After updating to 2.0, all social Icons just disappeared and I cannot find where to configure them. I can see all the configuration options moved to “Appearance -> Customize” but in the “Social” section there is no way to configure the links to the social networks.
In this version we switched to a better solution for social menus. Now you can use a regular WordPress menu via Appearance >> Menus. There create a menu with social links to Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and son on inside it. Menu will recognize what URL you are using and will use the right icon for it.
Afterwards you can enable/disable icon in footer by using your mentioned function in customizer or by using the good old Sparkling social widget.
OK, used the Menu and it works for the social links, but if I want the links (in my case Facebook, Youtube and some other) to start up in a new browser window, and not replace my site - how to do that with menu?
When you open WordPress menu editor via Appearance >> Menus you should go to Screen Options in the upper right corner. There you should select option called “Link Target”.
Afterwards you will have a new options for menu items named “Open link in a new window/tab”. Select that for each menu item and you are good to go.
After I updated the Sparkling theme, I had the same problem as @mikael, the social icons disappeared, but I followed your instructions and now they work perfectly. Thank you so much!
However, there is something I want to ask you. For the social icons, I changed the background color a while back, by adding custom CSS codes, just like you explained here:
But now after the theme was updated, my social icons have again the default color (that light gray), even if I still have the color codes in Theme Options - Other - Custom CSS. What can I do to make my social icons have again different background colors?
Clean your website and browser cache. If you are using CDN then purge its cache too. Icos works perfectly well but you still have a cached version somewhere.