If you have a website and communicate on social media you may want to add these icons to your site.
There are two types. One will lead you to the Facebook page of the company on the website and the other is a share button that takes you to your own Facebook profile and creates a link back to their site so that you can share it with your friends.
These buttons can be added manually to your site and then linked where you want them to go. There are lots of sites that have free graphics of the buttons where you can go and download the ones that you want to use.
http://www.iconarchive.com/category/social-network-icons.html
http://line25.com/articles/20-free-social-media-icon-sets-to-use-on-your-website
These are two examples, but there are many more. In most website programs the steps for adding linked graphics are similar.
- You upload the image to the page and then insert it where you want it to appear.
- The program allows you choose the size and location (Right, Left or centered) of the image.
- When the icon is where you want it to be select it by clicking on it and look for the words add link or click on the picture of a chain at the top of the program. In a second tab on your browser open the website that you want to link and copy the URL. Go back to the tab where you are working on your web page and paste in the link.
USING A PLUG IN
The other way to make it easy for someone to share your page is to use a widget or gadget that creates code which can be put into your site. One of these sites is http://www.addthis.com/
After you sign up on this website for free you are able to choose between various looks for your buttons. When you are done a code is created and you can paste that code into your webpage.
You can go to Google and search for 'plugin', 'social media', and the name of the software that you would like to put it into (wordpress, blogger, etc...) You will be given many choices and hopefully find one you like!
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