| Available for | Roles | Super Admin, Admin, Team Member, Limited Team Member, Interviewer Limited to 5 users per Lever instance |
| Packages | Standard Career Site Builder |
Lever's Career Site Builder allows you to create your own custom career site connected to your Lever environment. You can use the builder to control the look and feel of your career site, ensuring that each candidate's experience aligns with your organization's brand. Widgets are the building blocks of your site. In this article, you will learn about the different types of social widgets that you can add to your career site. For guidelines on how to use widgets on your career site, including adding and editing widgets, refer to our widgets overview article. Click below to reveal the full list of social widget types:
Instagram feed
Users with a private or public Instagram account (not business accounts) can add an Instagram feed to the photo gallery widget. The widget displays up to 100 images from your feed, and updates automatically when new posts are added. Note that new image updates may take up to 2 hours to display. The Instagram widget only displays photos from accounts that are public. To change the account, open the connected photo gallery, click Disconnect, and log in with the new account. Only one Instagram account may be connected per site.
Content editor
To add Instagram content to the Photo Gallery widget:
- Add the Photo Gallery widget to your site
- For more information, refer to the 'Photo gallery widget' section in our media widgets help article
- Click Connect Instagram
- Type your Instagram credentials, and click Log In
- Click Authorize
If you receive an error logging in, go to instagram.com in your browser. On the 'Profile' tab, click the 'Settings' icon, select Sign-Out, and then follow the steps above to reconnect to the widget.
Image captions
Image captions display when hovering on an image. To display image captions, click the 'On' or 'Off' toggle on the 'Content' tab of the Photo Gallery widget. The default is Off. You can also change the color, size, and font of the text as well as the background color of the image captions in the 'Design' tab. Not, this functionality is only available on Desktop as hover functionality is not available for mobile.
Design editor
To configure the design of your photo gallery widget with Instagram, refer to the 'Photo gallery widget' section in our media widgets help article.
Troubleshooting
The photo gallery does not display my Instagram images or the photo gallery displays the wrong images
To reconnect Instagram correctly to the Photo Gallery widget:
- In the editor, click the 'Photo Gallery' widget to open the Content Editor
- To disconnect the widget from Instagram, click Disconnect
- Close the editor
- Go to https://www.instagram.com/ and log out from Instagram directly
- Open an incognito window, navigate to the editor and reconnect Instagram to the Photo Gallery widget
Social icons
The Social Icons feature adds links to your social media profiles on many popular networks like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Google my business, and more. Adding social media links to your site is very important and is one of the best ways to reach your audience and gain views, both locally and globally. You can choose from a selection of existing social icons, or upload your own custom social icons.
Content editor
To access the content editor:
- Right-click the widget, and click Edit Content
- Select the icons you want displayed on your site; to upload a custom icon, click Add custom icon (see below for more information on how to add custom icons)
- To connect your accounts, add your social media profile URLs
Add custom social icons
To add custom social icons:
- In the left panel, click Widgets
- Click and drag the 'Social Icons' widget into your site
- Click Add custom icon
- Type a URL for the custom icon to link to
- Click Choose Icon to select an icon from our icon picker, or click Upload SVG File to upload your own custom icon
- To change the Icon/Background color, click the color picker
- For the color of an SVG to be changeable, the SVG must be black and exported with inline style.
Design editor
To access the design editor:
- Right-click the widget, and click Edit Design
- Click the layout to change the look of the social icons to match your site
- To make the widget a floating widget, enable the 'Floating' toggle, and select a position for the widget; to display the floating button on the current page only, enable the 'Show on this page only' toggle.
WhatsApp widget
The WhatsApp widget enables visitors to get in touch with site owners quickly and easily, especially on mobile. Opportunities for engagement and conversion will increase, making it easier to convert anonymous site visitors into real applicants. When site visitors click the WhatsApp button, a chat opens on their device. On mobile, the widget opens in the user’s WhatsApp account. On desktop, the WhatsApp web version opens. Make sure the phone number you add has a WhatsApp account associated with it. If a site visitor does not have WhatsApp installed on their device, they will be directed to WhatsApp’s installation flow. If a user clicks on the widget from an iOS tablet, they will be directed to a WhatsApp page that directs them to download the app on desktop or mobile.
Content editor
To access the content editor:
- Right-click the widget, and click Edit Content
- Enter your WhatsApp phone number; make sure the number has only digits and includes the country code
- Site visitors will be able to see the phone number
- (Optional) Type a default message; this is a message you will receive when your site visitors reach out. Visitors may edit this message
- Type Alt Text for the widget
Design editor
To access the design editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Design. Click the layout to change the way the widget displays on your site. To make the widget a floating widget, enable the 'Floating' toggle, and select a position for the widget. To display the floating button on the current page only, enable the 'Show on this page only' toggle.
Social share widget
Making it easy for visitors to share your site is important for boosting organic traffic and conversion rates. The Share widget makes this easy, with a smooth flow, attractive interface, and an additional share capability. The Share widget enables site visitors to share the site via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and email. This widget enables visitors to share your site through their own social accounts. It is not connected to the social accounts associated with the site. For information about connecting a site to your social accounts, see the 'Social icons' section above.
Content editor
To access the content editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Content. Type a title for the widget.
Design editor
To access the design editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Design. Select the layout and customize the icon colors, sizes and background. Choose hover effects for desktop and customize the title font and style.
Troubleshooting
Set up social share icons, but the image does not display on social networks when pasting the site URL.
The social network has already scraped information from the site URL and is caching the information for a certain amount of time. This will update eventually, but to work around the issue, ensure your social network images are updated correctly on your site:
- In the side panel of the editor, click Settings, and then click Site Icons
- Next to Social Networks Image (Open Graph), click + Image
- Alternatively, you can change the social network images by page:
- In the left panel, click Pages, and then click the settings icon (⛭) next to the page name
- Click SEO, and then next to Social Networks Image (Open Graph), click + Image
- Go to the Facebook and Instagram debuggers to copy the URL of your site and fetch the new information.
It may take some time for the cache to update with the new information.
Twitter feed
The Twitter feed connects with your Twitter account and automatically displays new messages on your site every time you tweet. Social media is a great way for candidates to keep updated with your business. Be sure to connect your business Twitter account and not your personal Twitter account.
Content design
To access the content editor:
- Right-click the widget, and click Edit Content
- To connect to your account, type your Twitter user name
- Select the type of Twitter Feed from the drop-down
- To display the header and footer, click the 'Show header and footer' toggle.
Design editor
To access the design editor:
- Right-click the widget, and click Edit Design
- Select the Number of tweets to display from the drop-down
Facebook feed
A Facebook feed is a great way to give your visitors a glimpse into your Facebook community, invite them to join your followers or prompt them to contact you via Facebook Messenger. In order for your page’s feed to be displayed, the page must not be restricted. Any restriction, for example, login required, age or location, will prevent the page from being displayed in the widget. To learn more about Facebook page restrictions, see Facebook’s guide.
Content editor
To access the content editor:
- Right-click the widget, and click Edit Content
- Type the Facebook Page URL in the field provided. You do not have to paste the entire link (for example, https://www.facebook.com/facebook). The page ID is enough (for example, facebook).
- Click to enable a Large Header, Cover photo, and Friend's faces.
- Select which tabs you want to display: Timeline, Events, Messages.
Design editor
To access the design editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Design. Click to change the width and height of the Facebook feed.
Facebook 'Like' button
Make it easy for your visitors to see your likes and like you on Facebook by adding a Facebook 'Like' button. Become more connected with your customers and visitors through social media. The Facebook 'Like' button will not appear for users who are not logged in to Facebook. Make sure the page is public, otherwise the functionality will not work.
Content editor
To access the content editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Content. Type the 'URL to like' in the field provided. This is the URL of the Facebook page you want to use on your site.
Design editor
To access the design editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Design.
Facebook comments
The Facebook Comments widget enables visitors to leave comments on your site using Facebook. Comments can promote interest and discussion on your site and give visitors insight into what other visitors think of your service or product. Once the widget is added to your site, you can further configure it through Facebook.
Design editor
To access the design editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Design. Select Light or Dark for the color scheme to customize the appearance of the widget.
Disqus comments
The Disqus Comments widget lets visitors leave comments on your site using the Disqus Platform. Comments can help promote interest and discussion on your site, and give visitors insight into what other visitors think of your service or product.
Content editor
To access the content editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Content. Type your Disqus Shortname to allow users to comment using this widget. Until you do so, users will not be able to comment. For more information about the Disqus shortname, click Disqus support portal. While the shortname is listed as name.disqus.com, you only need to type name in the Disqus Shortname field.
Design editor
To access the design editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Design. Customize the inner and outer spacing in the spacing section. For more information, see refer to the 'Inner and outer spacing' section of our widget overview article.
Add comments to blog posts
If you want to allow comments on blog posts, you need to create a new Disqus site for each blog post and then add the Disqus comments widget to each blog post. You need to use a different Disqus shortname for each post that you allow comments on. To learn how to create shortnames, refer to Disqus support.
To add a Disqus site to a blog post:
- Open the Editor and in the left panel, click Blog
- Click Manage Posts
- Select the post you want to add the Disqus widget to and click the 'Edit' icon
- Click and drag the Disqus widget to the bottom of the blog post, below the end of your text
- The Disqus context menu will open; on the 'Content' tab, enter the shortname in the 'Enter Your Disqus Shortname' field
- Click Republish Post
Moderate comments
Comments can be moderated through the Disqus admin. To learn how, refer to Disqus support.
RSS feed
The RSS feed lets you add a list of recent posts or entries from any specific RSS feed to your site. Use this widget to post blogs and text from other sites. All links will open in a new tab. The RSS Feed widget can only display posts from an external feed and cannot create new posts.
Content editor
To access the content editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Content. Type the feed URL in the field provided.
Design editor
To access the design editor, right-click the widget, and click Edit Design. Note that all 'Read More' links will open to the full post on the original site.