Today we have another great set of social icons to link to your social profiles with an awesome effect created with pure CSS.The icons have a delicious candy design that will grab the attention of your readers and are so easy to add to your blog.The icons can be added to your blog sidebar to let readers quickly follow you on your favorite social networks and we have icons for your Rss Feed, Email, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, YouTube and Skype.
I have two seperate tutorials for WordPress and Blogger users with instructions to add your links and remove the icons you don’t want. I have added the no-follow tag to the icons as there is no need to pass link juice to social profiles and also set the target for the links to open in a new window.
The instructions are below but first let’s see the demo’s.
Here is a working example, hover over each icon to see the pop out effect :
Add The Candy Social Icons To Blogger
Step 1) In The New Blogger Dashboard Click The Drop Down For Your Blog > Choose Layout > Click Add A Gadget > Choose HTML/Javascript > Paste In The Code as shown in the video below :
Code :
<!--Rss Feed-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="RSS-FEED-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/7lsUogp.png" /></a>
<!--Email-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="EMAIL-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/oJeNikj.png" /></a>
<!-- Google Plus-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="GOOGLE-PLUS-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/F70aY6r.png" /></a>
<!--Facebook-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="FACEBOOK-URL-HERE" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/g4KQ38R.png" /></a>
<!--Twitter-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="TWITTER-URL-HERE" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/rRbcRlQ.png" /></a>
<!--LinkedIn-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="LINKEDIN-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/dofbMIX.png" /></a>
<!--YouTube-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="YOUTUBE-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/OukhzWK.png" /></a>
<!--Skype-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="SKYPE-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/8c35IfD.png" /></a>
<style>
.spice-popout{height:48px; width:48px; margin:10px; float:left; display:inline-block; -webkit-transition:all ease 0.5s; -moz-transition:all ease 0.5s; -o-transition:all ease 0.5s; -ms-transition:all ease 0.5s; transition:all ease 0.5s}
.spice-popout img{border-radius:50%; margin:8px; width:100%; box-shadow:0px 0px 4px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.8); -webkit-transition:all ease 0.5s; -moz-transition:all ease 0.5s; -o-transition:all ease 0.5s; -ms-transition:all ease 0.5s; transition:all ease 0.5s}
.spice-popout img:hover{margin:0px; box-shadow:6px 6px 4px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.3)}
</style>Note : Add the Link to each of your social profiles as highlighted in yellow. Each icon has the title above so you can easily remove the ones you don’t want.
Add The Candy Social Icons To WordPress
1) In Your WordPress Dashboard Click ‘Apperance’ > ‘Widgets’ > Add A text Widget to your sidebar and paste in the code as shown in the video below :
Code :
<!--Rss Feed-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="RSS-FEED-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/7lsUogp.png" /></a>
<!--Email-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="EMAIL-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/oJeNikj.png" /></a>
<!-- Google Plus-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="GOOGLE-PLUS-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/F70aY6r.png" /></a>
<!--Facebook-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="FACEBOOK-URL-HERE" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/g4KQ38R.png" /></a>
<!--Twitter-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="TWITTER-URL-HERE" target="_blank"> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/rRbcRlQ.png" /></a>
<!--LinkedIn-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="LINKEDIN-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/dofbMIX.png" /></a>
<!--YouTube-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="YOUTUBE-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/OukhzWK.png" /></a>
<!--Skype-->
<a class="spice-popout" rel="nofollow" href="SKYPE-URL-HERE" target="_blank"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/8c35IfD.png" /></a>
<style>
.spice-popout{height:48px; width:48px; margin:10px; float:left; display:inline-block; -webkit-transition:all ease 0.5s; -moz-transition:all ease 0.5s; -o-transition:all ease 0.5s; -ms-transition:all ease 0.5s; transition:all ease 0.5s}
.spice-popout img{border-radius:50%; margin:8px; width:100%; box-shadow:0px 0px 4px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.8); -webkit-transition:all ease 0.5s; -moz-transition:all ease 0.5s; -o-transition:all ease 0.5s; -ms-transition:all ease 0.5s; transition:all ease 0.5s}
.spice-popout img:hover{margin:0px; box-shadow:6px 6px 4px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.3)}
</style>Note : Add the Link to each of your social profiles as highlighted in yellow.Each icon has the title above so you can easily remove the ones you don’t want.
That’s it your blog readers can now easily subscribe and follow your blog. Be sure to also check out our 3D spinning social icons and the Hover Effect Social Icons you can use on your blog. I have two shout outs to OneExtraPixel for the icons and BradKnutson for the Css inspiration.
Drop your comments and questions below.
Author – Paul Crowe is the owner and main author of Spice Up Your Blog. Paul lives in Ireland, has been blogging since 2006 and writing Spice Up Your Blog since 2009.You can find him in the usual social networks.
