Footer section

The footer in Palo Alto has customizable elements in the form of section blocks. You can add in blocks by clicking the small arrow icon next to the footer section then clicking the 'add block' buttons:

Add block
Add section

While there are a good number of different blocks, you can only use up to five. Be sure to use the ones you need the most.

Section settings

The Footer section is the bottom-most area of your store that allows you to display branding elements, navigational links, subscription options, locale selectors, and various custom content blocks. You can include up to 6 blocks to create a flexible, brand-aligned layout.

Settings
Type
Description

Appearance

Show footer wave

checkbox

Toggles a decorative wave shape above the footer.

Enable footer parallax

checkbox

Adds a parallax scroll effect to the footer background (Desktop only, disabled on Safari).

Increase border radius

checkbox

Adds rounded corners to the top of the footer (Only applies if parallax is enabled and wave is disabled).

Bottom bar

Alignment

select

Sets alignment of bottom content (mobile only): Left, or Center.

Show social icons

checkbox

Displays social media icons set in Theme settings.

Enable Follow on Shop

checkbox

Adds a 'Follow on Shop' button for the Shop app.

Show payment icons

checkbox

Displays icons for accepted payment methods.

Enable greyscale for payment icons

checkbox

Converts payment icons to greyscale.

Menu

link_list

Assigns a navigation menu for the footer.

Colors

Text

color

Sets the text color.

Background

color

Sets the background color.

Border

color

Sets the border color.

Language selector

Show language selector

checkbox

Displays a dropdown to change the language.

Show language code only

checkbox

Displays only the language code (e.g., 'EN').

Country/Region selector

Show country selector

checkbox

Enables a dropdown to change the customer's country/region.

Show country name

checkbox

Displays the country name beside the selector.

Show country flag

checkbox

Displays the country flag in the selector.

Section spacing

Width

select

Sets footer width: Page width or Full width padded.

Padding top

range

Top spacing.

Padding bottom

range

Bottom spacing.

Note: there is no option to remove the 'Powered by Shopify' text in the section settings. To remove it, please check out our next post.

Remove 'Powered by Shopify'

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