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next Helplogger Home Blog DesignWidgets SEO Menus Po ... How To Add Social Media Icons to Blogger Header 70 comments This tutorial will help you to add social media icons in the top right corner of the page which could increases the likelihood that readers can follow through the various social networks. There are several ways to do this, like adding a new widget section to the blog headerbut now, we'll do it using an unordered list that uses icons of Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and blog feed, and as a bonus, the icons will rotate when you hover over them. You can see a demo in this test blog. Adding Social Media Icons to Blogger HeaderStep 1.From your Blogger dashboard, go toTemplateand click on theEdit HTMLbutton: Step 2.To expand the style, click on the small arrow on the left of...(screenshot 1), then click anywhere inside the code area to search (using CTRL + F) for the]]>tag (screenshot 2) and add this code just above it: /* Social icons for Blogger -------------------------------- --------------- */ #social-icons { margin-bottom:-30px; height:50px; width:100%; clear:both; z-index: 2; position: relative; } .social-media-icons { display:table } .social-media-icons ul { text-align:right; padding:5px 5px 0 0 list-style-image:none; list-style-position:outside; list-style-type:none; } .social-media-icons ul { margin-bottom:0; padding:0; float:right; } .social-media-icons li.media_icon { margin-left:6px; padding-left:0 !important; background:none !important; display:inline; float:left; } .social-media-icons li:hover { -moz-transform: rotate(360deg); -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg); -o-transform: rotate(360deg); transform: rotate(-360deg); -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out; -o-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out; -ms-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out; } Screenshot 1: Screenshot 2: Step 3.Now search for this line Step 4.And just above it, add this code: Customization - Change what's in red with your usernames and id: the first is your Facebook username, the second is that of Twitter, in the third you should change the X by the ID of your Google+ profile and in the fourth you will put the name of your blog. - To change the icons, just replace the urls in blue with the ones of your images. - You can add more icons if you want, you just have to add beforea line like this for each extra icon you want:
  • Step 5.Finally, Save the Template to apply the changes. The effect is done with CSS3, so this effect will not work in older browsers. Like 25 Random Posts How To Use The New Blogger HTML Editor12/04/2013 - 30 Comments How to Hide Blogger Sidebar to Display AdSense For Search Results05/05/2012 - 6 Comments Add Static Facebook Pop Out Like Box with Smooth Jquery Hover Effect06/04/2012 - 35 Comments Related Posts: What is the difference between padd... How to Use Cookies in Javascript How to Add CSS code To Blogger usin... How to add custom Variable definiti... Understanding the Page Elements of ... 70 comments: jempot2 mempawah 5/29/2013 thank you for sharing how to set up a social icon in the header blogger. And not only serves it easier for visitors to share content, but also as a tool to beautify blog. Reply Natasha Parker 5/29/2013 How do I make mine go flat, like yours are in the screenshot please? You can see them all messed up here --> http://intertwinedbm gm.blogspot.com Reply Replies Admin 5/30/2013 Hi Natasha, Sorry but I don't see them anywhere on your blog. Could you make a screenshot? John Cena 5/29/2013 Great post, Indeed. I will try this code in my blogs to get better blog website design. Thanks a ton for sharing this wonderful information with us. Reply Rockers Bay 5/30/2013 It actually work honestly thanks alot Reply Junix Chin 5/31/2013 thank you for this blog!.. it really helps me cause im new in the bloging world here 's what i've done http://easydomainfre e.blogspot.com/ Reply Cerwenlloyd Gefjun 6/02/2013 how can we put this social media buttons in front of the header having an image without any "damage made" on it? Reply PATRICK NG 6/04/2013 Thanks so much for this tutorial. You make my blog a better looking blog :) www.septimes.com Reply Anonymous 6/05/2013 This worked great except it scooted my blog title down. How can I fix it? I have a pre-made template but can edit the html. Thanks!! Reply Replies Admin 6/06/2013 You have to reduce themargin-bottomvalue (-30px) that is just below#social-icons { Thanks for visiting! Amy Z Green 10/30/2013 Hi this didn't look right for me and even when I deleted all the code the icons are still there. How do I remove them? http://bitnbookpromoter s.blogspot.co.uk/ Anonymous 6/09/2013 work perfectly, but i got problem because i use responsive template from Flat UI do you have tutorial about add social media button on sidebar/ use widget? Reply Marifel 6/09/2013 amazing! I used this on my site http://collegemarketing10 1.blogspot.com/ Reply Empower Your Page 6/17/2013 Great post - I have a handful of blogger blogs I should neaten up and add social icons too if only to increase their social sharing a little. Love what you've done with your blog. :) Reply Dress your life. 6/19/2013 It worked! But the icons are located before my blog header, so now the last part of my blog title is missing. Do you know how to fix this? Naomi, x Reply CB 6/24/2013 Thank you for sharing. Worked perfectly. Reply Gordana Djuric 6/25/2013 Thanks, work perfectly. Reply Nikki 6/26/2013 Hi, thanks for this. I'm wondering how to actually change the position of the icons please? Reply Keraily.info 6/26/2013 These are good tips in here! Reply Isabella Dorer 6/28/2013 Thanks for sharing, helped me so much! I got a question: could you do a tutorial on designing those buttons in photoshop? I'd like to make one for instagram and pinterest and so on, but I don't know how ... :) Reply TwynMawrMom 6/29/2013 Yes this was a great tutorial and I was able to follow it directly, but I actually would prefer the icons in my sidebar, not in my header, because it cut off my header image. Thanks, though! Reply PTC Tips 7/11/2013 thanks for information... its worked Reply Mr. Ankit 8/09/2013 how to open these in a different tab ? Reply Replies talisbury 9/01/2013 I'm keen to know too! Thank you for the post by the way, and thank you for making it so easy to follow! Andrew Weleilakeba 8/25/2013 I tried errors appearing....i have a template from deluxetemplate.net..how can i use your explanation..i seriosly want the icons.. Reply ataur 8/26/2013 Hello admin, Thanks for this valuable post. Nice code for me. But i am in vain. Best Regagards, ataur Reply Bambang Nurdiansyah 8/30/2013 great tuts, i'll just take this one... thanks for clear share. Reply Sona S 9/04/2013 Thank a lot for the post. Can you please add a pinterest button and subscribe to email button in this? Reply Tainers Kiamba 9/06/2013 Sure it worked. But i had problem with the last button....see my site http://tainersposts.bl ogspot.com/ The last button does not show anything..... it just says page cannot be found... Reply Jane Doe 9/09/2013 My blog's HTML doesn't have ANY of the code we're supposed to find....what? Reply Chad Otto 9/19/2013 Thanks worked well Reply Mansi 10/04/2013 This was so helpful. Thanks a ton! Reply Livia 10/09/2013 This works great. I spent so much time looking how to do this and cam accross your post by accident. I tried to add pinterest button but I don't have image source code. Would you happen to have that? Reply Cami 10/10/2013 I keep getting a "400 Error" when I try to do this. What am I doing wrong? Help! Reply SHABAZ KHAN 10/10/2013 in my blog, the buttons get pasted on left side and put down title right below them, what should i do for this? help Reply Tabea 10/15/2013 Hey I hope that you can help me. Here's the link to my blog : www.tabeamw.blogspot. com You can see that the right side of my header is away because of the icons. Can you help me? Thanks :-) Reply Game mobile 10/18/2013 This is nice post. Please help me add addthis social button in my blog. Thanks for your help. Reply Buy Cheap Facebook Likes 10/20/2013 Thanks for the tutorial I will apply at my blog. Reply George Book Review 10/23/2013 Thank you so much! This is perfect and easy to follow! I have shared it for others because you totally deserve it! Reply Yellow Bells 10/30/2013 this is an awesome tip I was looking for long time. I am sporting the icons now in my blog. thanks to you Reply Yellow Bells 11/02/2013 hi admin, this is a great tutorial, I want to ask how can I group my icons in to three, its eating up the space in my header, thanks a lot Reply Zakariya Abdulhameed 11/04/2013 It works thanks, but my rss feed does not work http://zakson- tech.blogspot.com/ Reply SANTHOSH K R 11/07/2013 when i tried this on my blog, the four icons worked perfectly but they were not displayed over the header image instead my header image got resized and the icons were displayed on the right side horizontally please help me to place the icons on the top right end of the header image.. my blog address is : http://easysubtitles.blogs pot.in/ Reply Tracy Remillard 11/08/2013 I've tried 3 times to add this code, but it won't save to my blog. Reply sandeep 11/11/2013 thanks a lot..finally i got it from you..its awesome..and its working now perfect thanks Reply Rafay Ghafoor 11/16/2013 Thanks! Reply mommyshane.blogspot.co m 12/03/2013 yey! Thanks! :) Reply Jual Jas Pria 1/01/2014 Thanks gan udah nge share Reply Emily Hendrix 1/05/2014 That's amazing! Thanks so much. Is there a way to add an instagram button? Reply ¡CHIVAS A GANAR! 1/10/2014 How can I put them over the banner I have on my header. Thanks. Reply Replies ¡CHIVAS A GANAR! 1/17/2014 Hi, there's no way to do it? Admin 1/18/2014 If you want to move them further from the top, change the-30px;value frommargin-bottom:-30px;(#social-icons). To move more on the left, add below#social-icons {this line: margin-left: -50px; Then change-50pxwith a bigger/smaller value. Sorry for replying so late.. I hope this will help you! Carlijne Brouwers 1/17/2014 Great article, helped me a lot! One thing though: I'd like to change the icons into black and white ones and I've been trying to change the urls with the ones of my chosen images, however it doesn't work. I'm able to replce them but then nothing shows on my blog. Which url should I use exactly? The linke to my blog is the following: http://lifeofahauteco uturehooligan.blogsp ot.nl/ Thanks in advance! Reply Replies Admin 1/18/2014 Did you click on the Save template button after replacing the URLs? And please make sure that you don't remove any quote and replace only the address in blue. Thanks for stopping by! LifeIsLauren 1/29/2014 Thank for this! It's really cool. I just have a problem with adding new icons because some of the icons I tried use are too large so I ended up getting a massive icon. How do I make it smaller? Thanks :) Reply Replies Admin 1/29/2014 Hi Lauren, Please add this code above]]> .media_icon img{ width: 30px; height: 30px; } And change 30px if you want to make your icons bigger/smaller, then Save your Template. I hope this will work for you. Thanks for visiting! Jay Q 2/01/2014 Hi, I posted my icons and they ended up being placed vertically on top of the header (with the header posted after and beneath it) any fix? Thank you! Reply Replies Admin 2/03/2014 Hi Jay, Add the codes in bold to this part: #social-icons { margin-bottom:-30px; height:50px; width:100%; clear:both; z-index: 2; position: relative; display: inline-block; float: left; } Ginger Hultin 2/09/2014 Thanks so much for this - easy to follow. I feel empowered! Reply TheLastDreamer 2/16/2014 Thanks a lot!! :) I was searching the entire web just to get this feature added. It looks great to have it in my blog. But I would like it to be placed on the top towards the extreme right. Its now placed right above my blog title. http://blushblossomsgall ery.blogspot.in/ Reply Nishel 2/19/2014 This was so useful. I am trying to add the instagram logo in my header but am struggling to find a matching size and shape to the ones already given by you. Do you happen to have a link to a matching instagram logo? Reply eric son 2/23/2014 Oh it make my Blog very nice http://caomode.blogs pot.com/ thank you ;) Reply Adam Evans 2/27/2014 Thanks for the tips - worked for me. Do you know how to customise the text that appears when you share via Twitter so that it gives a personal twitter handle and not ' via @Helplogger' ? Thanks! Reply Sara Crisostomo 2/27/2014 Thank You! Reply Manasi 3/06/2014 Thanks dear...very useful article :) Reply orangeserif 3/07/2014 THHHHHAAAANKKK UUUUU Reply El Sayed Ramadan 3/08/2014 how to add youtube ? Reply Anonymous 4/01/2014 Thank you so much! Your instructions are clear and easy to follow! Reply My Yellow Bells 4/02/2014 thank you for this wonderful tutorial but how do I adjust the header size, please look in my blog I want the icons above the header, can you please help how to do it. here is the link of my blog. many thanks http://myyellowbells.blo gspot.ae/ Reply Theresa 4/12/2014 Hi, Thanks for sharing your exertise. I don't have in my blog. 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