Text Widget Image Not Resizing

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  sophiazerg · Member · Oct 27, 2013 at 2:06 am

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  I want to add two social media images on my sidebar side by side. I have figured out how to do this by creating a draft post, adding the images, linking each one, sizing them to 100 x 100 pixels, and then copying the code and adding it to the text widget html box. The problem is, the two images end up huge, and not 100 x 100. It’s like it’s being overwrited by my theme’s defaults?
  How can I fix this?
  Thanks so much!

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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 27, 2013 at 6:17 am

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  Since you don’t display them on your site, it will be a little more difficult to help.

  Did you actually resize the images in an image editing program before uploading them or are you resizing them by adding 100 x 100 to the image code?

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  sophiazerg · Member · Oct 27, 2013 at 11:35 am

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  Hello! I took them off because they were huge and looked ridiculous.
  To answer your question- I did both.
  Thanks!

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  sophiazerg · Member · Oct 27, 2013 at 11:51 am

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  Hi I put them back up on my blog in hopes it will be easier for someone to help.
  I am also copying the code I used:
  <img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-1257″ alt=”twitter” src=”http://silkandspiceblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/twitter2.png” width=”48″ height=”48″ />   <img alt=”instagram” src=”http://silkandspiceblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/instagram2.png” width=”48″ height=”48″ />

  I also just realized they aren’t appearing side by side.
  Thank you!

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  sophiazerg · Member · Oct 27, 2013 at 11:53 am

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  I’m also not working with 100 x 100 for these images (I did before, but I though maybe it was too large), I’m working with 48 x 48, which is the original size of the downloaded images, and also the size in the code as you can see.

  thanks!

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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 28, 2013 at 6:49 am

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  It seems you’ve removed the text widget in the interim, which I totally understand, but again I can’t see what’s happening on your site.

  In any event, please look at this Support doc for further info about adding social media icons to your site. http://en.support.wordpress.com/add-social-media-buttons-to-your-sidebar-or-footer/

  If you are still having trouble with this, please post back here and if you prefer not to display the text widget on your site, please post here a screenshot of what you see.

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  sophiazerg · Member · Oct 28, 2013 at 12:18 pm

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  Hello – and thanks so much for following up. I am getting the help of a programmer as I need a few different things done on my blog.
  So thanks again – but I will leave it up to him now. :)