Hello Penn,

The gap is because the social button has clear both before and after the button.

<div style="clear:both;" ></div>

You could either remove easyblog social button or move the location to bottom. In Backend > EasyBlog > Settings > Social Integration.
Screenshot --> http://screencast.com/t/WHbmNVgDE

If you need further assistance please provide us with the Joomla back end access as well as the FTP access so that I can check on the issues on your site?
We actually need these information so that we can debug on your issues quickly.

Thanks:)

Thanks for the reply. I'm quite happy with the social buttons that come with the blog component. Am I stuck with the social buttons plug-in on each article? I would prefer to remove these. If I look in the settings for the plug-in, there are ways to exclude them.For instance, I can see all my categories and the rest as it says exclude categories, even if I choose categories related to my blog, the social buttons still show.

I think I have sorted it. As you suggested, I moved the blog social buttons to the bottom and now the top social buttons are sitting properly. Thank you a much

Thanks for updating Penn, glad that your issues are resolved now