Social Media Highlight

What This Section Does

Creates a dedicated space to highlight your social media presence by displaying social media links, your handle, and featured images from your social accounts. This encourages visitors to connect with your brand across social platforms and showcases your community engagement.

Perfect for: Building social media following, showcasing user-generated content, displaying your latest social posts, encouraging community engagement, or highlighting your brand's social personality.

How to Add It

Step 1: Add the Section

1. In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes
2. Click Customize next to your live theme
3. Click Add section in the main content area
4. Choose Social Media Highlight from the list

Step 2: Configure Your Social Links

1. Choose Social Media Source (use your theme's global settings or add custom links)
2. Add your social media handle (like @yourstore)
3. Write a description encouraging social engagement

Key Settings to Configure

Social Media Links

Social Media Source: Choose between system-wide settings or custom links for this section

• System: Uses the social links you've set up in your theme settings - keeps everything consistent
• Custom: Override with different social links specific to this section

Featured Content

Featured Images: Add blocks to showcase specific social media posts or community content

• When to use: Highlight your best social content, user-generated content, or recent posts
• Pro tip: Link each image to the actual social media post to drive traffic to your accounts

Layout Options

Mobile Slider: Enable slider mode for mobile viewing

• Best practice: Enable if you have more than 4 featured images for better mobile experience
• Consider: Keep disabled for fewer images to maintain clean grid layout

Pro Tips for Success

Best Practices

• Use your actual social media handle (like @yourstore) to make it easy for customers to find you
• Choose your best, most engaging social content for featured images
• Link featured images directly to the original social posts to drive traffic
• Keep descriptions encouraging and actionable ("Follow us for daily style inspiration!")
• Add social media icons to featured images to clearly indicate which platform they're from

Common Mistakes

• Don't use placeholder or fake social handles - customers will notice
• Avoid featuring low-quality or irrelevant social content
• Don't forget to update featured content regularly to keep it fresh
• Don't overcrowd with too many social platforms - focus on your most active ones
• Avoid generic descriptions like "Follow us on social media" - be specific about what value you provide