Adding Social Media to Footer

  • Hi, I’m looking to add custom social media icons to my footer, (Reddit and Instagram). I’m currently using the Tesseract theme and it only gives a certain amount of social media.

    Any quick and simple fixes?

    My site: https://www.codehugs.com

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  • You can insert code in to footer.php, change “[full link to your Reddit]” and [full link to your Instagram] with your link
    <div><a href="[full link to your Reddit]"><img title="reddit" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Reddit.svg" alt="Reddit" width="35" height="35" /></a><a href="[full link to your Instagram]"><img title="Instagram" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRdnQ3ck7eIkbLJUw916-eYMWR0_oKhZMmab4q4rv3hNjaBZRByqw" alt="Instagram" width="35" height="35" /></a></div>

    Thread Starter codehugs

    (@codehugs)

    Can this be added at random or is there a designated location for it as of now the icons are just above the footer.

    I’m having the same problem.

    I can’t find the right place to put the code in the footer.php file. I’d like to add instagram to the social media buttons using the Tesseract theme.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks.

    Yes I would like the Instagram icon too!

    No need to mess with code (imo). In the Tesseract theme you will notice that all of the social media choices are configured with just a URL link and uploaded icon of your choice. While Instagram and Reddit are not in the configuration list you could simply pick one of the other options you are not using (e.g. Dribble or Vimeo) and simply upload the Instagram logo and link to it. While this may not be ideal as you will have to remember your mapping choice it will provide you a workaround.

    Caveat to the above post – even though the link and icon will look correct the hover over text will be incorrect (e.g. Follow us Us on Dribble instead of Follow Us on Instagram). Probably a way to updated this in the CSS but for me it has not been worth the effort. May or may not be a big deal to others.

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