Advanced Custom Fields - Adding Linkedin

Question

I am having trouble creating a clickable Linkedin link in WordPress via Advanced Custom Fields Plugin. It was simple when I wanted to add phone number and email. But I can not figure out how to make just a Linkedin icon appear for each user as a clickable link.

Code: function member_contact() {

$vcard = get_field('vcard');
$bio   = get_field('bio_pdf');
$linkedin = get_field('linkedin');
$phone = get_field('phone');
$fax   = get_field('fax');
$email = get_field('email');

$post_info = '';

if (isset($vcard['url'])) {
    $img = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . "/images/mail-icon.png";
    $post_info .= '<a class="vcard" href="'.$vcard['url'].'"><img src="'.$img.'" /> Download Contact</a>';
}

if (isset($bio['url']) && isset($vcard['url'])) {
    $post_info .= ' | ';
}

if (isset($bio['url'])) {
    $post_info .= '<a class="bio-pdf" href="'.$bio['url'].'">Download Bio</a>';
}

if (isset($linkedin['url']) && isset($vcard['url']) || isset($bio['url'])) {
    $post_info .= ' | ';
}

if (isset($linkedin['url'])) {
    $post_info .= '<a href="'.$linkedin['url'].'"><i class="fa fa-linkedin" style="color:blue"></i> Linkedin</a>';
}


$post_info .= '<ul class="member-contact">';
$post_info .= "<li>$email</li>";
$post_info .= "<li>p: $phone</li>";
$post_info .= "<li>f: $fax</li>";
$post_info .= "</ul>";
var_dump($linkedin);

Code from a user's repo (Kevinlearynet) ,which I am not sure how to integrate

                <?php if ( $linkedin = get_field('team_linkedin') ): ?>
                <a href="<?php echo $linkedin; ?>"><i class="icon-linkedin"></i></a>
                <?php endif; ?>

Dump for $linkedin

string(21) "https://www.yahoo.com"

Pictures:

Answer 1

You can edit your code like this to integrate the linkedin link.

function member_contact() {

        $vcard = get_field('vcard');
        $bio   = get_field('bio_pdf');
        $phone = get_field('phone');
        $fax   = get_field('fax');
        $linkedin = get_field('linkedin');
        $email = get_field('email');

        $post_info = '';

        if (isset($vcard['url'])) {
            $img = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . "/images/mail-icon.png";
            $post_info .= '<a class="vcard" href="'.$vcard['url'].'"><img src="'.$img.'" /> Download Contact</a>';
        }

        if (isset($bio['url']) && isset($vcard['url'])) {
            $post_info .= ' | ';
        }

        if (isset($bio['url'])) {
            $post_info .= '<a class="bio-pdf" href="'.$bio['url'].'">Download Bio</a>';
        }

        $post_info .= '<ul class="member-contact">';
        $post_info .= "<li>$email</li>";
        $post_info .= "<li>p: $phone</li>";
        $post_info .= '<a href="$linkedin"><i class="icon-linkedin"></i></a>';
        $post_info .= "<li>f: $fax</li>";
        $post_info .= "</ul>";

        genesis_markup( array(
            'html5' => sprintf( '<div class="entry-meta">%s</div>', $post_info ),
            'xhtml' => sprintf( '<div class="post-info">%s</div>', $post_info ),
        ) );

    }

Answer 2

You are already assigning the LinkedIn field to a variable, so you just need to construct the link now:

function member_contact() {

$vcard = get_field('vcard');
$bio   = get_field('bio_pdf');
$phone = get_field('phone');
$fax   = get_field('fax');
$linkedin = get_field('linkedin');
$email = get_field('email');

$post_info = '';

if (isset($vcard['url'])) {
    $img = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . "/images/mail-icon.png";
    $post_info .= '<a class="vcard" href="'.$vcard['url'].'"><img src="'.$img.'" /> Download Contact</a>';
}

if (isset($bio['url']) && isset($vcard['url'])) {
    $post_info .= ' | ';
}

if (isset($bio['url'])) {
    $post_info .= '<a class="bio-pdf" href="'.$bio['url'].'">Download Bio</a>';
}

$post_info .= '<ul class="member-contact">';
$post_info .= "<li>$email</li>";
$post_info .= "<li>p: $phone</li>";
$post_info .= "<li>f: $fax</li>";
//NEW LINE ADDED BELOW
$post_info .= "<li><a href="'.$linkedin.'" class="linkedInButton"></a></li>";
//NEW LINE ADDED ABOVE
$post_info .= "</ul>";

genesis_markup( array(
    'html5' => sprintf( '<div class="entry-meta">%s</div>', $post_info ),
    'xhtml' => sprintf( '<div class="post-info">%s</div>', $post_info ),
) );

}

This will output your LinkedIn link immediately after the Fax Number in this function.

Then you would just need to style your tag with the class "linkedInButton" to have a LinkedIn icon as a background image, set the height and width of the icon, change its display to block or inline-block (as needed), and you'll be all set.

As an FYI, Advanced Custom Fields has a URL field which I'd recommend using instead of a text field. Doing this incorporates some validation to ensure that a valid URL is used.