Social media links appear in the sidebar and footer of your Vepple experience, giving users an easy way to connect with your institution on platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and more.

How to Set It Up

Prerequisites

• Know the full URLs of your institution’s social media profiles

Navigation steps

1. Navigate to Site Options > CTAs & Social
2. Scroll down to the section titled Social links
3. Click “Add social link”, there is no limit to how many you can add.
   1. Label – This is the name of the platform (e.g. Facebook, YouTube)
   2. Link – Enter the full URL (e.g. https://www.facebook.com/youruniversity)
   3. Icon – Select the relevant icon from the dropdown.
4. Click “Update” to save.

Best Practices & Use Cases

• Use official institution URLs only avoid personal or unofficial profiles
• Keep labels short (e.g. “TikTok”, not “University TikTok Channel”)
• Always include an icon for visual recognition

FAQs & Troubleshooting

• Can I reorder the links? Links are displayed in the order they appear, but you can easily drag the items to achieve this.
• Note the icons available in this drop down list are icons available under the Font Awesome Free licence.  If you have a Font Awesome Pro account, please let RV know so that the pro icon pack can be enabled.

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