t be easier. After downloading the package, Unzip. Upload. Activate.

The options menu should show up in your administration under Options -> Gregarious. Here’s a screenshot:

Gregarious options screenshot

If you wish to add social sites for Share This, you’ll need to CHMOD the akst.js and akst.css files to 777. Don’t worry if you don’t know what this means or can’t do this - Gregarious has alternative methods to cope.

Configuration

The plugin will work fine immediately after activation, but you may want to change some options to customize it. Gregarious can be configured from the Options tab of the administration panel in Wordpress. Just click on the Gregarious Options link. As mentioned earlier, there are a plethora of options and choices available, so feel free to tweak it to your needs.

Frequently Asked Questions

I installed and activated Gregarious, but the Digg button / Share link isn’t showing on my posts.

Gregarious uses different modules to provide all the features for your site. The PostBadge module is the one that appends content to your posts. If there isn’t anything showing on your posts, make sure that the PostBadge module is turned on, as well as the modules for whatever features you want. (For example, the Share This module shows the Share link, and the Digg button module shows the Digg button or link). Activating a module will also add options to the Gregarious options page so you can configure it.

The Share This link takes me to a separate page. How do I get the popup dialog to show?

To show the Share This popup on your site rather than linking to a Share This page, you need to ensure:

  1. That there is a <?php wp_footer(); ?> call somewhere in the footer.php file of your template.
  2. That there are no javascript errors on your site (due to your template or theme).
  3. That there is a <?php wp_head(); ?> call somewhere in the header.php file of your template.
  4. And that you’re either running WordPress 2.1 or above or have prototype.js referenced in the <head> section of the page.Gregarious no longer requires prototype.js

Generally, it’s the lack or misplacement of the <?php wp_footer(); ?> call that causes the popup not to show. If you still can’t get it working, ask me.

Template Integration

Currently, Gregarious’ feature-set includes various template tags that have been set up to be easy to use and integrate into any theme. Whether you’re a WordPress theme developer, or interested in more precise integration of social bookmarking to your blog, ask me about it.

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  1. 1068

    Rollngr, if you edit share-this.php, you’ll need to reset the plugin for the changes to take effect.

    Ovidiu, the latest version is always available from here.

  2. 1069

    thank you ankur!

  3. 1070

    Hi Ankur, I have a simple question about the position of the badge. By Default it seems to be below the post. I was wondering if I was to place the module code above the post to make it appear on above it.

    Any suggestions? & Thank you for your time.

  4. 1071

    KMurray, add the tag %CONTENT% to the end of your PostBadge code in the Gregarious options page.

  5. 1072

    I love the idea. Gotta use this. Thanks for the effort.

  6. 1073

    can I somehow get the latest 2.0 RC? I was playing around with it in conjunction with wpmu, thats why I used the 2.0 RC1.

  7. 1074

    Ovidiu, the latest version is always available from here.

    ;)

  8. 1075

    ok, I will jsut take your word for it, although it says 1.9.10c and mine says 2.0 RC1 ;-)

  9. 1076

    http://blog.bluefrogx.com/2007/11/02/blocking-firefox-or-internet-explorer/

    As mentioned in the above URL, I have a problem using gregarious, as you can see in the above page, share this is not appearing properly. Hope you can gimme a hand as its driving me nuts :(

  10. 1077

    Excellent plugin. Makes submitting my articles and sharing them with friends so much faster.

  11. 1078

    Hello there, I cant get this plugin to dispaly, its installed fine, I have the badge activated, digg activated, wp_footer and wp_header are both in place… can you help?

  12. 1079

    For some reason JavaScript windows stopped showing and when user clicks on Share This he goes to Share This page. Can you look at my home page and tell me what’s wrong? I don’t see any JavaScript errors.
    Also, when I am in the Wordpress Options for Gregarious, I try to add a new bookmarking service. In Internet Explorer there is no popup at all, in Firefox it asks for service name and URL but does not add it to the list. I am thinking of adding it from phpMyAdmin by editing the gregarious options value, but I don’t know PHP, so I am not sure how to append another service to the array - perhaps you can post a template…
    3rd problem: many bookmarking services also need tags and descriptions for the bookmark. The existing services are setup with only two insertions: {url} and {title}. Is there an insertion for {tags} or {categories} of the post? Is there insertion for an excerpt from the post, e.g. {excerpt}?
    Otherwise, awesome plugin, a must have for anyone!

  13. 1080

    Hey there. I had Gregarious installed until I got an error a little while back. I deleted the plugin since the parse error crashed my whole site.

    I downloaded the most recent copy, however when I try to activate it, I get the following error:

    Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘}’ in /…/plugins/gregarious/modules/feed-flare/feed-flare.php on line 104

    Does anyone have any suggestions?

  14. 1081

    FYI - 1.9.10c is causing a fatal error with WP 2.4-trunk.

  15. 1082

    Excellent plugin! I use it on my http://www.wordpreneur.com site. I changed the “Share This” body text color successfully following your instructions in comments here of adding #akst_form specs in style.css.

    Where can I change the color for the tab text “Social Web” and “E-mail” which, as you can probably see on my site, are next to impossible to read. Please advice. Thanks for your help and time!

  16. 1083

    It’s not working for me, I get the options menu blank, there are only the icons but they do nothing, actually only the edit database is clickable and goes to the DB tables, all other buttons are dead. I’m running WP 2.3.1 + askimet, Google Analyticator, the_excerpt Reloaded and SEO Meta Editor Advanced, even when all other plugins are deactivated gregarious wont work. Help please, thank you.

  17. 1084

    Is it possible to add a message body field in the Share This > Email form? Even a small one would be great.

    Thanks for a great plugin!

  18. 1085

    Dave, you can add it to the source file modules/share-this/share-this.php.

    JamesManner, is the modules/ folder correctly uploaded? Are there any JavaScript errors? Try a different browser.

    Eldon, it’s a simple matter of some CSS - just add styling for the text. Can you find the selector for it or do you need me to tell you?

    Mike, delete modules/feed-flare/feed-flare.php and see if it runs.

    John, check that the PostBadge module is on.

    Maxim, if you can’t add sites via the options page, you can edit the modules/share-this/share-this.php file and add it there. Reset the plugin after you edit it.

  19. 1086

    I re uploaded the plugin, same problem, actually for a split of a second I see a long list, here’s a screenshot, http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3483/gregfl1.png

    but it disappears very fast. I used IE7, FF and Opera, in IE I see this error:
    Line:711
    Char:5
    Error: Expected identifier, string or number
    Code:0

  20. 1087

    JamesManner, there’s certainly JavaScript involved here, although I’m not sure what it could be. The possibility of a conflict with another plugin is high, but if it’s still not working when the other plugins are deactivated, then I’m quite confused.

  21. 1088

    Thanks anyway, I did one last test with a new WP installation with no plugins, but got no luck. I have no means to track down the problem, if it’s a plugin bug of something’s wrong with my host or whatever.
    I’ve got a spare domain, if you have some time I can send you an email with the login details and you can test it there, just for the sake of it. Let me know.

  22. 1089

    Hello, can you please tell me how I can get the “Share This” text out of my RSS feed entries?

    Each time I publish an article, “Share This” is the first thing that appears in the feed followed by the article text. For example:

    Share This Having poor website usability is like driving your car…

    I’ve managed to remove the [?] from the feed, but how do I get rid of “Share This” from my feed but still have it on my blog?

  23. 1090

    if you have some time I can send you an email with the login details and you can test it there, just for the sake of it.

    ok.

    can you please tell me how I can get the “Share This” text out of my RSS feed entries?

    There should be an option to turn it off under the Gregarious Options -> Share This.

  24. 1091

    I have it disabled but its still showing up.

    “Show Share This Link on RSS Feed Content” has a red X

    Then I have “Share This” as the link text below.

    Am I doing something wrong?

  25. 1092

    If it’s off, then I don’t you’re doing anything wrong. I’ll have a look at the plugin source and see what’s going on.

  26. 1093

    Thank you so much, I appreciate that.

  27. 1094

    can i deactive the [?] that goes to this page? it’s just odd because people will likely click on it, leaving my blog for this page. otherwise the plugin is great.

  28. 1095

    Tony, search for and remove it from modules/digg-button/digg-button.php

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