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How to get social media icons on your WordPress Blog This presentation will show you how to put social media icons on your WordPress Blog Step 1: Get Image Download an image of the the social media platforms you want your WordPress blog to link to. Open image in photoshop Step 2: Resize Image To resize image to: Image Image Size 3. Resize image to width 65 by height 65 (Pixels) 4.Press Ok 5. Save image as a PNG file 6. Press Save Step 3: Upload Image to upload WordPress 1. Click your blog name in the right hand corner 2. Select it again 3. Select Dashboard 4. When on Dashboard go down to Media 5. Select Media 6. Select Add New 7. Select choose file and upload your Social Media Icon 8. Select upload Step 4: Create a new post When Social Media Icons are uploaded 1.Go to the Pin Icon select it 2.Select add new 3.Select Add Media 4. Click on the Images Icons you want to add 5. Select import into post Step 4: Create a new post When Social Media Icons are uploaded 1.Go to the Pin Icon select it 2.Select add new Step 4: Add Social Media Icons 1.Select Add Media 2. Click on the Images Icons you want to add 3. Select import into post Step 5: Link Social Media URL to Icon 1. Open YouTube Channel 2. Get URL to YouTube Channel 3. Copy URL 4. Click on Social Media Icon 5. Select Insert link 6.Incert URL 7.Title 8.Select to open link in new window/tan 9.Click Update 10.When you have Linked your all your social media icons to your social media icons 11.Change the viewing from Visual to Text 12.Copy HTML coding Step 6: Adding Icons to blog sidebar 1.Go Back out to dash board 2. Select Appearance 3. Widgets 1.Under Widgets select text 2. Drag text bar up to Primary Side Bar 3. Copy and past HTML into text box 4 Press Save
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How to get social media icons on your WordPress Blog Charlo8e Cunningham
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Page 1: How to add Social Media Icons to Wordpress

How  to  get  social  media  icons  on  your  WordPress  Blog    

 Charlo8e  Cunningham    

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This  presenta;on  will  show  you  how  to  put  social  media  icons  on  your  WordPress  Blog    

 

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Step  1:  Get  Image    

Download  an  image  of  the  the  social  media  plaCorms  you  want  your  WordPress  blog  to  link  to.    

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3.  Resize  image  to  width  65  by  height  65  (Pixels)    4.Press  Ok        

Open  image  in  Photoshop  To  resize  image  to:    1.  Image    2.  Image  Size    

Step  2:  Resize  Image  

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5.  Save  image  as  a  PNG  file  6.  Press  Save  

Step  2:  Resize  Image  

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When  you  are  Signed  into  your  WordPress  Account  it  should  look  something  like  this  

1.  Click  your  blog  name  in  the  right  hand  corner    2.  Select  it  again    3.  Select  Dashboard  

Step  3:  Upload  Image  to  upload  WordPress    

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Step  3:  Upload  Image  to  upload  WordPress    

4.  When  on  Dashboard    go  down  to  Media  5.  Select  Media  6.  Select  Add  New  

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7.  Select  choose  file  and  upload  your  Social  Media  Icon  8.  Select  upload  

Step  3:  Upload  Image  to  upload  WordPress    

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Step  4:  Create  a  new  post      

When  Social  Media  Icons  are  uploaded    1.Go  to  the  Pin  Icon  select  it    2.Select  add  new    

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2.  Click  on  the  Images  Icons  you  want  to  add  3.  Select  import  into  post      

1.Select  Add  Media    

Step  4:  Add  Social  Media  Icons  

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1.  Open  YouTube  Channel  2.  Get  URL  to  YouTube  Channel  3.  Copy  URL      

4.  Click  on  Social  Media  Icon  

5.  Select  Insert  link  

Step  5:  Link  Social  Media  URL  to  Icon  

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6.Incert  URL  7.Title    8.Select  to  open  link  in  new  window/tan  9.Click  Update    

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10.When  you  have  Linked  your  all  your  social  media  icons  to  your  social  media  icons    11.Change  the  viewing  from  Visual  to  Text      

12.Copy  HTML  coding    

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1.Go  Back  out  to  dash  board    2.  Select  Appearance    3.  Widgets      

1.Under  Widgets  select  text    2.  Drag  text  bar  up  to    Primary  Side  Bar    3.  Copy  and  past  HTML  into  text  box    4  Press  Save    

Step  6:  Adding  Icons  to  blog  sidebar    

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Your  Icons  should  appear  like  this    


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