Possible to put social network icons into header?

Thanks for your response awanrmb.

I’ve not been able to find a plug-in that does that. Can you recommend one?

Using AccessPress Social Icons. So far , very satisfied. The plug in allows me to design my own icons and insert them wherever I need them with shortcodes or (via a line of code) into the header.

Hi WanderlustWomen,

Sorry for the delay getting back to you – I’m on holiday and often AFK at present.

Here is my sandbox so you can see the AccessPress Social Icons in use:
http://sandbox.thesupercargo.com/

What I did was take the Template Shortcode for the icon set and add it to my Child Theme header.php wrapped in a div id called “header icons”.

<div id="header_icons">
<?php echo do_shortcode('[aps-social id="N"]')?>
</div>

(Replace “N” with the number AccessPress Social Icons gives you.)

It took a bit of trial and error, but I ended up putting it under the div class “header image” and before the div id=”content” class=”page-wrap”.

Then I had to add something about the header icons to the Child Theme style.css. I had to tinker with the padding, but this is what I ended up with:

#header_icons {
float:left;
padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px;
width:300px
}

So, there they are to the bottom left. I’m sure it’s not an elegant solution – I’m no programmer – but it works.

I’m not sure how you would get your icons to show top right – float them right in the css of course, but you’ll have to experiment to find the best place to put the code into the header to get them above the masthead.

Good luck!

(Edited for spelling.)