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jquery-socialist - A jQuery social plugin for creating streams from social networks and feeds

Even if you hate socialism, you'll love this flexible jQuery social media plugin. jQuery Socialist is a plugin that lets you create a social stream or social wall from multiple social networks in one place. Use it to pull content from Facebook pages, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and others.

Features

- Display updates from multiple social networks in attractive visual layouts
- Supports Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Tumblr, Flickr, Pinterest, RSS Feeds, Craigslist, Google+ and more..
- Multiple themes
- Easy to implement with just a few lines of code

Plugin Screenshot

Examples

[Display Flickr photos in Pinterest-style layouts][1]

[Combine and display Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn updates][1]

[Show YouTube video thumbnails][1]

[Display Craiglist postings for an area and category][1]

[Visualize any RSS feed as a responsive social wall][1]

[Click Here for More Demos][2] [1]: http://plugins.in1.com/socialist/demo [2]: http://plugins.in1.com/socialist/

Usage

1) Include the .js and .css files in your HTML document <HEAD> section:

<link href="../jquery.socialist.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src='../jquery.socialist.js'></script>

2) Use jQuery Socialist on any <DIV> element:

$('#content').socialist({
    networks: [
        {name:'linkedin',id:'buddy-media'},
        {name:'facebook',id:'in1dotcom'},
        {name:'pinterest',id:'potterybarn'},
        {name:'twitter',id:'in1dotcom'},
        {name:'googleplus',id:'105588557807820541973/posts'},
        {name:'rss',id:' http://feeds.feedburner.com/good/lbvp'},
        {name:'rss',id:'http://www.makebetterwebsites.com/feed/'},
        {name:'craigslist',id:'boo',areaName:'southcoast'},
        {name:'rss',id:'http://www.houzz.com/getGalleries/featured/out-rss'}
    ],
    isotope:false,
    random:false,
    fields:['source','heading','text','date','image']
});

Options

**networks**
An array of network definition objects
**network definitions**
A javascript object containing the name of the network, id and other network specific parameters.
Most networks require only the id. Some networks such as Craiglist and Flickr require additional options.

    {name:'linkedin',id:'linkedin-companyname'},
    {name:'facebook',id:'(facebook-pagename)'},
    {name:'tumblr',id:'(tumblr-blogname)'},
    {name:'pinterest',id:'(pinterest-username/pinboard-name)'},
    {name:'flickr',id:'54772265@N04',apiKey:'(your-flick-api-key here)'},
    {name:'youtube',id:'potterybarn'},
    {name:'twitter',id:'in1dotcom'},
    {name:'googleplus',id:'105588557807820541973/posts'},
    {name:'rss',id:'http://www.makebetterwebsites.com/feed/'},
    {name:'craigslist',id:'boo',areaName:'southcoast'}
    
**random**
true or false; default value is: true
**isotope**
true or false; default value is: true
**headingLength**
An integer value that indicates the max number of characters to display in the 'heading' field of each result
**textLength**
An integer value that indicates the max number of characters to display in the 'text' description field
**maxResults**
An integer value that indicates the max number of results to show
**theme**
(none) or 'clean'; default value is: (none)
**size**
(none) or 'small' or 'large'; default value is:(none)
**fields**
An array of strings that indicate which field values to display. Any of the following: 'source','heading','text','date','image','share'

Dependencies

The dependencies (included with jQuery Socialist):

- jQuery Isotope Plugin v1.5.19: An exquisite jQuery plugin for magical layouts (http://isotope.metafizzy.co)
- jQuery Cross Domain Ajax: http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/cross-domain-requests-with-jquery/

License

jQuery Socialist is provided under a MIT license: http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php/

Use of the included jQuery Isotope Plugin requires a commerical use license: http://metafizzy.co/#licenses