Social share

Usage

Use social share to let users share pages to their own social media channels.

It uses the social media icons to:

• provide extra context
• distinguish between the different social media channels.

The link labels should clearly indicate the platform the user is sharing the page to.

When and how to use

• Use it to enable users to share pages to social media.
• Place in sidebar section of pages.
• Link labels should be the social media platform name.

When and how not to use

• Don't use for links to sites that aren't social media channels.
• Avoid placing in a page's body section.
• Don't use with labels that aren't social media platform names.

Theming

Social share uses colour for:

• indicating an action to users
• icons.

To create your own theme see theming guidance for designers or theming guidance for developers.