How can I edit social media links in footer.liquid to open in a new tab?

Store Design

Topic summary

Goal: Make social media icons in footer.liquid open in a new tab.

  • The original poster wants social links to open in a new tab and asks where to add target=“_blank” in footer.liquid. They couldn’t find the edit section and believe it may be hidden.
  • A respondent requested the store URL to review, but the poster is still building the store and didn’t provide a URL.
  • Another respondent shared a help article about adding social icons to the footer (Groupthought documentation), though it doesn’t explicitly address adding target=“_blank”.

Status and gaps:

  • No concrete instructions or code snippet were provided for where to place target=“_blank” in the theme files.
  • Guidance appears theme-specific; more details (store URL/theme name) may be needed for precise steps.
  • Discussion remains unresolved with the key question—where exactly to add the attribute—still open.
Summarized with AI on January 26. AI used: gpt-5.
1

Guyz, how can i edit social media link within footer.liquid ?

I want my social media links to open in a new tab when clicked, but couldn’t find the section to edit or maybe it is hidden.

thanks and appreciate it in advance

2

Hi @Az009 could you share your store URL to check?

3

follow this article step by step “https://help.groupthought.com/article/554-social-icons-how-to-add-social-icons-to-the-footer-in-a-column” It helps you.

4

I am in the process of making !

I need to know where to add ( target=“blank” ) so that any click on my social media icon will open a new tab not leaving my website !