Is it possible to customize the size and shape of social sharing buttons?
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Hello SEO people...
I have an important and urgent question.
Is it possible to customize social sharing buttons with counter? We are developing a new website and I want to place the social sharing (not the social follow buttons) at a specific location on the website. The space available is not a lot and my developer says that it is not possible to change the size of the button+counter....
please tell me what you guys know about this. And if the answer is 'YEs they can be customized' then please give me a link that I can forward to the boy so that he can work on it.
Your answers will be highly appreciated.
Regards,
MTI
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Here is other couple of services for that:
These will also provide some sweet analytics for you
I personally prefer the original buttons that you can grab here (with basic html or css knowlege you will align them as you wish):
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Regards,
Muhammad Talha Imtiaz OR Talha OR MTI
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I am glad you found the information to be helpful Muhammad.
I do plan to travel to India at some point next year. I have outsourced the web development aspect of my business to a company in India. They have done a kick-ass job for my clients thusfar and I wish to meet the team, tour the country, and check off my annual item to stretch out and experience a different culture. I'll offer updates when I make the trip.
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Ryan once again you have answered my question the quickest and given me a solid answer and helped me.
I am truly obliged to you.
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Regards,
Talha
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Yes, they can be customized.
The social sharing buttons with counters are graphic images. There are many possibilities. Some sites create their own icons to fit the theme of their site, while others search for designers who make images they prefer.
And if the answer is 'YEs they can be customized' then please give me a link that I can forward to the boy so that he can work on it.
Examples:
http://www.mybloggertricks.com/2011/05/social-share-widget-with-counters-for.html
http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-add-social-media-share-count-widgets-in-wordpress/
http://www.abctrick.com/2011/07/how-to-add-floating-social-sharing.html
The designs used by the above 3 links are similar, but clearly different. You can replace any image with another image. It depends on either having a knowledgeable developer write the code, or locating a code snippet from a developer who has already done the work. The third example offers details on how to change the image.
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