How to create social media icons on your website?
What you'll learn
How to add social media icons in BOWWE?
How to customize the Social IC widget?
How to link social media accounts to your website?
If you have business social media profiles, you should link them to your website. This way you'll give visitors a chance to easily navigate from your site to social media profiles, which will make your business look more professional.
In this tutorial, you'll find out how to link your social media and website using an easy-to-use social icons widget.
How to add social media icons to your website?
1
Open your site design in the BOWWE Builder.
2
Select the + button from the left side panel and expand the Social Media tab.
3
Click on the Social IC widget and choose from the ready-to-use options or directly drag and drop on your page.
Tip
The most common locations for social media icons on a website are in the header, footer and sidebar.
4
Now configure the Icons using Settings.
How to customize the Social IC widget?
1
Go to Social Icons Widget Settings.
2
Select whether the icons should keep the original colors of the companies or remain monochromatic.
3
Mark whether you want the orientation of the icons to be VERTICAL or HORIZONTAL.
4
Enter Widget Styles to style the appearance of the entire widget and icons:
Change the color of icons
Edit the background
Resize the widget
How to link social media accounts to your website?
- Select the Social IC widget and go to the Widget Settings.
- Mark the boxes with Social Media you want to showcase on your website
- To connect social media with your site, simply paste the URLs of your profiles into the appropriate fields.
- Change the order of icon placement with drag-and-drop.
Congratulations!
Now you know how to add and set up social media with your site!
