How to add discord to social media on debut theme?

[schoe3]

My footer is looking a little bit empty. I would like to add a discord icon so it would lead to my discord server. 

I have downloaded the SVG file for the icon and added a new asset.

Am I in the right direction if I am looking at the footer.liquid file?

[LitCommerce]

Hi @schoe3,

Yes, if you want to edit the footer code, you can edit it at file: sections > footer.liquid

Hope it helps!

[schoe3]

Hi LitCommerce. 

You know how twitter appears in the footer. Is it possible for a discord logo (which is a button that links to a discord link) to be placed beside the twitter logo?

[LitCommerce · Accepted solution]

Hi @schoe3,

Please follow the steps below:

- Step 1: Please upload the icon at Assets. 

For example, the icon name is: discord.png

- Step 2: Go to sections > footer.liquid file, find 'social-icons__item' and add code here:

Code:

<li class="social-icons__item">
              <a class="social-icons__link" href="" aria-describedby="a11y-external-message">
                <img src="{{ 'discord.png' | asset_url }}" class="icon"/>
                <span class="icon__fallback-text">discord</span>
              </a>
            </li>

Hope it helps!

[Giancarlo1991]

I added the discord icon apply some changes to the theme's code. It was a bit tricky but it works.

Those are the steps I followed:

In `config/settings_data.json` I added this code line `"social_discord": "https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/[your_channel]",`. E.g.:

````

"social_discord": "https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/[your_channel]",

"social_discord": "https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/invite\/[your_channel]",

"social_discord": "https:\/\/twitter.com\/invite\/[your_channel]",

````

You can also skip this passage if you prefer to insert the link via the Shopify interface without touching directly the code.

In `config/settings_schema.json` I added:

```

{

   "type": "text",

   "id": "social_discord",

   "label": "Discord"

}

```

In `snippets/icon.liquid` I needed to add the Discord Icon:

```

{% when 'discord' %}

<svg focusable="false" width="{{ width | default: 12 }}" height="{{ height | default: 16 }}" class="{{ icon_class }}" viewBox="0 0 12 16">

<path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M13.545 2.907a13.227 13.227 0 0 0-3.257-1.011.05.05 0 0 0-.052.025c-.141.25-.297.577-.406.833a12.19 12.19 0 0 0-3.658 0 8.258 8.258 0 0 0-.412-.833.051.051 0 0 0-.052-.025c-1.125.194-2.22.534-3.257 1.011a.041.041 0 0 0-.021.018C.356 6.024-.213 9.047.066 12.032c.001.014.01.028.021.037a13.276 13.276 0 0 0 3.995 2.02.05.05 0 0 0

.056-.019c.308-.42.582-.863.818-1.329a.05.05 0 0 0-.01-.059.051.051 0 0 0-.018-.011 8.875 8.875 0 0 1-1.248-.595.05.05 0 0 1-.02-.066.051.051 0 0 1 .015-.019c.084-.063.168-.129.248-.195a.05.05 0 0 1 .051-.007c2.619 1.196 5.454 1.196 8.041 0a.052.052 0 0 1 .053.007c.08.066.164.132.248.195a.051.051 0 0 1-.004.085 8.254 8.254 0 0 1-1.249.594.05.05 0 0 0-.03.03.052.052 0 0 0 .003.041c.24.465.515.909.817 1.329a.05.05 0 0 0 .056.019 13.235 13.235 0 0 0 4.001-2.02.049.049 0 0 0 .021-.037c.334-3.451-.559-6.449-2.366-9.106a.034.034 0 0 0-.02-.019Zm-8.198 7.307c-.789 0-1.438-.724-1.438-1.612 0-.889.637-1.613 1.438-1.613.807 0 1.45.73 1.438 1.613 0 .888-.637 1.612-1.438 1.612Zm5.316 0c-.788 0-1.438-.724-1.438-1.612 0-.889.637-1.613 1.438-1.613.807 0 1.451.73 1.438 1.613 0 .888-.631 1.612-1.438 1.612Z" fill="currentColor"></path>

</svg>

```

I had to search for the icon's SVG code online and apply some little changes in order to make it compatible with the code of the other already existing icons.

I added this code before `{%- when 'twitter' -%}` code

And in the end in `snippets/social-media.liquid` I added before`{%- if settings.social_youtube != blank -%}`:

```

{%- if settings.social_discord != blank -%}

   {%- assign active_accounts = active_accounts | plus: 1 -%}

       <li class="social-media__item social-media__item--discord">

<a href="{{ settings.social_discord | replace_first: 'https://', '' | replace_first: 'http://', '' | prepend: 'https://' }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="social-media__link" aria-label="{{ 'general.social.follow_label' | t: social_media: 'Discord' }}">

{%- render 'icon' with 'discord' -%}

</a>

</li>

{%- endif -%}

```