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Sociable is a useful program that enables you to add links and icons of your favorite social networking sites to your WordPress blog and RSS feed.  This enables your readers to share any of your WordPress articles with any of the social networking sites you choose.  Normally, whenever you add icons to your site, they appear tiny like below:
 

 
With icons so small, it is sometimes difficult to click on the right one, causing your readers to give up easily.  Those who have a difficult time reading small sized print may also give up.   This does not necessarily need to happen, changing the size of the icon is simple and easy!   The first thing you need to do to make your icons a larger size is edit the Sociable .css file.  Once you open this file, you will be given the option to change the height and width of your icons.  An example of this is shown below:

 .sociable img {
float: none;
width: 48px;
height: 48px;
border: 0;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

You may need to change the numbers to create the size of icons that you prefer.  You can experiment by making the numbers larger or smaller depending on your needs.  Be sure to preview your work to ensure it suits the needs of your WordPress blog.  It is also important to ensure that you just change the sections for the width and height and nothing else in order to keep the icons looking their best.  Once you have updated and saved the changes, you will need to reload your blog.  Once you do this, you will see the new, larger sized social media icons:
 

Once the larger social media icons have been added to your blog, readers will be able to share your posts with their own network of social friends simply and with ease.  Their eye will be drawn to the large icons and they can clearly click on the social network of choice, add their usernames when prompted, and automatically share your blog entry on their site within the matter of seconds.  The formatting of these icons coincides nicely with your WordPress blog, allowing for large icons to appear that are easy to display, navigate and use.

Overall, Sociable is a fascinating tool that you can use for your WordPress blog.  It automatically comes with small-sized icons.  These icons are okay for some, but many blog owners find that the larger icons generate a greater response.  Luckily, Sociable is fully customizable and can meet the needs of any blog owner.  This means that the larger icons can be created in the matter of seconds just by following the directions above.  When you insert these big icons onto your blogs, you will generate more traffic to your site and help you increase readership.  This takes very little effort and can really add to your WordPress blog!