Why Problem with social media icons in text widget

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  velvetlimelight · Member · Apr 1, 2014 at 12:55 am

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  I’ve just created a set of social media buttons in my sidebar, following this tutorial: http://crochetime.net/2013/05/24/how-to-add-social-media-icons-to-your-wordpress-blog/

  I used it to create buttons on another of my blogs a few weeks ago, so I know the method works (or at least, that it used to).

  This time however, something’s not working – only the first three buttons work at all (and even then, only on the top half of each), and the last five totally don’t work. The sidebar is 275px wide, and I designed each button to measure 66x66px with a 1px border around each, so they should comfortably fit in two rows of four buttons.

  I don’t understand why they’re spaced so far apart, and why they don’t work the way the should. Any help fixing this would be very, very much appreciated.

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  velvetlimelight · Member · Apr 1, 2014 at 12:56 am

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  Sorry, realised that link is for the blog post where I found the tutorial, here’s the actual tutorial: http://geekfairy.co.uk/making-social-media-buttons-for-your-wordpress-site/

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  thatrobyn · Member · Apr 2, 2014 at 5:32 pm

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  Howdy! I’m checking in to make sure all is working well. I visited your site in three different browsers and I’m able to see all your social media buttons, and they all open in separate tabs. Please confirm that everything is set the way you hoped. Otherwise, let me know if I can help further. Cheers!

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  velvetlimelight · Member · Apr 3, 2014 at 1:21 am

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  Yes, it’s alright now thanks. I managed to fix it with help from a programming-savvy friend. Had to use a different method from the tutorial though, so still not sure why that method no longer works the way it did.

  Thanks again! :-)

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  thatrobyn · Member · Apr 3, 2014 at 2:02 pm

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  I’m glad everything is in good condition. Sometimes instructions created by third-party companies don’t work when applied to the WordPress.com environment. I’m very happy that you have a talented friend who could help! Happy blogging!

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  velvetlimelight · Member · Apr 3, 2014 at 10:19 pm

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  It’s just weird that it worked on another WordPress.com blog I have, when I tried it a few weeks ago (and still seems to be working on it, as far as I can tell). Maybe something to do with WordPress changing the post editor?

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  thatrobyn · Member · Apr 4, 2014 at 3:40 pm

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  Depending on your timing, it definitely could have been as a result of the adjustments we were making to our image editor.