Glowing Social Media Icons Widget using only HTML & CSS

Hello readers, Today in this blog you’ll learn how to create a Social Media Icons with CSS Glowing Effect.
The Social Media Widget is a simple widget that allows users to insert their social networks and connections profile URLs and other subscription options to show an icon to that social media site and more that open up in a separate browser window.
At first, these icons are in the initial stage where there is no glow effect. But when you hover on it, the specific hovered icon starts to glow. In the image, there is 2 Social Media Widget List with the same icons but which different glow colors. In the first widget, there are gold color glowing effects and in the second widget, there are default logo color glowing effects.
If you’re feeling difficulty to understanding what I’m saying then you can Try the code below to check the output yourself.Still facing issues? Feel free to mail us your queries on info@vikashtech.com
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- Created By praveen kumar -->
<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Glowing Social Icons</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="blog.css">
<script src="https://kit.fontawesome.com/a076d05399.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li><i class="fab fa-facebook-f"></i></li>
<li><i class="fab fa-twitter"></i></li>
<li><i class="fab fa-instagram"></i></li>
<li><i class="fab fa-linkedin-in"></i></li>
<li><i class="fab fa-youtube"></i></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
CSS
*{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
body{
display: flex;
height: 100vh;
text-align: center;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
background: #262626;
}
ul{
display: flex;
}
ul li{
position: relative;
display: block;
color: #666;
font-size: 30px;
height: 60px;
width: 60px;
background: #171515;
line-height: 60px;
border-radius: 50%;
margin: 0 15px;
cursor: pointer;
transition: .5s;
}
ul li:before{
position: absolute;
content: '';
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: inherit;
width: inherit;
/* background: #d35400; */
border-radius: 50%;
transform: scale(.9);
z-index: -1;
transition: .5s;
}
ul li:nth-child(1):before{
background: #4267B2;
}
ul li:nth-child(2):before{
background: #1DA1F2;
}
ul li:nth-child(3):before{
background: #E1306C;
}
ul li:nth-child(4):before{
background: #2867B2;
}
ul li:nth-child(5):before{
background: #ff0000;
}
ul li:hover:before{
filter: blur(3px);
transform: scale(1.2);
/* box-shadow: 0 0 15px #d35400; */
}
ul li:nth-child(1):hover:before{
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #4267B2;
}
ul li:nth-child(2):hover:before{
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #1DA1F2;
}
ul li:nth-child(3):hover:before{
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #E1306C;
}
ul li:nth-child(4):hover:before{
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #2867B2;
}
ul li:nth-child(5):hover:before{
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #ff0000;
}
ul li:nth-child(1):hover{
color: #456cba;
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #4267B2;
text-shadow: 0 0 15px #4267B2;
}
ul li:nth-child(2):hover{
color: #26a4f2;
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #1DA1F2;
text-shadow: 0 0 15px #1DA1F2;
}
ul li:nth-child(3):hover{
color: #e23670;
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #E1306C;
text-shadow: 0 0 15px #E1306C;
}
ul li:nth-child(4):hover{
color: #2a6cbb;
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #2867B2;
text-shadow: 0 0 15px #2867B2;
}
ul li:nth-child(5):hover{
color: #ff1a1a;
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #ff0000;
text-shadow: 0 0 15px #ff0000;
}
/* ul li:hover{
color: #ffa502;
box-shadow: 0 0 15px #d35400;
text-shadow: 0 0 15px #d35400;
} */
- By Praveen Kumar
- February 19, 2021 10:50 am
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- Tags: beautiful social media in html, Glowing Social Media Icons Widget using only HTML & CSS, social media glowing effect