Share Buttons Widget

🎯 Purpose

The Share Buttons widget enables visitors to seamlessly share your page across social platforms. It’s a simple yet powerful tool to boost engagement and extend your content’s reach.

🛠️ Configuration & Platforms

• Select Networks
  Choose from popular platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp, and more—use only the buttons that matter to your audience.

• Share Content Type
  Decide whether buttons share your page’s URL as a link, open an email draft, or prompt a print option.

• Button Layout
  Arrange buttons horizontally or vertically, set icon alignment, and customize spacing between them.

• Share Counters
  Toggle visibility of share counts, selecting between totals or individual counts per platform. You can enable this feature globally or platform-by-platform.

🎨 Style & Appearance

Buttons & Icons

• Customize icon size, style (circle, square, rounded), and padding.

• Define icon and background colors for normal and hover states (including brand-specific colors).

Hover Effects

• Add or disable animations on hover, such as color transitions or slight scaling.

Count Styling

• Customize typography, color, and spacing for share count numbers.

• Choose label positioning (before, after, or hidden) to match your design.

⚙️ Advanced Settings

• Responsive Controls: Adjust button sizes and spacing for desktop, tablet, and mobile formats.

• Visibility Options: Show or hide buttons per device or screen size without custom coding.

• Custom Attributes: Add HTML attributes or CSS classes for further customization or tracking integration.

• Motion Effects: Apply entrance animations or scroll-triggered motion for dynamic presentation.

✅ Best Practices

• Focus on relevant platforms—use only the social networks where your audience is most active.

• Choose clean layouts and consistent icon sizes for a polished visual footprint.

• Use brand-colored icons for instant social network recognition.

• Enable share counters selectively—just for top-performing networks.

• Add subtle hover effects for interactivity without overwhelming the user experience.

📈 Ideal Use Cases

• Highlight share options on blog posts, news articles, or tutorials.

• Include on product or service pages to encourage referrals.

• Add to landing pages to prompt social amplification.

• Place within footer, sidebar, or call-to-action sections for passive share prompts.

The Share Buttons widget offers flexible social sharing features—customizable through network selection, layout, visual styling, and device responsiveness—to encourage content sharing and amplify engagement.