I have read about using some software called font awesome to add icons to things in HTML but I am not entirely sure how to implement this in my case. I have made a basic page with buttons but want to add the relevant icon to each button. Here is my code so far:
body {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
background-color: #f5f5f5;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.container {
max-width: 600px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 20px;
background-color: #fff;
box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
text-align: center;
}
h1 {
color: #333;
}
.social-buttons {
margin-top: 20px;
}
.social-buttons button {
display: inline-block;
padding: 10px 20px;
margin: 10px;
background-color: #007bff;
color: #fff;
font-size: 16px;
border: none;
border-radius: 4px;
cursor: pointer;
transition: background-color 0.3s ease;
}
.social-buttons button:hover {
background-color: #0056b3;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Social Media Buttons</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<h1>Social Media Buttons</h1>
<div class="social-buttons">
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.facebook.com'">Facebook</button>
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.twitter.com'">Twitter</button>
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.instagram.com'">Instagram</button>
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.linkedin.com'">LinkedIn</button>
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.youtube.com'">YouTube</button>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Please advise on how I add the icons.
>Solution :
Yes font awesome can be used to add all sorts of icons, to implement you can add the following to your code. A further tutorial can be found here: https://fontawesome.com/docs/web/add-icons/how-to
Implement the library:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.4/css/all.min.css">
Then change the code of each button as follows (facebook for example):
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.facebook.com'">
<i class="fab fa-facebook-f"></i> Facebook
Full code below:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Social Media Buttons</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.4/css/all.min.css">
<style>
body {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
background-color: #f5f5f5;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.container {
max-width: 600px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 20px;
background-color: #fff;
box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
text-align: center;
}
h1 {
color: #333;
}
.social-buttons {
margin-top: 20px;
}
.social-buttons button {
display: inline-block;
padding: 10px 20px;
margin: 10px;
background-color: #007bff;
color: #fff;
font-size: 16px;
border: none;
border-radius: 4px;
cursor: pointer;
transition: background-color 0.3s ease;
}
.social-buttons button:hover {
background-color: #0056b3;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<h1>Social Media Buttons</h1>
<div class="social-buttons">
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.facebook.com'">
<i class="fab fa-facebook-f"></i> Facebook
</button>
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.twitter.com'">
<i class="fab fa-twitter"></i> Twitter
</button>
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.instagram.com'">
<i class="fab fa-instagram"></i> Instagram
</button>
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.linkedin.com'">
<i class="fab fa-linkedin-in"></i> LinkedIn
</button>
<button onclick="window.location.href='https://www.youtube.com'">
<i class="fab fa-youtube"></i> YouTube
</button>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>