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Posted by: Paul Boag On Thursday, 13th September, 2012

Social media sharing buttons are quite ugly. How do you stop them ruining a design if they’re requested by a client?

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My answer is simple; don’t use them.

If you want to learn more about my attitude to social media and how it should work with our websites read my post “It’s time for your site to play nicely with social media” or watch my presentation on the same subject.

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