Hey Jakob –
It’s not too difficult to have a fairly attractive design.
For example, I used this site https://www.bestcssbuttongenerator.com/
to create the buttons you can find with posts used at https://seekeraftertruth.com
Here’s a sample:
/* a single button */
div.reaction_buttons .reaction_button {
-moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 15px 3px #23395e;
-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 15px 3px #23395e;
box-shadow:inset 0px 0px 15px 3px #23395e;
background:-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #199e88), color-stop(1, #66d1df));
background:-moz-linear-gradient(top, #199e88 5%, #66d1df 100%);
background:-webkit-linear-gradient(top, #199e88 5%, #66d1df 100%);
background:-o-linear-gradient(top, #199e88 5%, #66d1df 100%);
background:-ms-linear-gradient(top, #199e88 5%, #66d1df 100%);
background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #199e88 5%, #66d1df 100%);
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#199e88', endColorstr='#66d1df',GradientType=0);
background-color:#199e88;
-moz-border-radius:17px;
-webkit-border-radius:17px;
border-radius:17px;
border:1px solid #1f2f47;
display:inline-block;
cursor:pointer;
color:#ffffff;
font-family:Trebuchet MS;
font-size:15px;
padding:6px 13px;
text-decoration:none;
text-shadow:0px 1px 0px #263666;
}
.myButton:active {
position:relative;
top:5px;
}
}
/* the button while hovering over it
div.reaction_buttons > .reaction_button:hover {
}*/
/* the button after voting */
div.reaction_buttons > .voted, div.reaction_buttons > .voted:hover {
position:relative;
top:5px;
bottom:10px;
}
/* number of votes including parantheses. */
.reaction_buttons .reaction_button .count {
color:#FFEB63;
font-weight:normal;
text-shadow:3px 0px 4px #86ae47;
}
/* number of votes in between the parantheses. */
.reaction_buttons .reaction_button .count_number {
color:#FFC000;
font-weight:normal;
text-shadow:3px 0px 4px #86ae47;
}
Although I must admit, I’ve not quite figured out how to get the hover/clicked effects yet. Any pointers would be appreciated ??