Footer
A guide to create and add menu items to build your store's footer
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A guide to create and add menu items to build your store's footer
Last updated
The footer is the content section at the bottom of a web page. The footer menu typically contains quick links to your homepage, about us page, blogs page, contact page, policy page, etc.
A great website footer will help your visitors navigate your site and will lead to a better e-commerce and user experience.
In this article, we will show you how to edit the Footer section.
You can freely customize the footer section to suit your business needs, such as adding a footer menu, a newsletter, store contact, and other blocks.
Steps
In the theme editor (Customize) > click Footer
Make necessary changes.
Save the settings.
See how to adjust the Container settings
See how to adjust the Color scheme settings
A Copyright notice informs the public that the work is protected by copyright. To know more about copyright, see Copyright.
You can hide/show the copyright notice by disabling/enabling the Show copyright toggle.
Enable the Show divider toggle to add a visual divider line above the footer for separation.
Follow on Shop allows customers to follow your store on the Shop app. When a customer follows your store, they can receive personalized recommendations and notifications about your products. This helps you to create a more personalized shopping experience for your customers.
Follow on Shop button is available on Zest version 6.0.0 and above.
To enable the Follow on Shop button, you need to have the Shop channel installed, and Shop Pay activated on your store.
The same as the header, this element provides extra information for the footer such as Social media icons, Country/region selector, Language selector, etc. by ticking/unticking the corresponding checkboxes.
Social media icons: To display icons for any social media platforms that you've entered a profile link for in your theme settings > Social media.
In the Social media icons settings, you can also change the Icon size:
Extra-small
Small
Extra-medium
Medium
Large
Country/region selector: To add a country/region selector to your footer.
Language selector: To add a language selector to your footer.
Providing various purchasing methods makes checkout easier for your customers and enhances your brand perception. To see how to set up alternative payment methods for your store, see Payments.
You can enable/disable showing payment icons by ticking/unticking the checkbox.
If your payment icons are not appearing, learn more: Show Payment icons on the Footer 🔥
The Bottom Menu in Zest theme allows merchants to customize footer links, such as policies, payment options, and social media, ensuring easy customer navigation. It’s customizable through the theme editor for quick adjustments.
You can select Menu which is suitable for the Bottom menu. See How to Create a menu in Shopify.
Each block comes with a setting to Open collapsible tab by default and Show divider on mobile view (excluding the Logo, Contact bar, and Empty column blocks).
Display the existing menu that you have already created in Shopify admin > Navigation.
Heading: Set a custom title for the menu block (e.g., Quick Links).
Heading size: Select the size of the heading text.
Heading - Medium
Heading - Large
Heading - Extra large
Heading - Extra extra large
Mega title - Base
Menu: Choose which menu to display in the footer.
Only top-level menu items will be shown (submenus are not displayed).
Column width: Adjust the width of the menu column as a percentage of the total footer width (10 - 60%).
Display your store contact info at the top of the Footer:
Color scheme: Choose a predefined color scheme to match your store’s design.
Heading: Set the title for the contact block (e.g., Need help?).
Working hours: Add your business hours to inform customers when support is available (e.g., Example: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Mon to Sun).
Email: Enter your customer support email address.
Phone: Add a contact phone number for customer support.
Show divider: Adds a visual divider line above the contact bar for better separation.
Custom classes: Add custom CSS classes for additional styling. This is useful for developers or advanced users who want to modify the appearance with custom CSS.
Newsletter subscriptions are saved in Shopify Customers.
Display store details, promotions, or brand content with your customers.
Use Empty column block to add more space between existing columns.
Width: Adjust the width of the empty column to create spacing between elements (30 - 300px).
Custom classes: Add custom CSS classes for additional styling. This is useful for developers or advanced users who want to modify the appearance with custom CSS.
The Image block allows you to add an image to the footer, which can be used for branding, trust badges, promotional graphics, or any other visual element.
The Custom HTML/Liquid block allows you to add custom HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or Liquid code to the footer section. This is useful for advanced customizations such as embedding widgets, adding scripts, or displaying dynamic content.
The Logo block allows you to display your brand’s logo at the bottom of the footer for enhanced branding and recognition.
The Logo block can only be added once in the footer section.
See Changelog.
The Logo block is only available in Zest version 9.0.0 and above.
