2.5 How To Fully Utilize The Footer Static Blocks
Introduction
Are you reading this from your mobile? Were you checking your Facebook for new notifications, or maybe your Instagram for new posts, or perhaps your Twitter for new tweets? Whatever it is that you were doing, we are almost sure it was related to social media. We are all aware of its importance nowadays, therefore it is fair to say that it should be a crucial element to add to your online store to get connected with your customers!
There are a lot of social media generator feeds that you can use, however, the most popular may be Instagram and Facebook, thus they will be used as an example in this article.
GW 2.5.1
Steps
What is a widget and where to add it? A widget is “an application, or a component of an interface, that enables a user to perform a function or access a service” Source Google Chrome. The best place to add those magical little social media widgets is on the footer of your store. There is a designated area for that and is referred to as the footer static block, as shown in image GW 2.5.1, this is the footer link.
- There are many Instagram widget generators you may use, such as InstaWidget
- Of course, you have to add your Instagram ID there in order to generate the correct code from the correct account.
- Once you click on “Preview” button, your Instagram widget will be generated. Copy this code to paste in later on your store in the footer static block.
GW 2.5.2
- Then navigate to your store’s dashboard, and click on one of the footer links static block that you would like to add the Instagram widget in.
- Copy the code in “content”.
GW 2.5.3
- Once you finish click on “Save Block” button.
Outcome
By the end of this article, you should be able to generate an Instagram widget and add it to your store
Related Articles
4.5 Linking Footer Links to Pages
Introduction What are Footer Links? The footer is the bottom of the page of your online store, and as the name implies, Footer Links are links that are available at the bottom of the page. It’s just a convenient place to put a link that gives your ...4.1 How to Edit Footer Links Content
Introduction Footer links, are basically the content of the footer of your store, showing the links to pages of the store which are useful in building a good relationship between you and your customers. The pages are created to give your customers ...3.1 My Homepage Layout
Introduction Home page have these sections: Welcome Logo Categories Banner Slider Products Static blocks Brand Slider Footer Don’t worry, all of these sections will be covered in following articles within this stage. *Kindly check the homepage ...2.4 How To Increase Your Store’s Credibility
Introduction It is important to gain the trust of your clients. Without trust, your bounce rate might be higher and your sales much lower. How to gain their trust? The new trend to gain trust is to use the trust icons! These are various ...3.2 How to Manage Categories 1
Introduction Organizing your products in categories is one of the essential steps in building any online store. It represents what you will be selling in a clear and easy way to the customers. In this article we will help you create the categories. ...