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Tagged: Email, Icons, social media

  • This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 9 months ago by Chrpil.
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  • June 12, 2016 at 10:41 am #187433
    Chrpil
    Member

    There is a Social Media Icon for email.

    Email Social Media Icon

    The widget field says to enter a URL for your email. I tried entering my email address, but all that does is take folks to yahoo.

    I assumed that what the URL would do was to open an email in whatever format folks have it set up as. Then I would use code like this:

    Christina_E._Pilz

    But when I press Save on the widget, the entry in that widget field disappears, and voila, no email icon in my Social Media cluster.

    Is there better code that I can use to help users click that Email Social Media Icon and have the result where it opens up an email with the To field already populated with my email addy?

    Thank you in advance.

    http://www.christinaepilz.com/about/
    June 12, 2016 at 1:18 pm #187440
    Victor Font
    Moderator

    What plugin are you using? You didn't say.


    Regards,

    Victor
    https://victorfont.com/
    Call us toll free: 844-VIC-FONT (842-3668)
    Have you requested your free website audit yet?

    June 13, 2016 at 2:25 pm #187490
    Susan
    Moderator

    Rather than using a URL, for email, you would use

    
    mailto:youremailaddresshere
    

    The only problem with this approach is it doesn't work if your visitor doesn't have an email program (such as Outlook or Apple Mail) installed on their computer (for example, if someone uses gmail for their email, it won't help them. For that reason, rather than adding in an email address for the email icon, I usually add a link to my contact page. That way, it will open up my contact page, and the person can submit a form, rather than emailing me directly.

    June 13, 2016 at 5:44 pm #187496
    Chrpil
    Member

    I am using the Simple Social Icons plug in as was recommended to me when I purchased and downloaded author pro.

    June 15, 2016 at 8:09 pm #187636
    Chrpil
    Member

    Thank you, I can see the pros and cons of each, of putting a mailto: in there or directing them to my contact page. I'll try it one way for a time, and switch it out if it's too cumbersome.

    Thank you for the pointers and help!

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