{"id":19959,"date":"2017-03-17T14:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T19:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audiotheme.com\/?p=19959"},"modified":"2022-11-25T14:15:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T20:15:35","slug":"adding-social-media-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audiotheme.com\/blog\/adding-social-media-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding a Social Media Menu to Your WordPress Site"},"content":{"rendered":"
Social media plays an important role in your online presence. While bios<\/a> and lyrics<\/a> are expected to be found on your website, when someone wants to find out more about your band\u2019s day to day activities, they\u2019ll likely look to social media. In this post, we\u2019ll cover exactly how to link to your social profiles from your website.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re using an AudioTheme<\/h2>\n

All of our themes have social media menus built right into them. The menus utilize an icon font, and automatically call icons for specific social media sites using certain URLs. This means, linking to your Facebook page using a link such as: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AudioTheme\/<\/code>, automatically populates the Facebook icon for that link.<\/p>\n

The locations of the menus on the themes may vary, but they are all managed the same way. We\u2019ll use the AudioTheme demo site to show the process, specifically our brand new theme Ovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Upon landing on the site, you see the social media menu prominently displayed at the top of the theme.<\/p>\n

\"Ovation<\/p>\n

Clicking the grey customize button in the upper right corner of the demo takes us to the WordPress customizer. The customizer on our demo is very similar to the actual WordPress customizer available on live sites, but it\u2019s important to note that not all features are available on our public demo.<\/p>\n

\"Ovation<\/p>\n

\"SocialFrom the list of items populating in the customizer, select menus. Since a menu already exists on the demo, we\u2019ll select the \u201cSocial\u201d menu. If you don\u2019t have a menu, you can click add a menu<\/em>. When adding a new menu, you see an option for Display Location<\/em>. All of our themes require the social menu to be set to Social Links Menu<\/em> in order for the icons to display.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You can see the menu already has links for a few social networks. These are the icons we see displayed on the Ovation demo.<\/p>\n

\"WordPress<\/p>\n

If we want to add a new icon to the menu, let\u2019s use SoundCloud as an example, we can do this by clicking Add Items<\/em>. This opens another panel of the customizer, allowing us to add a new link.<\/p>\n

Social links can be added as Custom Links<\/em> (the first available link type in the list). Here\u2019s where the magic happens. When a URL containing http:\/\/soundcloud.com<\/code> is added to the menu, the SoundCloud icon will be generated automatically.<\/p>\n

\"Custom<\/p>\n

Click Add to Menu<\/em>, and the icon is populated instantly.<\/p>\n

\"Social<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it. You can repeat this process to add several social links to your menu.<\/p>\n

The following icons are typically bundled in each theme for use in your social links menu: Amazon, Apple\/iTunes, Bandcamp, Facebook, Flickr, Google Play, Google+, Instagram, Last.fm, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Rdio, ReverbNation, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tumblr, Twitter, Vimeo, WordPress, and YouTube.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not using an AudioTheme<\/h2>\n

You still have options if you\u2019re not using an AudioTheme. One popular way to add a social menu to a theme that doesn\u2019t have one built in is to add a text widget to a sidebar. You can do this under Appearance \u2192 Widgets<\/em>. Using some HTML, you can create a simple text list of social links.<\/p>\n

For example, the following HTML code:<\/p>\n

<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AudioTheme\/\">Facebook<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/audiotheme\">Twitter<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/audiotheme\/\">Instagram<\/a>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Would result in a clickable list like this:<\/p>\n
Facebook<\/a>
\nTwitter<\/a>
\nInstagram<\/a><\/p>\n
If you want to display icons, you can also use a social media plugin. The downside to this is that the icons and menus are not designed to work specifically with your theme and typically need to be added to a widget-ready area. A popular social icons plugin is Social Icons Widget<\/a>, which provides support for several social platforms.<\/p>\n
Regardless of which method you choose, you\u2019ll definitely want to include your social media links on your site. Using your website and social media together<\/a> is one of the best ways to interact with your audience, so be sure to include a link to your website on your social media profiles as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Social media plays an important role in your online presence. While bios and lyrics are expected to be found on your website, when someone wants to find out more about your band\u2019s day to day activities, they\u2019ll likely look to social media. In this post, we\u2019ll cover exactly how to link to your social profiles … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":941,"featured_media":19982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chatter","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nAdding a Social Media Menu to Your WordPress Site — AudioTheme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A social media menu on your website makes it easy for people to find you online. 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