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How To Create Social Media Buttons

Learn how to style social media buttons with CSS

How To Style Social Media Buttons

Step 1) Add HTML:

Example

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">


<a href="#" class="fa fa-facebook"></a>
<a href="#" class="fa fa-twitter"></a>
...

Step 2) Add CSS:

Square Example

/* Style all font awesome icons */
.fa {
padding: 20px;
  font-size: 30px;
  width: 50px;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Add a hover effect if you want */
.fa:hover {
opacity: 0.7;
}

/* Set a specific color for each brand */

/* Facebook */
.fa-facebook {
  background: #3B5998;
  color: white;
}

/* Twitter */
.fa-twitter {
  background: #55ACEE;
  color: white;
}

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Round Buttons

Tip: Add border-radius:50% to create round buttons, and reduce the width:

Rounded Example

.fa {
padding: 20px;
font-size: 30px;
width: 30px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
border-radius: 50%;
}

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Tip: Go to our Icons Tutorial to learn more about icons.

Go to our CSS Buttons Tutorial to learn more about how to style buttons.

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