=== PixoPoint SMF Forum Posts Widget ===
Contributors: ryanhellyer
Donate link: http://pixopoint.com/premium_support/
Tags: smf, forum, recent, posts, topics, ssi, cache, widget
Requires at least: 2.9.1
Tested up to: 2.9
Stable tag: 0.1

Description: Adds a new widget to your WordPress powered site which displays your most recent SMF posts or topics without having to load SSI.php on every page load.

== Description ==

Adds a new widget to your WordPress powered site which displays your most recent SMF posts or topics. The plugin does not load SSI.php on every page load (the HTML is cached as an option in WordPress) and so causes less conflicts and has little effect on load time in comparison loading SSI.php the old fashioned way.

Note: This plugin is very much a hack to make it work on our particular site. You need to manually configure the plugin via the config_smf.php file and instead of the widget content being recreated on every page load we are simply recreating occasionally to reduce server load and response time then caching it as an option in WordPress. However instead activating the cache job via something obvious like a cron job, we are loading it on a particular page which is rarely used by our visitors. This is crude and it should probably be done via a WP cron or even a regular cron job. Feel free to fork the code and release a superior version if you like, we don't mind in the slightest (if it's good enough we may use it ourselves).

= Live Demo =

To see a live demo of the plugin in action, please visit <a href="http://pixopoint.com/">our site</a>.

= Features =

* Display your most recent SMF forum posts or topics as a widget on your WordPress powered site

== Installation ==

1.	Configure the settings in the config_smf.php file (we haven't bothered added an admin settings page)
2.	Stick the widget in a widget area in your theme

= Premium Support =

For direct help via the plugin author please sign up for the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/premium-support/">PixoPoint Premium Support service</a>.

The <a href="http://pixopoint.com/premium-support/">PixoPoint Premium Support</a> option is ideal if you have insufficient time to fix any problems you may have or simply don't know much about coding. You will receive not only techinical support and access to the latest PixoPoint betas but they will also install the plugin and set it up on your site if needed. Customisations of the plugin are also done for some premium members, although we recommend asking first via the <a href="http://pixopoint.com/contact/">PixoPoint Contact Form</a> for such requests as some customisations may require extra payment depending on their complexity.

= Free support =

We aren't providing any free support for this plugin sorry. SMF development is not our regular line of work.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How do I get a fully customised version? =

Leave a message on the PixoPoint <a href="http://pixopoint.com/contact/">Contact Page</a> with your requirements and we will get back to you ASAP with pricing information.

= Why can't the plugin do X, Y or Z? =

Because we didn't have a use for it on <a href="http://pixopoint.com/">PixoPoint.com</a>. Feel free to fork the code and add new functionality to it.

= Does it work for WordPress version x.x.x? =

We have only tested this plugin on WordPress 2.9 trunk. It should work back to 2.8.x though.

= Why isn't the plugin in my language? =

Because we haven't bothered adding hooks for translation. Feel free to add the hooks and fork the code.

== Changelog ==

= 0.1 =
Initial plugin build

== Credits ==

Thanks to <a href="http://justintadlock.com/">Justin Tadlock</a> for providing the base example widget this was developed from

