How to install social media Icons on your Blogger sidebar

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To install social media icons to your Blogger sidebar, you can follow the process below:

• Have your social media icons ready for use► Create your social media icons or download free creative commons ones from the web on your laptop.
• Host your social media icons on your blog►Create a new post on the blog you want to add the social icons to. You will just have to save the post and not publish it. Switch to 'HTML' and click on the image icon to upload your social media icons. Select the images and add them to your post. Swich to 'Compose', click on each image and link it to your corresponding personal sites. Tip: Always keep 'Open in a new window' clicked so that your readers can easily get back to your blog. Swich to 'HTML' and adjust the width and height of your icons if necessary. When ready, copy all the 'HTML' code.
• Go to Layout ► Find the gadgets on your sidebar, click on 'Add' a gadget. Choose the HTML/JavaScript gadget and click on the + button to add it. Paste the copied 'HTML' code inside the Content box. Provide a title if you wish to. Click on 'Save' and 'Save arrangement'. 
• Click on 'View blog' to see the result! 

P.S. Inspired by https://youtu.be/H4hI5WmqpBw