Custom Shopify Footer – Responsive, SEO-Friendly & Newsletter Integration

                    <!-- 
Custom Shopify Footer Section
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Tech Stack: 
- HTML, CSS, Liquid (Shopify’s templating language)
- No JavaScript/jQuery used (purely Liquid & CSS for performance optimization)

Features:
- Responsive and customizable footer
- Dynamic menu links using Shopify's menu system
- Newsletter signup form (Shopify customer form)
- Social media icons support
- SEO-friendly with structured headings and proper hierarchy

Promotion: 
For more prebuilt Shopify templates, check out: https://prebuilttemplates.com/
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-->

<section class="custom-footer" style="background-color: {{ section.settings.background_color }}; ">
  <div class="custom-footer-container ">
    <div class="custom-footer-top">
      <!-- Left Column: Menu Blocks -->
      <div class="custom-footer-menu">
        {% for block in section.blocks %}
          {% if block.type == 'menu' %}
            <div class="footer-menu-group">
              <h4 class="footer-menu-title" style="color: {{ section.settings.font_color }};">{{ block.settings.menu_title }}</h4>
              <ul class="footer-menu-links">
                {% for link in block.settings.menu.links %}
                  <li><a href="{{ link.url }}" style="color: {{ section.settings.font_color }};">{{ link.title }}</a></li>
                {% endfor %}
              </ul>
            </div>
          {% endif %}
        {% endfor %}
      </div>

      <!-- Right Column: Newsletter & Socials -->
      <div class="custom-footer-newsletter">
        <div class="custom-footer-newsletter-wrapper">
        <h4 style="color: {{ section.settings.font_color }};">{{ section.settings.newsletter_title }}</h4>
        <p style="color: {{ section.settings.font_color }};">{{ section.settings.newsletter_text }}</p>



            <!-- Shopify Newsletter Form -->
          <div class="newsletter-form-container">
            {% form 'customer', class: 'newsletter-form' %}
              <input type="hidden" name="contact[tags]" value="newsletter">
              <div class="newsletter-input-wrapper">
                <input
                  id="NewsletterForm--{{ section.id }}"
                  type="email"
                  name="contact[email]"
                  class="newsletter-input"
                  value="{{ form.email }}"
                  aria-required="true"
                  autocorrect="off"
                  autocapitalize="off"
                  autocomplete="email"
                  placeholder="Your email"
                  required>
                <button type="submit" class="newsletter-button">{{ section.settings.subscribe_button_text }}</button>
              </div>

              <!-- Error Handling -->
              {% if form.errors %}
                <p class="newsletter-error">{{ form.errors.messages.email }}</p>
              {% endif %}

              <!-- Success Message -->
              {% if form.posted_successfully? %}
                <p class="newsletter-success">{{ 'newsletter.success' | t }}</p>
              {% endif %}
            {% endform %}
          </div>


          
        <label class="footer-privacy">
          <input type="checkbox" required>
          <span style="color: {{ section.settings.font_color }};">I accept the <a href="{{ section.settings.privacy_link }}" style="color: {{ section.settings.font_color }};">privacy policy</a></span>
        </label>
        <!-- Social Icons -->
        <div class="footer-social-icons">
          {% render 'social-icons' %}
        </div>
      </div>
           </div> 
    </div>

    <!-- Bottom: Store Title -->
    <div class="custom-footer-bottom">
      <h2 style="color: {{ section.settings.font_color }};">{{ section.settings.store_title }}</h2>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

<style>
.custom-footer {
  color: #fff;
}


.custom-footer-top {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  
    border-bottom: 1px solid #333;
}
  
  
.custom-footer-menu {
  display: flex;
  gap: 50px;
    border-right: 1px solid #333;
}
.custom-footer-newsletter ,.custom-footer-menu {
    padding: 45px;
}


.footer-menu-title {
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: bold;
}

.footer-menu-links {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
}

.footer-menu-links li a {
  text-decoration: none;
  font-size: 14px;
  display: block;
  padding: 5px 0;
}

.footer-menu-links li a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}
.custom-footer-bottom h2 {
    font-size: 10rem;
    margin: 0;
}
.custom-footer-newsletter h4 {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 28px;
    margin: 0;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.custom-footer-newsletter p {
    font-size: 18px;
    margin: 0;
    line-height: 1.4;
    letter-spacing: 0;
}
.footer-newsletter-form {
  display: flex;
  gap: 10px;
  margin-top: 20px;
}

.footer-newsletter-form input {
  padding: 10px;
  width: 100%;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 5px;
}

.footer-newsletter-form button {
  border: none;
  padding: 10px 15px;
  cursor: pointer;
  border-radius: 5px;
}

.footer-privacy {
    font-size: 12px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    display: flex;
}

.footer-social-icons {
  margin-top: 15px;
}

.footer-social-icons a {
  margin-right: 10px;
  font-size: 18px;
}

.footer-social-icons a:hover {
  opacity: 0.7;
}

.custom-footer-bottom {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px 0;
  font-size: 24px;
  font-weight: bold;
}

  .footer-social-icons ul.list-unstyled.list-social li.list-social__item svg path {
    fill: #fff;
}
  .footer-social-icons ul.list-unstyled.list-social {
    display: flex;
}
  .custom-footer-newsletter-wrapper {
    max-width: 470px;
}


  @media(max-width:749px){
    .custom-footer-top {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}
    .custom-footer-menu {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #333;
}
  }
  @media(max-width:542px){
.custom-footer-menu {
    gap: 0;
    justify-content: space-between;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.custom-footer-bottom h2 {
    font-size: 4rem;
}
.custom-footer-newsletter, .custom-footer-menu {
    padding: 30px 20px;
}
  }

.newsletter-form-container {
  margin-top: 15px;
}

.newsletter-input-wrapper {
  display: flex;
  gap: 10px;
}

.newsletter-input {
  padding: 10px;
  width: 100%;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 5px;
}

.newsletter-button {
  border: none;
  padding: 10px 15px;
  cursor: pointer;
  border-radius: 5px;
  background: #fff;
  color: #111;
}

.newsletter-button:hover {
  background: #ccc;
}

.newsletter-error {
  color: red;
  font-size: 12px;
  margin-top: 5px;
}

.newsletter-success {
    color: #818181;
    font-size: 16px!important;
    margin-top: 10px!important;
}

label.footer-privacy span {
    color: #818181!important;
}


  
</style>

{% schema %}
{
  "name": "Footer Section",
  "settings": [
    {
      "type": "color",
      "id": "background_color",
      "label": "Background Color",
      "default": "#111"
    },
    {
      "type": "range",
      "id": "padding_top",
      "label": "Padding Top",
      "default": 40,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 200,
      "step": 5
    },
    {
      "type": "range",
      "id": "padding_bottom",
      "label": "Padding Bottom",
      "default": 40,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 200,
      "step": 5
    },
    {
      "type": "color",
      "id": "font_color",
      "label": "Text Color",
      "default": "#ffffff"
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "id": "store_title",
      "label": "Store Title",
      "default": "section.store"
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "id": "newsletter_title",
      "label": "Newsletter Title",
      "default": "JOIN US"
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "id": "newsletter_text",
      "label": "Newsletter Text",
      "default": "Sign up for exclusive offers, original stories, events and more."
    },
    {
      "type": "text",
      "id": "subscribe_button_text",
      "label": "Subscribe Button Text",
      "default": "SUBSCRIBE"
    },
    {
      "type": "url",
      "id": "privacy_link",
      "label": "Privacy Policy Link"
    }
  ],
  "blocks": [
    {
      "type": "menu",
      "name": "Footer Menu",
      "settings": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "id": "menu_title",
          "label": "Menu Title",
          "default": "Our Collections"
        },
        {
          "type": "link_list",
          "id": "menu",
          "label": "Select Menu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "presets": [
    {
      "name": "Footer Section",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "type": "menu",
          "settings": {
            "menu_title": "Our Collections"
          } 
        },
        {
          "type": "menu",
          "settings": {
            "menu_title": "Help & About"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
{% endschema %}