How can I overlay social media icons on photos?

Topic summary

Goal: overlay 2–3 separate, clickable social media icons on photos in a Shopify store, styled like the footer icons. The poster tried a custom Liquid section (Shopify’s templating language) but couldn’t get the overlay working and asked if Shopify has an easier, built-in option.

Suggestion: use CSS to position the icons and control their hover state, targeting the relevant element ID/class. No specific code or step-by-step was provided; guidance remained high-level.

Status: no confirmed solution or built-in Shopify feature identified in the thread. The question remains open, with implementation details (positioning, z-index, and hover styling) and whether a native block/section exists still unanswered.

Summarized with AI on November 25. AI used: gpt-5.

I’m trying to figure out how to add separate social media icons as an overlay on a photo. I was assuming that a custom liquid section could do that but I can’t seem to get it to overlay. Is there anything that Shopify has to make this easier? I have my brand’s links in the footer but I want to place 2-3 separate clickable icons (that look like the ones in the footer) over photos, as opposed to buttons.

Hello there

To accomplish this, you can use css for this.

Whatever the id and hover state