Easy Buttons

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Easy Buttons

By For Higher Logic Sites and Communities

Turn any text link into a styled button. No CSS, no classes, no code.

Easy Buttons is the simplest plugin in the library — and possibly the one you'll use most often. It transforms plain text links into site-styled buttons using nothing but bold and italic formatting. No CSS classes, no special syntax, no HTML editing. Just format the link and save.

See it in action

The two links below are identical HTML — the only difference is the formatting applied in the HL editor.

   

This is a regular text link               This is a regular text link too

How to create a button

  1. Add an HTML widget to your page, or open any existing HTML widget.
  2. Type your button text and turn it into a link using the HL rich-text editor.
  3. Select the link and apply both Bold and Italic formatting.
  4. Save and publish. The link is now a button.

That's it. No CSS classes, no wrapper, no setup.

Styling

Easy Buttons inherits your site's existing button styling automatically. If your HL site already has a defined primary button style — the one used on "Join Now," "Register," or other CTAs — your Easy Buttons will match it exactly.

That means:

  • No color configuration needed
  • No size settings
  • Updates to your site's button styles automatically apply to Easy Buttons too

If you want your Easy Buttons to look different from your site's default buttons — a different color, a different shape, a secondary style — that's a custom job. See the "Need something custom?" section below.

Good to know

Order doesn't matter. Bold-then-italic or italic-then-bold — both work identically.

Applies to any link in HL content. Works in HTML widgets, page body content, community posts, and anywhere HL renders rich-text content.

Multiple buttons on the same line. Format each link individually and they'll each become a button. Useful for side-by-side CTAs.

To remove a button, simply remove the bold or italic formatting from the link. The link reverts to plain text.

Links inside list items also work. Bullet lists of buttons are a perfectly valid pattern.

Ready to use this plugin?

If you haven't installed the plugin library on your HL site yet, you can request access and set it up in under five minutes. It's a quick one-time setup.

Get started

Feedback welcome

Found a bug? Have a suggestion to make this plugin better? We'd love to hear it.

justin@themelogic.com

Need something custom?

Need this plugin to behave differently, or want a custom plugin built specifically for your site? We offer custom plugin development.

justin@themelogic.com

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