Gigya hasjust released a new version of Wildfire, which includes online reports as well as some other great stuff. This update requires a small change on your end and below you’ll find details in the “How to upgrade” section.

1. In your current Wildfire code, change the file name of the Wildfire JS from: wfapi.js to: wfapiV2.js
2. Sign up for an account on our new site at www.gigya.com and go to the Account Settings page. On this page you’ll find your PartnerID. Place this ID in the Wildfire code, instead of your PARTNERNAME, which you have placed there before (see example below).
3. Optional – Hide your textarea (or text box) that presents users with your embed code. To do that, simply add in your textarea tag: STYLE=”DISPLAY:NONE”. Users will grab code from the Wildfire text box and you will get full tracking on any post done from your site. Please note that if you wish to increase the size of the Wildfire text box, you may simply increase the size of Wildifre, and the text box will get larger.
4. Once you have that done, just login to Gigya.com and see your widget stats, through the My Reports link.
If you need any help with the upgrade, please contact us at: partners@gigya-inc.com

Thanks for working with Gigya!

Best,

Eyal Magen
CEO, Gigya

Example – Changing PARTNERNAME to your PartnerID:

1. For the full Wildfire UI:

Before: Wildfire.initPost("XYZ.COM", "divWildfirePost", 400, 230, pconf);
After: Wildfire.initPost("1541", "divWildfirePost", 400, 230, pconf);

2. For the Wildfire button:
Before: <script src="http://cdn.gigya.com/wildfire/JS/WFButton.js?flash=1&module=post&cid=TEXTAREA_ID&partner=XYZ.COM"></script>
After: <script src="http://cdn.gigya.com/wildfire/JS/WFButton.js?flash=1&module=post&cid=TEXTAREA_ID&partner=1541"></script>

Please feel free to comment there or email us with any feedback, questions or suggestions.

A new version was released today with a couple of exciting updates.

1. Support for Facebook application platform – We developed a dedicated application on the Facebook platform, which will save partners significant time and resources. With a single click, visitors can post videos, slide shows, music, games or widgets directly to Facebook.

With this application, it is possible to post a full content item (Flash, image or HTML) on the actual user profile on Facebook.

Partners do not need to change anything to get this functionality. Wildfire uses the same HTML you provide and posts it on Facebook.

We also have a solution for sites who do have a dedicated Facebook application.

2. Friendster Media section – recently Friendster added a new section to the profile called “Media”. This section is not limited in the number of characters it can hold. Previously, posting to Friendster resulted in many cases in an overflow of sections, since other sections are limited in size. Wildfire defaults now to the Media section on Friendster to avoid overflow as much as possible.

We are excited to update you about new features from Gigya. If Wildfire is already set on your site, the update takes place automatically. Just sit back and watch Wildfire do more auto postings for you!

Version 1.0.18 Updates:

1. Blogger, Typepad, Tagged & LiveJournal support – Together with these 4 additional networks, Wildfire now supports auto posting to top ten networks!

2. Wildfire button – We now offer an even simpler way to add Wildfire to your site. Just add the Wildfire button and it will open a small window where we will take care of the rest. To grab the button one-line code click here and scroll down.

We are excited to bring you our first newsletter for the Wildfire auto posting tool. Wildfire launched on April 8th and already is used by sites with a combined user count of over 25m! The newsletter will have 3 sections: Updates, a Helpful tip and a Case study.

Version 1.0.17 Updates:

1. Post a MySpace bulletin – a powerful feature that increases virality. We added a simple checkbox that enables users to post a bulletin when posting your content on their page. Bulletins are personal messages which are not displayed on the user profile (like comments). When users check the “post bulletin” check box, Wildfire will post a bulletin with a subject and body of your choice to all of the user’s friends (no worry, we defined a decent default message). For more info please consult our API.

2. Facebook support – Wildfire users can now auto post to Facebook, which is now the 2nd largest social network. Please note that unless you adjust your site to fit the Facebook requirements, the HTML that will be posted will be a link to your content page. If you want your content unit to be embedded, please refer to: http://www.facebook.com/share_partners.php and read “Making Sure the Preview Works”.

1. On Friday, April 19th, MySpace changed the name of one of their fields. Immediately after noticing this we released a fix that handled this change.

Helpful tip! Customize Wildfire – Did you know that you can easily change the colors and fonts within Wildfire to fit your site design? Click here to download the API document for more information.

Case study: www.zingfu.com – We are featuring this site since it demonstrates a recommended practice – locating Wildfire just before the embeddable code. Placing Wildfire in this location increases the number of total posts of your content substantially.