How to add social media links to tumblr blog?

[Mzcarley]

Hi I just started using Tumblr and I just downloaded effective. I want to add links to my other social media platforms so that followers can follow me at those places too. But I have been unsuccessful. Whenever i add in my usernames and click on the link myself I get a broken link.

[Former_Member]

You may need to just add some additional html.

Take a look at my blog first (http://funkyfindsofohio.tumblr.com) and see the links I added on the right static bar area.

If this is what you're looking for, I can easily show you how to add these.

[Mzcarley]

yours are really cool how did you do it? I would like to learn.

[Former_Member]

@Carley: I checked out your blog and you have a static side bar, which is what you'll need to add your social media links.

You'll have to modify your blog's html to add the links. But first, copy this html:

<a href="http://instagram.com/funkyfindsofohio" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd426/funkybydesign/ffohoninstagram_zps821d7bc6.png" border="0" alt=""/></a>

This html is what I use to add the IG link in my blog. Change the "http://instagram.com/funkyfindsofohio" to point to whatever you want (your IG account, your FB page, etc.).

The "http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd426/funkybydesign/ffohoninstagram_zps821d7bc6.png" is the picture I want to display as the link. You can also just show plain old text. For example:

<a href="http://instagram.com/funkyfindsofohio" target="_blank">Go to my Instagram page</a>

You'll have to do a bit of trial-and-error to find out where you want it to show up. You really can't break anything as long as you click the "Update Preview" button to see where it ends up on your blog. And you can just close up the html without saving and not make any changes at all if you do manage to mess things up too much.

Hope this helps.