Title: LinkedIn Profile Synchronizer Tool
Author: bastb
Published: Mayo 31, 2012
Last modified: Oktubre 21, 2013
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# LinkedIn Profile Synchronizer Tool
By [bastb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bastb/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/lips.0.8.15.zip)
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## Description
So, you’ve got your own WordPress site, and you’re freelancing. You’re maintaining
a LinkedIn® profile because you have to, and you need to display your resume on
your own site too. Wouldn’t it be cool if you just maintain your resume at LinkedIn
® and place a copy of that data on your own site and updating it would require just
about pressing a button?
The resume page markup must, of course, match the layout
of your site. Look no further, this plugin is all you need. And more.
LiPS creates a local copy of your LinkedIn® Profile, using the LinkedIn® REST API
to get the data. There’s no page-parsing or screen-scraping, it’s just your data,
structured in a way it allows for automatic processing using a template.
The REST
API uses OAuth, so it does not need to know your LinkedIn® username and password.
It uses a token which is granted access to your data. Revoking access is easy too,
in fact, it’s done automatically. There’s a drawback, and that’s the user needing
a LinkedIn Developer account.
The tool processes the profile data and creates a page, using the Smarty templating
engine. Smarty is included in the distribution, as are two minimal templates. You
can choose which page to use and which template to use. In fact, you can even create
your own template. Learn how through the Donate link.
There is one more important feature. LiPS can also create posts for each position
in your profile, allowing you to add more detail, such as (ex) coworkers adding
their appreciation in working with you through the comments system build into WordPress
™. Posts maintained by this tool are filtered from your “normal” blog stream, but
you can link to them from any other page. You can use
a different template for
the post content too.
Really impress an employer or client? Add your StackExchange reputation from one
of their major sites to your resume. Just select the site you registered on and
enter your login or account id. Your account details will be automatically included
when you update your profile page.
One more thing that needs to be clear. You’re using this tool at your own risk.
I’m not responsible for any type of damages caused by this tool.
Do you think you found a bug? Do you want additional features or help? Contact me
through http://www.tenberge-ict.nl/contact/english/.
### Arbitrary section
= Things to do =
* it’s probably a good idea to encrypt the OAuth authenticated
tokens with some form of a password, because anybody with access to the MySQL database
will have access to port of the authentication details. * verify whatever a template
generates -> the page template must start with a or
, same for a post.*
allow a user to remove languages, thus shortening the language list. * optimize
the jQuery code. It’s a bit bloated and contains different styles at once. * …
## Screenshots
* [[
* The LinkedIn® Profile Sync page after initial installation.
* [[
* The page changes when the OAuth token and secret are provided.
* [[
* Authorize the plugin using the Authentication dialog box and a verifier.
## Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
1. Upload `lips` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Open the WordPress Dashboard, click Tools and LinkedIn® Profile Sync.
## FAQ
What’s with these pop-ups?
These are there due to my understanding of the LinkedIn® terms of service. LinkedIn
Corporation wants the user to have some way of verifying where the data is from.
Why do I need to authorize the plugin every time I want to fetch my profile?
This makes sure nothing unexpected happens to your LinkedIn profile, even when the
the plugin just requests read only access.
Why does this plugin require full member access?
LiPS needs access to experience, education, skills and recommendations. These sections
are not available when the r_basicprofile permission is used.
## Reviews
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## Contributors & Developers
“LinkedIn Profile Synchronizer Tool” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ bastb ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bastb/)
[Translate “LinkedIn Profile Synchronizer Tool” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lips)
### Interested in development?
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## Changelog
#### 0.8.15
* Fixed URL query string used for profile request; thanks Adam.
* Made the dialog size match the content for the dialog that shows the error.
* 0.8.13 was actually broken due to an incorrect tag
#### 0.8.13
* Gets the full profile again using r_fullprofile.
#### 0.8.12
* Displays tabs again. Reported by Neil Koch
* Separated the jQuery distributed css and the customizations done for this plugin.
#### 0.8.11
* Fixed another couple of pass-by-reference fatal error. Reported by Mark Theloosen.
* The plugin now works on PHP 5.4 as well.
#### 0.8.10
* Fixed a pass-by-reference fatal error. Reported by Mark.
#### 0.8.9
* Encountered an incompatibility between this plugin and Tweet Blender. Reported
by Jay Collier.
#### 0.8.8
* Removed the PECL OAuth dependency, included the OAuth API found on http://code.
google.com/p/oauth-php/.
* Changed the main plugin page, allowing basic configuration from the first tab.
#### 0.8.7
* Fixed an error message raised on PHP 5.4. Reported by Martin Mayer.
* Fixed an foreach error when the OAuth extension is not available.
#### 0.8.6
* Uninstallation fails when the OAuth extension was not available. Reported by
Richard Dunn.
#### 0.8.5
* Removed curl as a fixed request engine for the OAuth PECL module because of an
error. Reported by Senad Aruc.
* PHP needs to be compiled with Curl in order to download the profile data from
Stack Exchange. Disabled the option when the platform does not have Curl.
#### 0.8.4
* Fixed error in jQuery scripting.
#### 0.8.3
* Fixed error in jQuery when pressing the Save button without downloading the profile.
* Added support for Stack Exchange QA sites.
#### 0.8.2
* Initial release. 0.8.0 was under active development
## Meta
* Version **0.8.15**
* Last updated **12 tuig ago**
* Active installations **10+**
* WordPress version ** 3.3.1 or higher **
* Tested up to **3.4.2**
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## Contributors
* [ bastb ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bastb/)
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