Appearance

Usage

Open Appearance → Customize → Footer & Contact → Appearance to design the theme footer. Pick a Layout, set the Background and Reverse Print, then choose which areas appear: address, navigation, newsletter sign-up, and site search.

Each Layout shows a small sketch of where the logo, contact details, menu, and search sit:

• Centered stacks everything down the middle.
• Columns puts the logo, contact details, menu, and search side by side.
• Split puts the logo and contact details on the left and the menu on the right. Reverse Split swaps the sides.
• Directory puts the logo, social icons, and search on a top line, then your contact details and each menu group as even columns across the footer. Good for big menus.
• Signature puts your contact details, menu, and social icons on top, then stretches the footer logo across the full width. Looks best with an SVG wordmark.
• Feature gives the left half to a call to action: the Contact Headline set large, the Contact Description, and search or newsletter sign-up. The menu and contact details sit on the right.
• Masthead echoes your site header: logo with a single-row menu on top, then contact details, hours, and search in even columns.
• Panel puts the logo, contact details, and social icons on a softly tinted panel, with the menu and search beside it.
• Banded is a compact centered footer in bands split by thin lines: logo, a single-row menu, your contact details on one line, then social icons.
• Cards puts the logo, a single-row menu, and social icons on top, then contact details, hours, and search each in a soft card. Good for local businesses.
• Spotlight opens with a centered call to action (the Contact Headline, Contact Description, and search or newsletter sign-up), then the logo, menu, and social icons in one row.

Masthead, Banded, and Cards always show the menu as a single row.

Menu Style sets how the footer menu shows. Grouped makes each top-level item a heading with its sub-items listed below. Single Column lists only the top-level items, one per line, as plain links. Single Row puts them side by side, wrapping onto a second line on small screens.

Padding sets the space above and below the footer content, using the same sizes as the Background block. MD is the standard footer spacing. Pick SM or None for a compact footer, or LG or XL for a roomier one.

Bottom Bar adds a slim row along the bottom of the footer with your copyright on one side and the Footer Legal Menu (Privacy Policy, Terms, and similar) on the other.

Headline Style and Text Size set how the footer headings and text look. Social icons follow Icon Size, and Social Colors switches them to each network's brand colors.

When to use it

• Replacing placeholder footer text with your real content before launch.
• Turning on Show Newsletter or Show Search.
• Dark footers on light pages: turn on Reverse Print for light text.

Tips

• Show Navigation displays the menu assigned to Footer Menu under Appearance → Menus. Create that menu first.
• For the Bottom Bar links, assign a short menu to Footer Legal Menu under Appearance → Menus.
• Used to have Truncated Menu? It's now Split with Menu Style set to Single Row. Used Minimal? It's now Signature with the Bottom Bar on. Both switch over automatically.
• Show Address displays the details you enter under Contact Information.
• The newsletter area needs a sign-up method set under Settings → Newsletters. Keep Show Newsletter off until it's ready.
• Additional Info is a free-form area for disclaimers or partner logos. Keep it short.
• This panel controls the built-in theme footer. A footer built with the Dirigible Footer plugin replaces it.