Footer Section is the bottommost part of your store that appears on all pages. It typically contains important information, links, and elements that users may need to access, such as contact details, navigation links, payment options, and other essential information. The footer is an integral part of your store design, providing valuable information and enhancing user experience.
Footer section split its section in to 4 columns at most based on availability. If any column leave unassigned, particular column will be hidden.
To add the Footer,
- Go to Online Store > Themes and click Customize in your Shopify admin
- Then click Add section under Footer area. Now you can choose Footer from the list.
You can find following settings inside the Footer section,
| General Settings | Description |
|---|---|
| Column width levels | It will define how long the column will be. It will display 4 column levels |
| Show payment icons | Option to show/hide available payment icons. |
| Colophon text | It will display the copyright text at the bottom of footer |
| Show powered by link | Set to display Shopify link next to colophon text. |
You can also find common section settings inside the Footer.
Blocks
Footer includes 6 dedicated blocks that can be used for making your footer feature-rich & more customizable. Below you can find the list of blocks belonging to Footer
- Image
- Text
- Menu links
- Newsletter form
- Social media
- Country & language
- Follow on shop
All blocks will have a Column choice option to assign the respective block.
Image
Image allow to display simple image, brand identity or logo. You can repeat the block multiple times. You can find following settings inside image block.
| General Settings | Description |
|---|---|
| Image | It will allow you to display simple image |
| Image width | Set the image width for the image |
Text
Text allow to display text as a heading or simple paragraph text based on the choices. It’s an repeatable block. You can control the width of text inside block settings.
| General Settings | Description |
|---|---|
| Text | It will allow you to display simple text |
| Custom width | Set the custom width for the text |
Menu links
Menu links will display menu items as a list. You can create menu from Online Store -> Navigation
| General Settings | Description |
|---|---|
| Menu choice | Set the menu to display in footer |
| Show menu title | Option to display the title of the menu. for ex. Footer menu |
Newsletter form
his block allow you to display newsletter form that allow your customers to subscribe your service by submitting the form with necessary information. It can be used only once inside footer.
Country & language
This block allow you to display language & country dropdown selector based on the availability. It can be used only once inside footer.
| General Settings | Description |
|---|---|
| Enable country selector | It allows you to show/hide the country selector. |
| Enable language selector | It allows you to show/hide the language selector |
Social media
This block allow you to display all social profile links, if available. You can add the link for social profile at Theme settings
| General Settings | Description |
|---|---|
| Display style | It allows you to choose from any of the available style |
Follow on shop
This block supports Shopify in-built feature follow on shop. It will let customers follow your store in the Shop app. Followers receive store updates through push notifications, in-app messages, and feed recommendations. To use Follow on Shop, you need to have the Shop channel installed, and Shop Pay activated on your store. You can find more information about Follow on shop here