09-Feb-2026 — add explicit visibility toggles for all social media footer icons ref: #158

build 472 — commit 246f158

Previously, social media icons (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Meetup) appeared in the website footer based solely on whether the external system object existed in the configuration — not whether the admin had chosen to display them. This caused Twitter and LinkedIn icons to appear unexpectedly, and made it impossible to control YouTube visibility from the admin panel.

What changed

• Footer icon display — every icon now checks the showFooterLink boolean rather than mere object existence, giving admins full control over which icons are visible.

• Admin panel (System Settings → Footer) — added "Show" checkboxes for Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Instagram and Meetup already had these toggles; all six platforms are now consistent.

• LinkedIn admin fields — added URL input and visibility toggle that were previously missing from the admin panel entirely.

• Backwards-compatible migration — existing configurations are handled automatically on first load:

  • Facebook: if a groupUrl was already configured, showFooterLink defaults to true so the icon continues to appear.
  • Meetup: same logic as Facebook.
  • YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn: default to showFooterLink false, matching the previous absent-object behaviour.
  • Instagram: already had showFooterLink, no change needed.

How to configure (for admins)

1. Go to Admin → System Settings → Footer tab.
2. Under "Column 1: External Urls", each social platform now has:

• A "Show [Platform]" checkbox — tick to display the icon in the footer, untick to hide it.
• A URL field — enter the group/page URL for that platform.

3. Click Save. Changes take effect immediately. To achieve the requested setup (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Meetup only), ensure that:

✓ Show Facebook — ticked, with URL filled in

✓ Show Youtube — ticked, with URL filled in

✓ Show Instagram — ticked (was already available)

✓ Show Meetup — ticked (was already available)

✗ Show Twitter — unticked

✗ Show LinkedIn — unticked