Can someone please tell me how do I edit the social networks section found in the theme panel? It asks for unique URL for whichever social network icons I want in the top menu and in the footer. The problem is with the URL redirection. For instance, if the unique URL for TOMMY on Instagram is instagram.com/tommy and if I enter the same in the space available for Instagram unique URL in social networks then it does not opens the Instagram page. Clicking on the Instagram social icon (whether in the top menu or footer) throws a 404 error because it tries to go the URL: yoursite.com/instagram.com/tommy or yoursite.com/tommy which of course does not exist because it tries to find that page within the blog instead of opening the Instagram page. This applies to every unique URL that I put in the social networks section, it actually never opens the specific social networking site whereas the social counter plugin works flawlessly. Please throw some light on this aspect and show what am I missing here.
Thank you!
Hi,
In the social networks fields of the theme panel, you must enter the link to your account. For example like this for Instagram
– https://www.screencast.com/t/eTEYfK9Ct
– https://www.screencast.com/t/xYQb2c42bnt
– https://www.screencast.com/t/Hw1akYmJY
There should be no yoursite in the URL. Please check the field to be empty before inserting the link.
Thanks
Hello,
Thank you very much for the prompt reply. I did what you showed in the screenshots and I was able to get rid of the issue. Moreover, I did notice that omitting (https://www.) from the Instagram or any other social network link was causing the problem. But right now the problem is solved and no more I am getting error messages. Thank you so much for the solution.
Regards,
Arvind
