Hello Guys, Today in this post, I will show you how to add social media button to your Blogger blog. Social media icon allows your readers to follow your social pages and profiles. Here you get the most popular social media icons like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.
Advantages of Adding Social Media Button
One of the best way to boost traffic to your website is to promote your blog on social media. Adding social media button helps to connect with your readers and also helps in brand awareness, leads, sales, and many more.
Steps to Add Social Media Button
Adding Social Media button in blogger is very simple just follow the some simple steps correctly. If you does not follow the steps correctly then social media button will not work properly.
Step 1. Search the code </head> on your blog and paste the following code above the </head> code.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css"/>Step 2. Now go to the "Layout" section of the blogger. Click on "Add a Gadget" in the Sidebar section and select HTML/ JavaScript.
Step 3. Now choose the style of Social Media Buttons that you want to add to your blog and paste the codes in the content box.
List of different styles of Social Media Buttons
Here four different styles of social media button are given. Choose the one which you like most and paste the code at appropriate place
Style 1.
<style>
.to-social-follow{width:300px;padding:10px;margin:0}.to-social-follow .fa{font-size:18px;padding:16px;text-align:center;margin:5px 2px;width:20%;text-decoration:none;color:#fff}.to-social-follow .fa:hover{opacity:.7}.to-social-follow .fa-facebook{background:#3B5998}.to-social-follow .fa-twitter{background:#55ACEE}.to-social-follow .fa-google{background:#dd4b39}.to-social-follow .fa-linkedin{background:#007bb5}.to-social-follow .fa-youtube{background:#b00}.to-social-follow .fa-instagram{background:#125688}.to-social-follow .fa-pinterest{background:#cb2027} </style> <div class="to-social-follow">
<a href="#" class="fa fa-facebook" target="_blank"></a>
<a href="#" class="fa fa-twitter" target="_blank"></a>
<a href="#" class="fa fa-google" target="_blank"></a>
<a href="#" class="fa fa-linkedin" target="_blank"></a>
<a href="#" class="fa fa-youtube" target="_blank"></a>
<a href="#" class="fa fa-pinterest" target="_blank"></a>
</div>- Place the url of your social media profile in place of # that we've marked.
Style 2.
<style>
.techornate-social-buttons ul{padding-left:0;list-style:none}.techornate-social-buttons li a{text-transform:uppercase;text-decoration:none;padding:10px 1px 10px 10px;letter-spacing:2px;font-size:10px;color:#fff;display:block;border-radius:3px}.techornate-social-buttons ul li{margin-bottom:10px;width:100%}.techornate-social-buttons li a i{width:35px;height:14px;float:right;padding:0 0 0 10px;margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:14px;border-left:1px solid #B1B1B1}.techornate-social-buttons li a.social-btn-facebook{background:#3b5998}.techornate-social-buttons li a.social-btn-twitter{background:#1da1f2}.techornate-social-buttons li a.social-btn-youtube{background:#cd201f}.techornate-social-buttons li a.social-btn-instagram{background:#405de6}.techornate-social-buttons li a.social-btn-telegram{background:#0088cc}
</style>
<div class="techornate-social-buttons">
<ul class="sidebar-social clearfix">
<li><a href="#" class="social-btn-facebook">Like on Facebook <i class="fa fa-facebook"></i> </a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="social-btn-twitter">Follow on Twitter <i class="fa fa-twitter"></i> </a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="social-btn-telegram">Join on Telegram <i class="fa fa-telegram"></i> </a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="social-btn-instagram">Follow on Instagram <i class="fa fa-instagram"></i> </a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="social-btn-youtube">Subscribe on Youtube <i class="fa fa-youtube"></i> </a></li>
</ul> </div>- Replace the # with your social media profile link.
- You can also change the sentence of you liking by changing Like on Facebook , Follow on Twitter and many that we've highlighted.
Style 3.
<style>
ul.techornate-social-share{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}ul.techornate-social-share li{list-style:none;float:left;margin-right:4%;width:48%;margin-bottom:10px;background:#fafafa;overflow:hidden}ul.techornate-social-share li a{text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;float:left;color:#fff;height:40px;width:40px;text-align:center;font-size:14px;line-height:40px;margin-right:16px;position:relative;transition:all .2s ease-in-out;-webkit-transition:all .2s ease-in-out;-moz-transition:all .2s ease-in-out;-o-transition:all .2s ease-in-out}ul.techornate-social-share li a:after{height:0;width:0;top:50%;left:100%;content:'';margin-top:-4px;position:absolute}ul.techornate-social-share li a.facebook{background:#436feb}ul.techornate-social-share li a.facebook:after{border:4px solid #436feb;border-top-color:transparent;border-bottom-color:transparent;border-right-color:transparent}ul.techornate-social-share li a.twitter{background:#43c9eb}ul.techornate-social-share li a.twitter:after{border:4px solid #43c9eb;border-top-color:transparent;border-bottom-color:transparent;border-right-color:transparent}ul.techornate-social-share li a.google{background:#f14133}ul.techornate-social-share li a.google:after{border:4px solid #f14133;border-top-color:transparent;border-bottom-color:transparent;border-right-color:transparent}ul.techornate-social-share li a.youtube{background:#b00}ul.techornate-social-share li a.youtube:after{border:4px solid #b00;border-top-color:transparent;border-bottom-color:transparent;border-right-color:transparent}ul.techornate-social-share li a:hover{opacity:.7}ul.techornate-social-share li span{font-size:12px;margin:0;line-height:15px;color:#999;font-weight:700;display:block}ul.techornate-social-share li span.scount-number{margin-top:5px;color:#333}ul.techornate-social-share li:nth-child(2n){margin-right:0} </style>
<ul class="techornate-social-share">
<li> <a href="#" class="facebook"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a> <span class="scount-number">44,143</span> <span>Fans</span></li>
<li> <a href="#" class="twitter"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <span class="scount-number">39,505</span> <span>Followers</span></li>
<li> <a href="#" class="google"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a> <span class="scount-number">25,203</span> <span>Followers</span></li>
<li> <a href="#" class="youtube"><i class="fa fa-youtube"></i></a><span class="scount-number">7,456</span> <span>Subscribers</span></li>
</ul>- Replace the # with your social media profile link.
- Change the number that we have marked with your social media followers, subscribers number.
- You can also change the words that displays with button of your liking by changing the Fans , Followers and many that have been highlighted.
Style 4.
<style>
.s-text strong,.social-counter{font-weight:900}.techornate-socials a{display:block;color:#fff;padding:12px 15px;position:relative;margin-bottom:5px;text-decoration:none}.techornate-socials a span,.techornate-socials a:before{z-index:2;position:relative}.social-counter{position:absolute;font-size:14px;line-height:1;padding-top:4px}.s-text{float:right}.techornate-socials a:after{content:" ";height:100%;width:0;top:0;left:0;position:absolute;background:#252b42;z-index:1}.fa-facebook:before,.fa-subscribe:before,.fa-twitter:before{display:inline-block;width:16px;font-family:FontAwesome;margin-right:10px;padding-right:10px;font-size:18px;border-right:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.3)}.fa-facebook{background:#1c3e67}.fa-facebook:before{content:"\f09a"}.fa-twitter{background:#28a6c5}.fa-twitter:before{content:"\f099"}.fa-subscribe{background:#d2002c}.fa-subscribe:before{content:"\f167"}
</style>
<div class="techornate-socials">
<a target="_blank" href="#" class="fa-facebook"><span class="social-counter">69,069</span><span class="s-text">Follow us on <strong>Facebook</strong></span></a>
<a target="_blank" href="#" class="fa-twitter"><span class="social-counter">69,748</span><span class="s-text">Follow us on <strong>Twitter</strong></span></a>
<a target="_blank" href="#" class="fa-subscribe"><span class="social-counter">1,69,175</span><span class="s-text">Subscribe us on <strong>YouTube</strong></span></a>
<div class="clear"></div> </div>- Replace the # with your social media profile link.
- Change the number that we have marked with your social media followers, subscribers number.
- You can also change the sentences that displays with button of your liking by changing the Follow us on Facebook , Subscribe us on YouTube and many that have been highlighted.
Now, your social media buttons are completely created and working probably if you follow all steps correctly. If you have questions and don't understand any section please feel free to ask us in comment box.
It has been Tested!!
Theses social media buttons has been tested in other blog and working properly. If you still find errors there may be something wrong in applying the code.