{"id":6290,"date":"2017-09-20T13:40:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T17:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-webguide.sites.unc.edu\/?page_id=6290"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:32:39","slug":"social-media-menu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/widgets\/footers\/social-media-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to add a social media menu to your site&#8217;s footer. To do this, you will first need to create a menu of links (to all your social media sites) then add it to your site&#8217;s footer.<\/p>\n<h2>Create the Menu<\/h2>\n<p>In the dashboard, go to <strong>Appearance \u00bb Menus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Create a new menu<\/strong>, and title it something like &#8220;Social Media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-new-menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8707 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-new-menu-1024x116.png\" alt=\"Screenshot showing where to find the &quot;create a new menu&quot; option.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-new-menu-1024x116.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-new-menu-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-new-menu-768x87.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-new-menu-600x68.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-new-menu.png 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\">Next, expand the <strong>Custom Links<\/strong> field and add a link and title for one of your social media site. Click the <strong>Add to Menu<\/strong> button. The menu item will show up under &#8220;Menu Structure.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-socail-media-menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-socail-media-menu-1024x377.png\" alt=\"create social media menu\" width=\"1024\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-socail-media-menu-1024x377.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-socail-media-menu-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-socail-media-menu-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-socail-media-menu-600x221.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/create-socail-media-menu.png 1239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>CSS Classes<\/strong> field, add one of the classes listed below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>facebook-ico<\/strong> &#8211; for Facebook<\/li>\n<li><strong>linkedin-ico <\/strong>&#8211; for Linkedin<\/li>\n<li><strong>twitter-ico<\/strong> &#8211; for Twitter<\/li>\n<li><strong>instagram-ico<\/strong> &#8211; for Instagram<\/li>\n<li><strong>snapchat-ico<\/strong> &#8211; for Snapchat<\/li>\n<li><strong>youtube-ico <\/strong>&#8211; for YouTube<\/li>\n<li><strong>vimeo-ico<\/strong> &#8211; for Vimeo<\/li>\n<li><strong>rss-ico <\/strong>&#8211; for RSS Feeds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you do not see the &#8220;Custom CSS&#8221; field in the menu item, scroll to the top of the page, in the upper right-hand corner, click on the\u00a0 <strong>Screen Options<\/strong> tab. Add a check to the &#8220;CSS Classes&#8221; box.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/screen-options.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/screen-options-1024x175.png\" alt=\"screen options tab\" width=\"1024\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/screen-options-1024x175.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/screen-options-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/screen-options-768x131.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/screen-options-600x103.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/screen-options.png 1235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Add the Menu to Your Site Footer<\/h2>\n<p>Once you have created your social media menu, go to <strong>Appearance &gt;&gt; Widgets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Select the <strong>Navigation Menu<\/strong> under <strong>Available Widgets<\/strong>, and drag it to the <strong>Footer<\/strong> widget area. In the Navigation menu, select your social media menu from the list. Click <strong>save<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/navigation-menu-widget.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/navigation-menu-widget.png\" alt=\"navigation menu widget\" width=\"400\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/navigation-menu-widget.png 744w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/navigation-menu-widget-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/03\/navigation-menu-widget-600x568.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><\/div><div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-16-at-11.20.25-AM.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of a finished social media menu located in a site footer.\" width=\"400\" height=\"364\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to add a social media menu to your site&#8217;s footer. 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