Embed Social Media
JumboPress offers you many ways to incorporate your social media platforms in your site. This is a quick guide to the types of plugins we have installed to help you incorporate your social media.
- Add Facebook Feed to Sidebar
Make sure you have the Page with Sidebar template selected and select your desired sidebar. Also set up your Facebook page through the Facebook Feed menu item on the vertical menu bar.
You can create a custom sidebar in the Widgets menu. Once there add a SiteOrigin Editor and paste [ custom-facebook-feed ] to show your chosen Facebook feed. The be displayed in your sidebar.
See this Page’s sidebar for an example. - Embed Facebook Feed into Page/Post
As in the process above, in your Page/Post add [ custom-facebook-feed ] and your feed will appear on your page/post. Make sure it is on a line by itself and not hyperlinked.
- Embed Twitter Feed into Page/Post
Follow instructions on how to configure embeddable elements via your Twitter account here: https://dev.twitter.com/web/embedded-timelines Once elements have been configured, cut and paste code into the Text tab of the WYSIWYG editor of a Page/Post. - Embed Single Tweet into Page/Post
To embed a single Tweet into a Page/Post, simply copy and paste the URL of the tweet into the body of the page or post. Make sure the URL is on a line of its own and is not hyperlinked.
Congrats to @TuftsSoftball's Allyson Fournier! https://t.co/I0fCqDvcem
— Tufts University (@TuftsUniversity) June 5, 2015
YouTube or Vimeo
- Embed Single Video into Page/Post
To embed a single Video into a Page/Post, simply copy and paste the URL of the video into the body of the page or post. Make sure the URL is on a line of its own and is not hyperlinked. - Add Single Video to Sidebar
Create a custom sidebar with the SiteOrigin Editor. Give it a title (if needed) and paste the video URL. Back in your Page/Post, select Page with Sidebar and select your video sidebar.