Mini Social Icons with CSS and Image Sprite Flip Effect

So like the pop out icons these use simple CSS to create the effect but this time we also use a sprite instead of individual images.This makes the flip smooth and adds less load time to your blog.I have tutorials for adding them to your sidebar on bothWordpress and Blogger but you could add them to your blog footer or even in a menu.

The icons are for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Rss Feed, Pinterest, Skype, Vimeo, Dribbble, Flickr, LinkedIn and Youtube.But as I did in the footer you can remove the icons you don't want displayed.

Live Demo :

This is a live demo so you can hover to see the effect.

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Adding The Mini Flip Social Icons To Blogger

Step 1) In The New Blogger Dashboard Click The Drop Down For Your Blog > Choose Layout > Click Add A Gadget > Choose HTML/Javascript > Paste In The Code as shown in the video below :

Code : 

<ul class="spicesocialwidget">
<li class="facebook">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank" title="facebook">
</a></li>
<li class="googleplus">
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://plus.google.com/" target="_blank" title="googleplus">
</a></li>
<li class="pinterest">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank" title="pinterest">
</a></li>
<li class="twitter">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/" target="_blank" title="twitter">
</a></li>
<li class="rss">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feedburner.com/" target="_blank" title="rss">
</a></li>
<li class="skype">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.skype.com/" target="_blank" title="Skype">
</a></li>
<li class="vimeo">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vimeo.com/" target="_blank" title="vimeo">
</a></li>
<li class="dribbble">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dribbble.com/" target="_blank" title="dribble">
</a></li>
<li class="flickr">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/" target="_blank" title="flickr">
</a></li>
<li class="linkedin">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linkedin.com/" target="_blank" title="linkedin">
</a></li>
<li class="youtube">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank" title="youtube">
</a></li>
</ul>
<style>
ul.spicesocialwidget {float:right;}
ul.spicesocialwidget li {float:left;list-style: none outside none;border:none;}
ul.spicesocialwidget li a{background-color:transparent;background-image:url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknh0UPYzXMOQnE_pPf5Q0GRlYWipKVteQT4FZxjdLfVgVHYf0CZSltxZeggFwx1i2DLhyKc_FYEs23z4y1CI6Zh5RqtcCz5PmZ5VByt0b22DPv2ZCUeMEaX4jM4-kXapFVwDlYdPeBQ_A/s1600/spice-social-gadget-sprite.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:auto 96px;border:0 none;color:white;direction:ltr;display:block; height:32px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:-999em;transition:all 0.2s ease 0s;width:32px}
.ie7 ul.spicesocialwidget li a, .ie8 ul.spicesocialwidget li a{background-image:url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknh0UPYzXMOQnE_pPf5Q0GRlYWipKVteQT4FZxjdLfVgVHYf0CZSltxZeggFwx1i2DLhyKc_FYEs23z4y1CI6Zh5RqtcCz5PmZ5VByt0b22DPv2ZCUeMEaX4jM4-kXapFVwDlYdPeBQ_A/s1600/spice-social-gadget-sprite.png' )}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.facebook a{ background-position:0 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.flickr a{ background-position:-32px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.dribbble a{ background-position:-64px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.googleplus a{ background-position:-96px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.linkedin a{ background-position:-128px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.pinterest a{ background-position:-160px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.rss a{ background-position:-192px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.skype a{ background-position:-224px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.twitter a{ background-position:-256px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.vimeo a{ background-position:-288px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.youtube a{ background-position:-320px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.facebook a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.facebook a:hover{ background-position:0 -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.flickr a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.flickr a:hover{ background-position:-32px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.dribbble a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.dribbble a:hover{ background-position:-64px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.googleplus a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.googleplus a:hover{ background-position:-96px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.linkedin a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.linkedin a:hover{ background-position:-128px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.pinterest a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.pinterest a:hover{ background-position:-160px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.rss a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.rss a:hover{ background-position:-192px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.skype a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.skype a:hover{ background-position:-224px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.twitter a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.twitter a:hover{ background-position:-256px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.vimeo a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.vimeo a:hover{ background-position:-288px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.youtube a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.youtube a:hover{ background-position:-320px -32px}
</style>

Note Change the links in yellow with links to your social profiles.

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Adding The Mini Flip Social Icons To Wordpress

1) In Your Wordpress Dashboard Click 'Apperance' > 'Widgets' > Add A text Widget to your sidebar and paste in the code as shown in the video below :

Code : 

<ul class="spicesocialwidget">
<li class="facebook">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank" title="facebook">
</a></li>
<li class="googleplus">
<a rel="nofollow" href="https://plus.google.com/" target="_blank" title="googleplus">
</a></li>
<li class="pinterest">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank" title="pinterest">
</a></li>
<li class="twitter">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/" target="_blank" title="twitter">
</a></li>
<li class="rss">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://feedburner.com/" target="_blank" title="rss">
</a></li>
<li class="skype">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.skype.com/" target="_blank" title="Skype">
</a></li>
<li class="vimeo">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.vimeo.com/" target="_blank" title="vimeo">
</a></li>
<li class="dribbble">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dribbble.com/" target="_blank" title="dribble">
</a></li>
<li class="flickr">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/" target="_blank" title="flickr">
</a></li>
<li class="linkedin">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linkedin.com/" target="_blank" title="linkedin">
</a></li>
<li class="youtube">
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank" title="youtube">
</a></li>
</ul>
<style>
ul.spicesocialwidget {float:right;}
ul.spicesocialwidget li {float:left;list-style: none outside none;border:none;}
ul.spicesocialwidget li a{background-color:transparent;background-image:url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknh0UPYzXMOQnE_pPf5Q0GRlYWipKVteQT4FZxjdLfVgVHYf0CZSltxZeggFwx1i2DLhyKc_FYEs23z4y1CI6Zh5RqtcCz5PmZ5VByt0b22DPv2ZCUeMEaX4jM4-kXapFVwDlYdPeBQ_A/s1600/spice-social-gadget-sprite.png');background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:auto 96px;border:0 none;color:white;direction:ltr;display:block; height:32px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:-999em;transition:all 0.2s ease 0s;width:32px}
.ie7 ul.spicesocialwidget li a, .ie8 ul.spicesocialwidget li a{background-image:url('https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknh0UPYzXMOQnE_pPf5Q0GRlYWipKVteQT4FZxjdLfVgVHYf0CZSltxZeggFwx1i2DLhyKc_FYEs23z4y1CI6Zh5RqtcCz5PmZ5VByt0b22DPv2ZCUeMEaX4jM4-kXapFVwDlYdPeBQ_A/s1600/spice-social-gadget-sprite.png' )}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.facebook a{ background-position:0 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.flickr a{ background-position:-32px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.dribbble a{ background-position:-64px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.googleplus a{ background-position:-96px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.linkedin a{ background-position:-128px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.pinterest a{ background-position:-160px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.rss a{ background-position:-192px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.skype a{ background-position:-224px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.twitter a{ background-position:-256px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.vimeo a{ background-position:-288px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.youtube a{ background-position:-320px 0}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.facebook a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.facebook a:hover{ background-position:0 -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.flickr a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.flickr a:hover{ background-position:-32px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.dribbble a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.dribbble a:hover{ background-position:-64px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.googleplus a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.googleplus a:hover{ background-position:-96px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.linkedin a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.linkedin a:hover{ background-position:-128px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.pinterest a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.pinterest a:hover{ background-position:-160px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.rss a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.rss a:hover{ background-position:-192px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.skype a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.skype a:hover{ background-position:-224px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.twitter a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.twitter a:hover{ background-position:-256px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.vimeo a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.vimeo a:hover{ background-position:-288px -32px}
ul.spicesocialwidget li.youtube a:hover, #sidebar ul.spicesocialwidget li.youtube a:hover{ background-position:-320px -32px}
</style>

Note : Change the links in yellow with links to your social profiles.

And that's it!