Whatsapp icon not appearing on desktop

Posted in: Newspaper
Post count: 43
vineetaggar
#251841
Sep 4, 2018 at 3:51 pm

Hi,

On the post page the whatsapp sharing button is appearing on mobile but its not appearing on the desktop screen. My client wants it on the desktop screen as well.

Can you please guide how to enable it on desktop.

Thanks

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Catalin
#251865
Sep 4, 2018 at 4:53 pm

Hello vineetaggar,

That social icon has not been designed to be used for desktop and that’s why this is hidden from the desktop.

The code is here ->

@media (min-width:767px){
.td-social-whatsapp{
display:block!important;
}}

Thanks.

Post count: 43
vineetaggar
#251964
Sep 5, 2018 at 10:47 am

Thanks Catalin,

I pasted this code in custom css. Now the whatsapp icon is appearing but in the next line. Please guide how to align this icon along with other social sharing icons.

Also clicking on it opens a blank window. How to make it operational?

Regards

Post count: 23312
Catalin
#252015
Sep 5, 2018 at 1:37 pm

Hi,

Remove the code above and use the following ->

@media (min-width:767px){
.td-social-whatsapp{
display:inline-block!important;
}}

Thanks.

Post count: 43
vineetaggar
#252174
Sep 6, 2018 at 1:33 pm

Thanks. Now its aligned correctly.

But on desktop clicking on the whatsapp icon opens up a blank screen. It does not show any option to share on whatsapp from the desktop.

Can you please help resolve this?
Regards

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simchris
#252259
Sep 7, 2018 at 2:23 am

That is how Whatsapp works – it’s a ‘mobile only’ product; and the end user must have the ‘app’ installed on their mobile device. Whatsapp is for ‘app’ not for desktop, which is why you never see the icon on desktop versions of websites; only on mobile versions.

So, unless somebody actually has the ‘app’ installed, clicking the button does nothing.

You may want to read up more about Whatsapp to learn what it actually is/does.

I don’t work here, just long time webdev dinosaur. Good luck!

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