Social Media Share Buttons

socialonlinemediatechnology · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 5:10 am
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How do I move the share buttons from the bottom of the page to the top of each page?
thesacredpath · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 5:37 am
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The site linked to your username, http://soshitech.com/ , is set to private so we cannot see it. Can you temporarily select the middle option (public but block search engines) so that we can take a look?
socialonlinemediatechnology · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 5:57 am
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Yes sir

Go ahead and take a look.
thesacredpath · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 6:50 am
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This is a little messy to do on the theme you are using and the one thing you have to be aware of is that position absolute has to be used for moving the sharing stuff and that means it will not float with the rest of the content if the title should happen to go to two or three lines. In that case, the title is going to run all over the sharing buttons.
```
.entry-content {
position: relative;
}

div.sharedaddy {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
width: 98%;

div.pd-rating {
margin-top: 100px;
}
```
socialonlinemediatechnology · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 1:51 pm
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Is there anyone way too move this above the title? or have the sharing buttons on the front page running down the left side of each post?

Thank you for your help thus far.
thesacredpath · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 7:19 pm
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Try this then to move it above the title.
```
.single .post {
position: relative;
}

div.sharedaddy {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
width: 98%;
}

.post {
padding-top: 90px;
}
```
The problem is, most people read a post before liking it, and putting the sharing stuff before the post title means they will have to scroll back up to the top to be able to share or like the post. That is why social media sharing icons are always at the bottom of a post.
socialonlinemediatechnology · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 8:20 pm
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Works perfectly. Great stuff. One more question. How do I remove the wordpress “Like this post” option with the star next to it?
timethief · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 8:23 pm
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You can either enable or disable the “like” button. No CSS editing required. http://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/
socialonlinemediatechnology · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 8:44 pm
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Both of you have been a load of help. Thank you.

– John
thesacredpath · Member · Dec 6, 2011 at 8:51 pm
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You are welcome.
socialonlinemediatechnology · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 8:31 am
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One more question.

What is the difference from hosting my website on soshitech.wordpress.com and soshitech.com ?

Right now my domain is soshitech.com but inside my dashboard is soshitech.wordpress.com

I am curious if I may be missing out on some extra features here.

Thanks.

– John
thesacredpath · Member · Dec 8, 2011 at 8:41 am
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Your domain name is mapped to your wordpress.COM blog here. All that means is that when someone visits your site, they will see your wordpress.com blog but with your own domain name instead of blog.wordpress.com. Domain mapping does not bestow any super powers.
denisegabbard · Member · Jan 6, 2012 at 10:19 pm
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Hi! I have sharing buttons on my blog that I installed with a widget— but how do I put them in to each post?

My blog is http://writeandgetpaid.wordpress.com/. Thanks!
timethief · Member · Jan 6, 2012 at 10:22 pm
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@denisegabbard
This is a CSS customization forum. Do you have the custom design upgrade and are you CSS editing your theme? if the answer is “no” then to avoid confusion in this thread, please just click this link and start your own thread in the Support Forum where we will gladly help you.
denisegabbard · Member · Jan 6, 2012 at 10:50 pm
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Hey TimeThief– thanks for the reply… found what I needed on another thread. Can you delete that request— I do not see a way to do that? Thanks, Denise
timethief · Member · Jan 6, 2012 at 10:52 pm
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Hi Denise,
We cannot delete or edit threads or close them. Only Staff and Moderators can but not to worry. It’s good to know you located what you needed. Happy blogging!

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