the problem appears to be within jasocial.php part of which is shown below:
function facebook_like_button($link, $plgParams)
{
$send = (int) $plgParams->get('display_send_button', 1);
$send = $send > 0 ? 'true' : 'false' ;
$fb_embed = $plgParams->get('fb_like_embed', 'iframe');
$fb_layout = $plgParams->get('fb_like_layout', 'button_count');
$fb_show_faces = $plgParams->get('fb_like_show_faces', 1);
$fb_width = $plgParams->get('fb_like_width', 450);
$fb_height = $plgParams->get('fb_like_height', 70);
$fb_action = $plgParams->get('fb_like_action', 'like');
$fb_font = $plgParams->get('fb_like_font', 'arial');
$fb_color = $plgParams->get('fb_like_color', 'light');
the width of 450 is referred to but does not specify pixels. This causes the page to render incorrectly. If I modify the code in my browser to make the width 150px it renders as I would like. however, I am not sure how to modify the syntax in jasocial.php because if I change the code to 150px my site crashes.