{"id":21384,"date":"2015-08-21T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T18:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.shareaholic.com\/?p=21384"},"modified":"2015-08-21T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T18:57:11","slug":"major-upgrades-all-the-right-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/major-upgrades-all-the-right-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Upgrades &#038; All the Right Tools!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Working_Hard_Getting_Our_Boots_Dirty.jpg\" alt=\"Shareaholic_Working_Hard_Getting_Our_Boots_Dirty\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Working_Hard_Getting_Our_Boots_Dirty.jpg 5203w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Working_Hard_Getting_Our_Boots_Dirty-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Working_Hard_Getting_Our_Boots_Dirty-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Working_Hard_Getting_Our_Boots_Dirty-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Working_Hard_Getting_Our_Boots_Dirty-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Working_Hard_Getting_Our_Boots_Dirty-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>The Right Tools for the Job<\/h3>\n<p>With several million blog posts and articles published everyday, distinguishing your site and its content from all the others can seem like one heck of a task. And to succeed<em>,\u00a0<\/em>the best tools are simply\u00a0a necessity.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do they need to be relevant, and up to date, but they must be <em>thoughtfully<\/em> designed with you in mind.<\/p>\n<p>And that is our goal: to ensure you have the best tools, and that using them is as seamless and as intuitive as possible!<\/p>\n<h3>Powerful Upgrades:<\/h3>\n<p>No doubt, you&#8217;ve read some of our recent feature releases, announcing major upgrades to the Shareaholic toolset, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Customize the Colors of Your Floated Share Buttons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/customize-the-colors-of-your-floated-share-buttons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Customizable Share button Colors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Showcase Your Share-Count Totals\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/showcase-your-share-count-totals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Total Share Counter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mobile-Optimized Menus Come to your Shareaholic Share Buttons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/mobile-optimized-sharing-menu-best-share-buttons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mobile Optimized Share Menus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Floated Share Buttons Now Available for Mobile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/floated-share-buttons-for-mobile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Floated Share Buttons for Mobile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Automatically Generate Short Links for Easy Sharing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/automatically-generate-short-links-for-easy-sharing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Automatic Short-link Generator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Button Bulletin \u2013 GitHub, Etsy, Houzz and Microsoft OneNote Added!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/button-bulletin-github-etsy-houzz-and-microsoft-onenote-added\/\" target=\"_blank\">Additional Share and Follow Buttons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Conditionally Display Share Counts &amp; More Advanced Display Rules for your Share Buttons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/new-features-conditionally-display-share-counts-more-advanced-display-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\">Conditional Share Counts &amp; Advanced Display Rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"New Related Content App Theme Available: \u201cRound\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/new-related-content-app-theme-round\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newly Available &#8216;Round&#8217; Theme Option<\/a> for your <a title=\"How to Customize Related Content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/customize-related-content\/\" target=\"_blank\">Related Content<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Shareaholic Integrates Google Analytics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/shareaholic-integrates-google-analytics-for-share-buttons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seamless Integration with Google Analytics<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What you may not have noticed, however, are the whole slew of <em>additional features<\/em> we&#8217;ve released &#8220;behind the scenes.&#8221; All of which are ready to use, and ready to work hard, taking your site&#8217;s capabilities to new heights.<\/p>\n<p>Whats more? They are <a title=\"Get Started!\" href=\"https:\/\/shareaholic.com\/publishers\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>all available now, and completely free to use!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Allow Us To Re-introduce Ourselves!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Product_Tool_Announcement_Jay-Z.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Product_Tool_Announcement_Jay-Z.jpg\" alt=\"Shareaholic_Product_Tool_Announcement_Jay-Z\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Product_Tool_Announcement_Jay-Z.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Product_Tool_Announcement_Jay-Z-700x350.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Product_Tool_Announcement_Jay-Z-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Product_Tool_Announcement_Jay-Z-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Product_Tool_Announcement_Jay-Z-400x200.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>1. Brilliantly Redesigned Icon Fonts for Social Buttons<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Smarter, sharper, vector-based design.<\/li>\n<li>Optimized for effortless mobile application.<\/li>\n<li>Crisp and compatible across on high-PPI devices, like Retina and Retina HD displays.<\/li>\n<li>Complete with beautiful, up to date brand logos &#8211; these buttons are basically begging to\u00a0to be clicked!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_New_ShareButtons.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_New_ShareButtons.png\" alt=\"Shareaholic_New_ShareButtons\" width=\"550\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_New_ShareButtons.png 642w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_New_ShareButtons-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_New_ShareButtons-400x85.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>2. Mobile Floated Share Button Triggers!<\/h3>\n<p>Now site-owners who use our Mobile Floated Share Buttons have the ability to set triggers to define\u00a0when they want Floated Buttons to appear. \u00a0Never again run the risk covering up navigation banners or other theme critical mobile elements on your site! Not a developer? No worries. Anyone can use our basic parameters, and developers\u00a0will be delighted by our more advanced trigger options. Either way, you get optimization for mobile at its best.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Mobile_Floated_Share_Button_Trigger_UI.png\" alt=\"Shareaholic_Mobile_Floated_Share_Button_Trigger_UI\" width=\"550\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Mobile_Floated_Share_Button_Trigger_UI.png 661w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Mobile_Floated_Share_Button_Trigger_UI-349x400.png 349w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Mobile_Floated_Share_Button_Trigger_UI-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Mobile_Floated_Share_Button_Trigger_UI-300x344.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Use our default, or a simple % parameter to trigger Mobile Floated Share Buttons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When a visitor scrolls down past a certain % of the page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or developers, use our advanced, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Web\/API\/Document_Object_Model\/Introduction#Important_Data_Types\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DOM<\/strong><\/a> based parameters\u00a0to trigger:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When a visitor\u00a0scrolls past an element with a specified ID.<\/li>\n<li>When a visitor scrolls past an element that matches a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/jsref\/met_document_queryselector.asp\" target=\"_blank\">DOM query Selector<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Smart Sort for your Share Buttons<\/h3>\n<p>Our Smart Sort feature makes sure your most popular and successful services are first in line from post to post and from page to page, ensuring you maximize conversions as your content is disseminated.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Smart_Sort_UI.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-21533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Smart_Sort_UI.png\" alt=\"Shareaholic_Smart_Sort_UI\" width=\"500\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Smart_Sort_UI.png 633w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Smart_Sort_UI-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Smart_Sort_UI-400x49.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>4. Total Share Counts &#8211; <a title=\"Total Share Count Standalone\" href=\"http:\/\/support.shareaholic.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/204975969\" target=\"_blank\">Standalone App<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Make a bold statement and use the Total Share Counter Standalone wherever you choose to display total shares across services, and let the numbers speak for the power of your content!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Total_Share_Counter_Standalone.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-21537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Total_Share_Counter_Standalone.png\" alt=\"Shareaholic_Total_Share_Counter_Standalone\" width=\"500\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Total_Share_Counter_Standalone.png 631w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Total_Share_Counter_Standalone-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shareaholic_Total_Share_Counter_Standalone-400x49.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>5. Accurate Share Button Verbs<\/h3>\n<p>The importance of details when it comes to increasing your site&#8217;s engagement cannot be overlooked. \u00a0Automatically enabled anywhere you have chosen to place our rectangular shaped Share Buttons, we&#8217;ve added accurate, share service-specific verbs\u00a0where applicable, letting your\u00a0buttons speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Share_Button_Verbs.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Share_Button_Verbs.png\" alt=\"Shareaholic_Share_Button_Verbs\" width=\"550\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Share_Button_Verbs.png 630w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Share_Button_Verbs-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shareaholic_Share_Button_Verbs-400x120.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are so excited about all of these\u00a0new additions, and hope you take the time to explore them. Should you have any questions regarding any of our features and products don\u2019t hesitate to <a href=\"http:\/\/support.shareaholic.com\/hc\/en-us\/requests\/new\">reach out to us<\/a>! \u00a0We love your feedback, and look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Right Tools for the Job With several million blog posts and articles published everyday, distinguishing your site and its content from all the others&hellip;&nbsp;<br \/><a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/major-upgrades-all-the-right-tools\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":21699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[525],"tags":[812,809,817,398,815,810,816,818,811],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}