How to create a footer with social icons
Before We Start
Every developer needs clean and modern elements to develop their websites, It contains pictures and a user interface element within a website. The most important one and the first section that the user sees when the user enters a website. How to create a footer with social icons
So if you are a person who wishes to develop a website, you have to know how to create that properly.
How to create a footer with social icons
We are here to solve your problem. In this article we discuss how to create these elements. Before we start please read the below articles which easier you to understand the process, if you are new to development.
Step 1 – Add HTML
It’s too easy and simple. Just copy and paste below code in your HTML editor between <body> </body> tag.
<footer class="bg-dark-1">
<section id="footer" class="py-5">
<div class="container text-center">
<a href="#" class="twitter"></a>
<a href="#" class="linkedin"></a>
<a href="#" class="facebook"></a>
<a href="#" class="skype"></a>
<a href="#" class="flickr"></a>
<h6 class="m-0 mt-4 text-center text-white text-capitalize">Copyright © 2020 designed by W3schoolweb</h6>
</div>
</section>
</footer>
Step 2 – Add CSS
We use some external CSS link to this code. No need to worry about this, copy and paste below code between <style></style> tag.
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
Copy and paste below code in your HTML editor between <style></style> tag.
<style>
#footer .twitter {
background-image: url(http://manstyle.coralixthemes.com/dark/img/dark/icons/footer-icons.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0 0;
}
#footer .linkedin {
background-image: url(http://manstyle.coralixthemes.com/dark/img/dark/icons/footer-icons.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: -78px 0;
}
#footer .facebook {
background-image: url(http://manstyle.coralixthemes.com/dark/img/dark/icons/footer-icons.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: -233px 0;
}
#footer .skype {
background-image: url(http://manstyle.coralixthemes.com/dark/img/dark/icons/footer-icons.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: -156px 0;
}
#footer .flickr {
background-image: url(http://manstyle.coralixthemes.com/dark/img/dark/icons/footer-icons.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: -310px 0;
}
#footer a {
height: 56px;
width: 56px;
display: inline-block;
margin: 10px;
}
#footer a:hover {
transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
}
#footer .twitter:hover {
background-position: 0 -56px;
}
#footer .facebook:hover {
background-position: -233px -56px;
}
#footer .skype:hover {
background-position: -156px -56px;
}
#footer .linkedin:hover {
background-position: -78px -56px;
}
#footer .flickr:hover {
background-position: -310px -56px;
}
.bg-dark-1{
background-color: #FF3CAC;
background-image: linear-gradient(225deg, #FF3CAC 0%, #784BA0 50%, #2B86C5 100%);
}
</style>
Step 3 – Add JavaScript
We use some external JavaScript link to this code. No need to worry about this, copy and paste below code between <head></head> tag.
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.slim.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/popper.js@1.16.1/dist/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
At the end we will have something like this. You can change fonts, colors, backgrounds and all things that you want. Enjoy it.
Your Output
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how could you add different social media icons please?
Ive tried to change linked in to instagram and it still shows the in and the hover goes to skype