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The Theme Preview

The theme preview shows what Highlight and Share will look like on the frontend

Theme Preview in the Appearance Tab

You can find the theme preview at the bottom of the Appearance tab.

Finding the Plugin's Settings

Should you choose to reorder any social networks or customize or change a theme, you will find that the preview automatically updates.

Be sure to save any settings when you are through with any theme modifications.

Reordering the Social Networks

You can customize the order of the social networks shown

You can find the Reorder section in the Appearance tab.

Simply drag and drop to change the order of the networks.

Be sure to save your changes when reordering is complete.

You are able to view a preview at the bottom of the Appearance tab.

Finding the Plugin's Settings
The Theme Preview
Reorder Section in the Appearance Tab
Animated GIF of Reordering and Preview

Changing Themes and Appearance

Change the appearance of the floating icons

Appearance Theme Settings

To change the appearance of Highlight and Share, head to the Appearance tab within the admin settings.

Finding the Plugin's Settings

Within the Appearance tab, you can reorder the social networks, customize the theme, and see a theme preview.

Here are the pages within this section.

The Theme PreviewReordering the Social NetworksChoosing a ThemeConfiguring a Custom Theme

Choosing a Theme

Choose from several included themes or choose a custom theme

Theme Selection and Customizer in the Appearance Tab

Changing themes is easy and you'll find the theme selection options under the Appearance tab in the Highlight and Share settings page.

Finding the Plugin's Settings

Built-in Themes

Choose between several built-in themes to quickly customize the look and appearance of Highlight and Share.

There are several themes to choose from

Available Themes

Unless otherwise noted, the available themes show just the icons and not the labels. A tooltip is available on hover if that option is enabled.

Default Theme

The default theme shows brand colors and labels.

Brand Colors Theme

Colorful Circles Theme

Colorful Glass Circles Theme

Black Theme

Purple Theme

White Theme

Cyan Theme

Magenta Theme

Blue Theme

Green Theme

Tooltips

By default, a Tooltip is shown when hovering over a social network.

To remove the Tooltips, simply toggle the Tooltip option and save your changes.

You can modify the Tooltips in the Settings tab when enabling a social network.

You can customize the tooltips even further by adjusting the background and text color of the tooltip.

Orientation

You can choose between horizontal and vertical orientation.

The preview below will show how the social icons will look on the frontend.

Custom Themes

If you would like to customize the theme to your own specifications, you can select "Custom" from the theme dropdown.

Enabling the Social Networks
Configuring a Custom Theme
The Default Theme
Branded Icon Theme
Colorful Circles Theme
Colorful Glass Circles Theme
Black Theme
Purple Theme
White Theme
Cyan Theme
Magenta Theme
Blue Theme
Green Theme
Tooltips Option
Tooltip Showing on Hover
Changing the Tooltip Value in the Settings Tab
Change the Tooltip Background Color and Text Color
Example of Customized Tooltip
Horizontal Orientation in the Preview
Vertical Orientation in the Preview
Vertical Orientation on the Frontend
Select "Custom" to Configure a Custom Theme

Configuring a Custom Theme

Choose a custom theme to modify how Highlight and Share shows on the frontend

Choosing a Custom Theme Presents Several Configuration Options

When selecting a custom theme, you will be presented with several options to configure how Highlight and Share shows up on the frontend.

This section will go over the various customization options that are available.

Hide or Show Labels

You can choose to show or hide the labels of the social networks.

Hide the Labels for a Condensed Share Effect

You can customize the labels in the main Settings tab when enabling social networks.

Item Grouping (Grouped)

When the items are grouped, you can edit the social networks all at once together.

You can adjust:

  • The background color and background color on hover for all the icons

  • The text color and text color on over (if labels are enabled)

  • Adjust the border radius of the container

  • Set icon padding for all icons at once

Item Grouping (Ungrouped)

To edit the icons individually, you can ungroup the the social networks.

When items are ungrouped, you can configure the colors of each social network icon individually.

Just click on each social network tab to adjust the colors for each network.

In addition to configuring colors, you can customize the appearance of:

  • The individual icon border radius

  • The individual icon padding

  • The icon size

  • The font size of the label (if enabled)

Theme Preview

To view how the changes will look on the frontend, you can view the theme preview at the bottom of the appearance settings.

Increase or decrease the icon size for all items

  • Set the font size of the labels (if labels are enabled)

  • Show or hide tooltips

  • Set vertical or horizontal orientation of the icons

  • The gap between the social networks

  • Enable or disable tooltips

  • Set the orientation to horizontal or vertical

  • Enabling the Social Networks
    The Theme Preview
    Show the Labels for Impact
    Item Grouping Allows Editing All Items Together
    Edit each Social Network Individually
    Select each Social Network to Change Colors Per Network
    Adjust the Icon Settings in (Un)grouped mode
    Theme Preview in the Appearance Settings Tab