Social Media
The Social Media component displays links to selected social media accounts. For example:
Concordia social
Uses
The Social Media component displays links to selected social media accounts. It ensures they're accessible and they appear with a standardized design across all Concordia web pages.
Currently, it can link to accounts on the following social media platforms:
- Flickr
- X
- YouTube
The Social Media component can be used anywhere within the body of an AEM page. On home pages it's most commonly placed in the page footer, like this example from Fine Arts home page:
When the social media component is located in the footer of a parent page (e.g. the Fine Arts home page), it will also display on all of the child pages (e.g. the Fine Arts department page, the Fine Arts faculty page, etc).
Best practices
If your department/unit is considering opening a new social media account, contact your Communications Advisor. They'll work with the Social Media team to ensure you have a successful social media presence.
Once they've set up a new social media account and given you the link, you can add it to the existing social media component on your home page. Here's how:
- Open the Social Media component for editing
- Click "Add Item"
- Select the Type
- In the Link field, add an absolute link to the social media account. Note: Although clicking the magnifying glass beside the Link field allows you to select paths within AEM, this field is meant to hold an external link to a social media account. Ignore the magnifying glass and paste in an absolute link.
- If needed, use the green arrows to revise the order of the links
- Click OK
- Activate the page
