Trying to add a Facebook button on navigation bar

Hi Pierre,

To add your social icon to your navigation, this should help:
https://generatepress.com/knowledgebase/menu-social-icons/

To post to facebook, you can try this plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/facebook-auto-publish/

I haven't personally tried this plugin, but it might be what you're looking for.

Hope this helps :)

Hi, Stacey!

I did the first part, and it's working fine. However, no success with Facebook. It seems that I have to create a developper account and create an app. I'm lost.

I'll keep trying.

Thanks,
Pierre

Hi Pierre,

Are you using the Jetpack plugin? I believe the "Publicize" module they offer can achieve this.

Let me know :)

Hi Tom

I tried to use it to connect to my Facebook page, but it asks me for a Twitter account number. Weird. I also need to go through Wordpress.com. I also want the link to be to a secondary Facebook page, one devoted to "meditation". I am new to Facebook (it's about time!), so still learning.

Thanks again for your great support.

Pierre

Hi Tom!

For now, I am just pasting a link to my post, directly on the Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/&gt;. It's not perfect, but it seems to work.

Thanks again,
Pierre

You shouldn't have to use WordPress.com, they just want you to connect to it (you can create a free account and forget about it).

However, if you search for "WordPress post to Facebook", you should find more options, the above are only a couple :)

Hi all,

unfortunately I am still not able to add e.g. a Twitter icon to the menu by adding

<i class="fa fa-twitter"></i>

in the Navigation Label field. In fact, when entering HTML the whole (secondary) menu disappears.

Is there anything I am overlooking? Does this require an extra plugin?

Cheers,
Markus

Hmm, that should work.

Make sure you're not using curly quotes: <i class="fa fa-twitter"></i>

If that doesn't work, try #1 on this page: https://generatepress.com/knowledgebase/debugging/

Thanks, Tom.

I had to go through the backend (Appearance > Menus etc.) to make it work.

I first tried to do it directly from the (lefhandside) swipe menu at "customize > menus etc.".

Thanks again.
Markus

One more thing that I did not find addressed in the "Knowledgebase » Menu Social Icons".

How can I open icons in a new tab?

The menu area in the Customizer is still quite new in WP, I imagine there might be some bugs still.

To open in a new tab, go to "Appearance > Menus" and click "Screen Options" at the top right. Check the "Link Target" checkbox, then when you open your menu item, there should be an option to open in a new window.

Thanks, Tom! Worked beautifully.

No worries. Even with a bug or two the interface is simply amazing. Well done!

Cheers,
Markus

Glad I could help :)