How to Change Blogger's Share Buttons to Cute Custom Images

Blogger already has the option for share buttons, but they don't have a 'pin it' button and honestly, I think they look ... meh. One of my clients wanted to do something classy and customized on her site, so I looked ALL OVER online trying to find a tutorial on how to do what I wanted. I couldn't really find it anywhere, which is why I decided to share my own tutorial on how I did it. I spent waaaaaaay too long figuring this out, so hopefully this saves you the headache!

If you're savvy with HTML, you can customize this to have your own images and match your fonts/colors. If you're looking for an easy solution, I've made up some cute grey buttons that should match most any blog. Voila!

So. First things first, you're going to have to delete the Blogger share buttons that you currently have on your site. To do this, log in to your Blogger Dashboard, and go to the Layout tab. Once there, you'll see the skeleton of your blog. Find the place where your blog posts go, and at the bottom, you'll see a link that says Edit. Click that link:

Once you're in, you'll see a window that lets you configure the blog posts. One of the options is to Show the Share Buttons. Make sure this button is NOT clicked.

 Hit save. Okay. Now that the Blogger share buttons are removed, you can add the cute ones! Now you're going to want to go into your Template section of your blog.

Once you are in the HTML of your blog, click Expand Widget Templates. Hit Ctrl F and find the following piece of code: <div class='post-footer'> You might find that more than once - if so, you want the SECOND one. DIRECTLY after that piece of code, paste the following code:

<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<div class='addthis_toolbox'>
<div class='custom_images'>
<a class='addthis_button_share'><img alt='Share this Post' border='0' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kQYPhMxTf0oo3q9NXT_1olvynHZAawsE3ZnlTYDf2Du2CdHJ_nDNBqPaBK9aZsr6OwAg0oBEebDjxzAZl7EWxRGHv96gal2m1F9YyEJKI4ptN_3fWln6E-O5ZkNnmB7jVxgMUYnHqaev/s1600/Share+this+Post.png'/></a>
<a class='addthis_button_facebook'><img alt='Share to Facebook' border='0' height='30' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HuH1twO4LwQt91zVbCS9yCWG2Grfxq2Dv90f_KVUeevWXbkewI-Phjxwkr8AMwvNOdXTtoR0tnLZXFnqvDk5-X1tmEVf27wmU1cd4qP8aXIanNIfhCKlpHwUCFC8Ux8e4QZyIRVhoTXS/s1600/Facebook+Button+Share.png' width='30'/></a>
<a class='addthis_button_twitter'><img alt='Share to Twitter' border='0' height='30' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7K2XIxN47A9DNkluIz3cHW1nMdq3ukvlbfmZM44lhrWh98dYKSK-OZvq1GR2z6lWx5J3qb5PNjarwYlj7R2htnhEuMKLvfDQAtx8n8BweqADYq6m4tUbrsJhXEm7LVIvBLyirhW66FOU/s1600/Twitter+Button+Share.png' width='30'/></a>
<a class='addthis_button_email'><img alt='Email This' border='0' height='30' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWtAAHDXsbxeRtb4A_prj5yJLwS9DfDPZGQLX303B_Qf690MrI79sMRd7uVnVhC5yR3qOCI5h3djw7Jg-oKblhcyrGstNzT4IkAFko5r0VOTxKTX75-7ATyLyCWU8-WIeseMp17yDkE76I/s1600/Email+Button+Share.png' width='30'/></a>
<a class='addthis_button_pinterest_share'><img alt='Pin This' border='0' height='30' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPsJWVbPajEAXTPIXQIGRFXjcJiv_OxBhKKgIWjC30SsFkNxVnTkRF-MznQA6NWTNShZIioMa1zBnalzXoo3GC_akV9UtwCfWkeNXUlDv512IdN3uRjIZe_DWIRJH7mLm5_097IHe1Adk/s1600/Pinterest+Button+Share.png' width='30'/></a>
</div>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":false};</script>
<script src='//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-511bbe8405a64ebd' type='text/javascript'/>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->

Make sure you hit "Preview" to make sure everything looks right! If it does, hit save and you're all set! It should look something like this: