Social Blog Pro Application for Zoo

Details

Included Custom Elements

• Social Bar Pro Blog - Displays your selection of social buttons in a horizontal format above and/or below your content item.
• Fb Comments Pro Blog - Displays Facebook comments using Facebook's fully featured commenting plugin.
• Fb Script Pro Blog - Installs XFBML JavaScript SDK and Open Graph Meta Tags as required for Facebook's Like button and New commenting plugin.

Installing

Installing the Social Blog Pro custom Application

• Install this custom Zoo Application using the Zoo App Installer at:
  Components > Zoo > App Manager(gear) > Install a new App
• Create a new application instance by clicking on the Zoo > New App(+) button and selecting the newly installed Social Blog Pro application from the available apps.
• You will now be in the Config tab of your new application. Name your app and select the template of your choice.
• Click on Save on the top command bar to save your settings.
• In the Config tab, open the Kz Social Blog Pro settings on the bottom-right-hand side by clicking on the configuration bar.
• Suggestion: In the beginning, only change the following three (3) required settings before testing the function of your new blog. Width, Twitter User Name and Facebook Application Id which are all marked with an asterisk(*).
• Note: There are descriptive tooltips (including the Default setting) on all of the Configuration settings to help you understand their purpose.
• Create a test content item or import your content into your new App to test your new blog.

Configuration Settings for Social Blog Pro

Social Buttons

Available Social Buttons

Changelog

Changelog

+ = Added   ! = Removed   ^ = Changed   # = Fixed

------------------------ 1.1.6 Release [1-July-2011] ----------------------------
+ Added Automatic Open Graph Image and Description Meta tag functions
+ Added Google's New Plus+1 button

------------------------ 1.1.5 Release [30-May-2011] ----------------------------
+ Added Send button option to Facebook Like element
+ Added Color Scheme option to Facebook Comments element - Light, Dark
! Removed old Comments plugin (v1) option (not supported as of April 26, 2011)
# Fixed bug in Front End Submission upload of image for Open Graph Meta tag
# Fixed display of Reddit button in Firefox 4 and IE9
# Fixed spacing of buttons in Firefox 4 and IE9

------------------------ 1.1.4 Release [1-April-2011] ---------------------------
+ Added compatibility with Zoo 2.4.x and Joomla 1.6.x
+ Added -Author- Facebook Meta Tag to Facebook Script element
+ Added -Migrate- option to Facebook Comments element - keep v1 plugin comments

------------------------ 1.1.3 Release [8-March-2011] ---------------------------
# Fixed improper width of Social Bar when displaying two buttons
^ Changed text length to 100 characters for Twitter tweet to allow for url

------------------------ 1.1.2 Release [5-March-2011] ---------------------------
+ Added expanded area for Standard Facebook Like button when available
+ Added option to display Social Bar border on top and bottom only

------------------------ 1.1.1 Release [2-March-2011] ---------------------------
# Fixed display of Social Bar text to default when custom settings are hidden

------------------------ 1.1.0 Release [28-February-2011] -----------------------
+ Added ability to display Social Bar above or below title of content item
+ Added detailed tooltips with default settings to all config options

------------------------ 1.0.0 Release [26-February-2011] -----------------------
+ Initial Release