No, we have automatically pushed the new design to your site as well as maintained your current customization settings, such as link colors, the order and selection of the social web services, etc.

Popularity: 26%

Features included in this release are: Tab-free user interface, functionality to allow users to save content directly to their ShareBox, display of most popular sharing services, inline contact manager, and in widget registration.

Popularity: 25%

As with the original widget, publishers are able to customize the order of the social web services and link colors. Publishers may also add a Text Header to personalize the widget, as well as create custom text next to the ShareThis icon.

Other features include: removal of features within the Send and Post areas, including email, AIM, and text message ability and to have the widget open on click or on hover. To create your own custom widget visit the Get The Button page.

Popularity: 27%

Yes, all data will be intact and viewable from your ShareThis Reporting Dashboard.  You should not notice any gaps in your data.

Popularity: 32%

Since the new widget has a much smaller footprint, any offset parameters you set will need to be modified.  You can either handle this directly in the source code or generate a new button from the ShareThis Widget Configurator.

Popularity: 40%

Yes, the new widget has a smaller footprint and uses less code.  The redesign offers a better experience to your users.

Popularity: 44%

Flattening the widget to provide a tab-free environment allows users to see all the sharing options you offer upon opening the widget. This should optimize and increase sharing on your site.

Popularity: 46%

The widget opens on mouseover by default.  To change this, add ‘&onmouseover=false” to your ShareThis widget code.  Here’s an example of what it might look like:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=123456-7890a-bcdefg-hijkl&type=website&onmouseover=false"></script>

Popularity: 6%