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Using Media Sharing Buttons In Monarch
Using Media Sharing Buttons In Monarch

Encourage the sharing of media on media-centric websites such as Pinterest and Facebook.

Updated over a year ago

An Overview Of Media Sharing Button Settings

media sharing settings

Images are the most shared content on the web, and there is no reason you should miss out on letting your readers share your image-rich content with the world.

Monarch auto-detects all images within post content and even offers a custom shortcode to enable image sharing for any image on your site.

Choose Icon Style

Select Hover

This option lets you choose from any hover styles Monarch offers for Follow Buttons. You can hover over any options to get an example preview of the hover effect.

Once you decide on an option, click to select any style, and a green checkmark will indicate your section.

Choose Icon Shape

Select Shape

Monarch offers 3 shapes for your icon buttons:

  • Squared,

  • Rounded,

  • Circles.

Combined with the style options mentioned above, you can create various great-looking social buttons.

Display Settings

Icon Alignment

This option lets you select either Left or Centered.

  • Selecting Left will display your button labels and/or follow counts to the right of your network icons, creating a more horizontal button shape.

  • Selecting Centered will place your button labels and/or follow counts below your network icons and center the button content, creating a taller button shape.

Number of Columns

Monarch offers 7 column width options. You can choose to have up to 6 equal-width columns or let your buttons take on an auto-width based on the width of your buttons' content.

No matter your selection, Monarch accommodates small browser widths and adjusts your column selection for mobile devices.

Display Share Counts

Displaying share counts is a great way to show off how many times your pages have been shared and even a great way to encourage visitors to spread your content.

This number will appear inside each button to the right or below your network icons based on your Icon Alignment.

Minimum Count Display

Sometimes, it is better to not show counts than to show that a follow count is under a certain threshold.

This setting allows you to set the minimum follow count that Monarch will display in your follow buttons. This is a great feature for new profiles that have yet to have the opportunity to gain followers for a long time.

Display Total Shares

This share count will add up the shares across all displayed networks and display the total right above your buttons. This is a great way to show how popular a given page is.

Display Network Names

Check this box to display the network labels in your sharing buttons. These can be customized to whatever you wish.

For example, you can choose to replace the Network Name Twitter with something like Tweet This or Share This.

Outer Text Color

If the option above is selected, this option will appear to allow you to choose your Outer Text Color.

This setting will affect your Total Shares Count and your Network Label and/or individual Share Count if you have selected circular buttons, which place button text outside the background color of your buttons.

Using circular buttons with network names on Media Sharing can be hard to optimize since the images across your website will contain an array of colors.

Remove Icon Spacing

By default, the media sharing buttons are spaced out with a small margin.

Checking this option lets you remove the spacing between your icons for a whole new set of design possibilities.

Hide On Mobile Devices

If you wish to not display media sharing buttons on mobile devices, you can check this box.

Color Settings

Use Custom Colors

By default, Monarch uses the default network colors, but for a more custom approach, you can select your own button colors.

If an option below is not defined, that element's default setting will be used.

Background Color

This color picker will define the background color of your Media Sharing buttons.

Hover Background Color

This color picker will define the background color of your Media Sharing buttons when the user hovers over a button.

Icon Color

This color picker will define the color of your Media Sharing buttons' icons.

Icon Color

This color picker will define the color of your Media Sharing buttons' icons when the user hovers over a button.

Post Type Settings

Global Setting

Monarch will automatically detect any image within a blog post and automatically enable Media Sharing for those images.

Media Sharing Shortcode

Although Monarch will only auto-detect images on blog posts, you can enable media sharing for any image on your site by wrapping it in the Media Sharing shortcode like so

[et_social_share_media]<img src="https://www.website.com/image.jpg"/>[/et_social_share_media]

Note: Ensure that the img tag's src attribute is replaced with the actual image URL for which you want to enable the Media Sharing icons.

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