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  willemjdewit · Member · Mar 26, 2016 at 7:23 am

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  I saw that some of the newest themes (e.g. Arcane) offer support for a Skype icon in the Social Media menu. But what does one have to enter when creating the menu to make the Skype icon appear and function well?

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  shirleyhongkong · Member · Mar 26, 2016 at 8:57 am

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  What does to enter in the Social Media menu when creating the menu to make the Skype icon appear and function ?

  I don’t understand Skype , can you help me to solve the problem ?

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  galois · Member · Mar 26, 2016 at 9:12 am

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  Hi there.

  For the Skype function, see the responses here:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/code-for-skype-widget?replies=6

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  willemjdewit · Member · Mar 26, 2016 at 9:23 am

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  @galois. I know that in the past it was not possible to use Skype on wordpress.com because wordpress.com does not support Javascript. However, in the description of the newest themes (e.g. Arcane and Prosperity, both launched March 2016), it is said that one can include a Skype icon in the social menu. So, I want to know how one can make that icon appear and work.

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  galois · Member · Mar 26, 2016 at 7:13 pm

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  Ok.
  I tagged this thread with the modlook tag for staff assistance.

  Be patient while waiting.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 28, 2016 at 9:22 pm

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  It is set up using the Social Menu:

  Create a Social Links Menu

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  willemjdewit · Member · Mar 28, 2016 at 9:31 pm

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  staff-ozmodiar. Of course, we understand that we set it up using the Social Menu. But what kind of “custom link” do we enter then for a Skype icon?
  For Facebook it is something like “http://facebook.com/myname” and for Twitter it is “http://facebook.com/myname”, and for email “mailto:(email visible only to moderators and staff)” – but what do we have to enter for a Skype link?

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 29, 2016 at 6:05 pm

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  So, the short answer is….there really is no way to do that. It will take a change to the WordPress.com core in order to enable it.

  This page explains somewhat:

  Quick Tip: How to add a Skype URI Link to your WordPress Menu

  But of course, the solution suggested there does not work on WordPress.com sites.

  So I expect we will be removing the mention of a Skype button from the any theme pages that list it as available.

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  galois · Member · Mar 29, 2016 at 6:09 pm

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  So I expect we will be removing the mention of a Skype button from the any theme pages that list it as available.

  Thanks for the clarification, Josh. :)

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Mar 29, 2016 at 6:45 pm

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  Happy to help. it actually took a lot of digging to track down the answer. I was interested myself.