Title: help with sociable plugin please
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# help with sociable plugin please

 *  [deansellsaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deansellsaz/)
 * (@deansellsaz)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sociable-plugin-please/)
 * Hey everyone I have been playing with this all day and cannot figure it out, 
   any idea why spaces are so large between icons and how i may be able to fix it
 * [http://deansellsaz.com/](http://deansellsaz.com/)

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 *  [Rodeo Imagination](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shiroujune/)
 * (@shiroujune)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sociable-plugin-please/#post-898201)
 * can you post the css for the class “sociable”?
 * I am not sure as I can’t see it, but there seems to be a padding-left or a margin-
   left to the list items there…
 * first try changing the class for an id like…
 * `<div id="sociable">`
 * then to the css add this:
 *     ```
       #sociable ul li {
       margin-left: 0px;
       padding-left: 0px;
       }
       ```
   
 * hope it helps
 *  Thread Starter [deansellsaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deansellsaz/)
 * (@deansellsaz)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sociable-plugin-please/#post-898203)
 * thanks… follow up question..
 * im a newbie
 * the <div id=”sociable”> where does this go? what file?
 * and the add to css that to the sociable.css?
 *  Thread Starter [deansellsaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deansellsaz/)
 * (@deansellsaz)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sociable-plugin-please/#post-898204)
 * here is the sociable.css
    div.sociable { margin: 16px 0; }
 * span.sociable_tagline { position: relative; }
    span.sociable_tagline span { display:
   none; width: 14em; } span.sociable_tagline:hover span { position: absolute; display:
   block; top: -5em; background: #ffe; border: 1px solid #ccc; color: black; line-
   height: 1.25em; } .sociable span { display: block; } .sociable ul { display: 
   inline; margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; } .sociable ul li { background:
   none; display: inline; list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 1px; } .sociable
   ul li:before { content: “”; } .sociable img { float: none; width: 16px; height:
   16px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
 * .sociable-hovers {
    opacity: .4; -moz-opacity: .4; filter: alpha(opacity=40);}.
   sociable-hovers:hover { opacity: 1; -moz-opacity: 1; filter: alpha(opacity=100);}
 *  [Rodeo Imagination](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shiroujune/)
 * (@shiroujune)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sociable-plugin-please/#post-898289)
 * Ok. As I thought you have a hierarchy problem here, the code with sociable is
   well done. It’s just another code superior to it that makes your buttons distend
   like that.
 * There are some ways to apply CSS inside tags:
 * CLASS way (which you are using)
 *     ```
       in the HTML file: <div class="sociable">
       in the CSS file: .sociable
       ```
   
 * ID way (which is superior in CSS heriarchy to CLASS)
 *     ```
       in the HTML file: <div id="sociable">
       in the CSS file: #sociable
       ```
   
 * Take a look at your source code, or where you pasted the HTML code for your plugin,
   I found this:
 *     ```
       <div class="sociable">
       <div class="sociable_tagline">
       <strong>Share and Enjoy:</strong>
       </div>
       <ul>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;title=Mesa%20surplus%20sale" title="Digg"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/digg.png" title="Digg" alt="Digg" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;title=Mesa%20surplus%20sale" title="del.icio.us"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/delicious.png" title="del.icio.us" alt="del.icio.us" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
   
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;t=Mesa%20surplus%20sale" title="Facebook"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/facebook.png" title="Facebook" alt="Facebook" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;title=Mesa%20surplus%20sale" title="Google"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/googlebookmark.png" title="Google" alt="Google" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:?subject=Mesa%20surplus%20sale&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F" title="E-mail this story to a friend!"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/email_link.png" title="E-mail this story to a friend!" alt="E-mail this story to a friend!" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;title=Mesa%20surplus%20sale&amp;source=Dean+Ouellette+--+Mesa+and+East+Valley+Real+Estate+&amp;summary=Looking%20to%20pick%20up%20some%20used%20items%20at%20a%20good%20price%3F%20Mesa%20may%20be%20able%20to%20help.%20The%20City%20of%20Mesa%20holds%20surplus%20sales%20at%20their%20warehouse%20locations%20on%20Tuesdays%20and%20Thursdays.%20The%20items%20for%20sale%20are%20surplus%20items%20from%20the%20city%20and%20items%20picked%20up%20in%20polic" title="LinkedIn"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/linkedin.png" title="LinkedIn" alt="LinkedIn" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.myspace.com/Modules/PostTo/Pages/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;t=Mesa%20surplus%20sale" title="MySpace"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/myspace.png" title="MySpace" alt="MySpace" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pownce.com/send/link/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;note_body=Mesa%20surplus%20sale&amp;note_to=all" title="Pownce"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/pownce.gif" title="Pownce" alt="Pownce" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" href="javascript:window.print();" title="Print this article!"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/printer.png" title="Print this article!" alt="Print this article!" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;title=Mesa%20surplus%20sale" title="Reddit"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/reddit.png" title="Reddit" alt="Reddit" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;title=Mesa%20surplus%20sale" title="StumbleUpon"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/stumbleupon.png" title="StumbleUpon" alt="StumbleUpon" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
   
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/faves?add=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F" title="Technorati"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/technorati.png" title="Technorati" alt="Technorati" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       	<li><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://buzz.yahoo.com/submit/?submitUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdeansellsaz.com%2F2008%2F11%2F10%2Fmesa-surplus-sale%2F&amp;submitHeadline=Mesa%20surplus%20sale&amp;submitSummary=Looking%20to%20pick%20up%20some%20used%20items%20at%20a%20good%20price%3F%20Mesa%20may%20be%20able%20to%20help.%20The%20City%20of%20Mesa%20holds%20surplus%20sales%20at%20their%20warehouse%20locations%20on%20Tuesdays%20and%20Thursdays.%20The%20items%20for%20sale%20are%20surplus%20items%20from%20the%20city%20and%20items%20picked%20up%20in%20polic&amp;submitCategory=science&amp;submitAssetType=text" title="Yahoo! Buzz"><img src="http://deansellsaz.com/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/yahoobuzz.gif" title="Yahoo! Buzz" alt="Yahoo! Buzz" class="sociable-hovers" /></a></li>
       </ul>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * change the first line in your theme to:
    `<div id="sociable">`
 * then change your css to:
 *     ```
       div #sociable { margin: 16px 0; }
   
       span.sociable_tagline { position: relative; }
       span.sociable_tagline span { display: none; width: 14em; }
       span.sociable_tagline:hover span {
       	position: absolute;
       	display: block;
       	top: -5em;
       	background: #ffe;
       	border: 1px solid #ccc;
       	color: black;
       	line-height: 1.25em;
       }
       #sociable span {
       	display: block;
       }
       #sociable ul {
       	display: inline;
       	margin: 0 !important;
       	padding: 0 !important;
       }
       #sociable ul li {
       	background: none;
       	display: inline;
       	list-style-type: none;
       	margin: 0;
       	padding: 1px;
       }
       #sociable ul li:before { content: ""; }
       #sociable img {
       	float: none;
       	width: 16px;
       	height: 16px;
       	border: 0;
       	margin: 0;
       	padding: 0;
       }
   
       .sociable-hovers {
       	opacity: .4;
       	-moz-opacity: .4;
       	filter: alpha(opacity=40);
       }
       .sociable-hovers:hover {
       	opacity: 1;
       	-moz-opacity: 1;
       	filter: alpha(opacity=100);
       }
       ```
   
 * That should make it. At least worked fine here… Regards!
 *  Thread Starter [deansellsaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deansellsaz/)
 * (@deansellsaz)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sociable-plugin-please/#post-898298)
 * any ideas?
 *  [stephen-pickering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephen-pickering/)
 * (@stephen-pickering)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sociable-plugin-please/#post-898443)
 * Hi ShirouJune
 * I’m having same problem. I think I understand what you are saying, but how do
   I edit the HTML source code in wordpress? I see where I can edit the CSS style
   sheet.
 * Thanks,
    Stephen Pickering
 * [http://stephenpickering.com](http://stephenpickering.com)
 *  [stephen-pickering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephen-pickering/)
 * (@stephen-pickering)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-sociable-plugin-please/#post-898444)
 * I mean is it in a certain wordpress php file or the social.php file?
 * Thanks

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