I’m not so sure about fading in the change. That would require fading the entire body of the page out, then fading it back in, I think. That’s the only way I can think of to do it. How that would be done is something that I can’t determine, though.

Thanks for bringing this up. We tried it and you’re right, it appears to be a problem, notably in FireFox. It seems to be a problem having to do with the lull between the page displaying and the CSS being downloaded and rendered. As such, the work-around for this would be to pre-load the CSS files. You can do this by following the instructions here: http://www.phpied.com/preload-cssjavascript-without-execution/. We’ve also updated our downloadable example, as well as our live example with the pre-load script. Thanks for the heads up. Let us know if you continue to have any problems.

I would suggest trying to download the 3.5.2 that is provided here to replace the current sociable plugin you have right now (back it up first, of course). When you download the provided 3.5.2 that is provided here, be sure to change the bit.ly credentials in the bitly.php file. That’s the only thing you would need to change, no password needed anywhere.

Let me know if you still encounter problems.

Thanks for these instructions. This will be a perfect solution for my client, but at the moment Im getting the same blank page as Michaela mentioned in the first comment. Im using 3.5.2. Should I deactivate the original Sociable plugin and download the mod you linked to here? I made sure my bitly login name and api key were included. Does the password need to be in there anywhere? Thanks for your help!