Share button issue

  • Hi, there. I noticed that WordPress did away with the stumble upon sharing button due to some security issues. Fortunately, the option was given to us to add it manually using the ‘add new service’ option in settings>sharing. The code works perfectly, but my problem is the sizing of the icon. 16 x 16 is the recommended size, but when I added that, it showed up teeny tiny compared to my other sharing icons. So, I tried all different sizes, and tried both .png and .jpg, but it remains tiny no matter what size or extension I change it to. Since Jetpack controls the sharing buttons, is there anything I can do to get to the right size so it matches the other icons so that my readers can see it at that size? You can see what it looks like at the bottom of any of my posts, like here —> https://parsleysagesweet.com/2014/04/08/loaded-chicken-or-tuna-salad-with-garlic-greek-yogurt-ranch-mayo-and-the-end/

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  • Plugin Author Jeremy Herve

    (@jeherve)

    Jetpack Mechanic ??

    That’s indeed how the buttons are designed to work right now. We’re considering updating the design to make the icon bigger. You can follow our progress here:
    https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/issues/2451

    I’ll post again here as soon as we make progress!

    Thank you, Jeremy. I hope you do match up the size of the ‘add new service’ icons soon. I’ll be keeping up with the progress. Thank you for your reply :).

    Liimi

    (@liimi)

    Hi, Jeremy. Any updates to remedy the tiny add new service share button size, yet?

    Plugin Author Jeremy Herve

    (@jeherve)

    Jetpack Mechanic ??

    @liimi I’l afraid we haven’t made any progress yet. I’ll post again here when we do!

    Any progress on this? I have an education blog and one of the big education blog ranking services bases 20% of our ranking on how much our articles are shared on Facebook, Twitter and Stumbleupon; so now having one of them is hurting my rankings.

    Plugin Author Jeremy Herve

    (@jeherve)

    Jetpack Mechanic ??

    @bdean1000 We haven’t made any progress on this issue yet.

    If you’d like to add your own StumbleUpon button, you can add some custom CSS to make it look like the 2 others. If you let me know your site URL, I’ll be happy to help with that!

    If you want it to remain private, you can also contact us via this contact form:
    https://jetpack.me/contact-support/

    Hi Jeremy. That’s exactly what I’d like to do. To add the stumbleupon icon to the rest of my share icons. My site is https://www.ifitshipitshere.com and it’d be great if you could help me with the CSS code.

    Thanks in advance!
    laura

    Plugin Author Jeremy Herve

    (@jeherve)

    Jetpack Mechanic ??

    Try the following:

    Go to Settings > Sharing, and click on the link to “add a new service”.

    Enter the following parameters, save your changes, and drag the new button you created to enable the service.

    1. Service name: StumbleUpon
    2. Sharing URL: https://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=%post_url%&title=%post_title%
    3. Icon URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/f.cl.ly/items/3o0T2p3l1U3W302p0630/stumble-logo.jpg

    Add the following CSS to your theme stylesheet, or to your custom CSS editor available under Appearance > Edit CSS in your dashboard.

    .sd-social-icon .sd-content ul li[class*='share-'].share-custom-stumbleupon a.sd-button {
	background: #eb4823 url('https://s3.amazonaws.com/f.cl.ly/items/3o0T2p3l1U3W302p0630/stumble-logo.jpg') no-repeat center center;
	background-size: 80%;
	color: #fff !important;
	display: inline-block;
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
	font: 400 16px/1 Genericons;
	vertical-align: top;
	position: relative;
	top: 0;
	text-align: center;
}

.sd-social-icon .sd-content ul li[class*='share-'].share-custom-stumbleupon a.sd-button span {
    background-image: none !important;
}

    That should do the trick.

    You Rock! That totally worked.
    Thank you so much!
    Laura ??

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