Need help with footer menu

Topic summary

Goal: Add About Us, Quick Links, and Social Media sections to a Shopify Dawn theme footer, but the theme editor doesn’t show a footer menu/block option.

Suggested approach (from a responder):

  • Use Customize > Edit code, open footer.liquid.
  • In the browser, press F12 to Inspect, find the element with class “footer block newsletter.”
  • In footer.liquid, search for that class and insert a custom HTML/Liquid snippet (e.g., Contact Us, links, social icons) before that block.
  • Save and preview the site.

Notes:

  • Liquid is Shopify’s templating language; AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) can help write the snippet.
  • Screenshots are provided to illustrate where to place the code and the expected result.

Outcome/status:

  • No confirmation yet from the original poster; solution unverified and the thread remains open.
  • The responder also promoted a third-party support app (MooseDesk), which is not required to implement the footer changes.
Summarized with AI on December 21. AI used: gpt-5.

Hi team,

I want to have a footer section where I can mention About Us, Quick Links, and Social Media Handles. I am using the Dawn theme and I looked at a couple of videos but I don’t see a Footer menu option where I can add blocks in the Footer section. Attaching the screenshot. Please help.

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Hi @onyadiamonds ,

Thanks for reaching out to the community. We are MooseDesk, a comprehensive Live Chat, FAQ & Helpdesk App designed to elevate your customer support experience.

To add blocks to the footer, you need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Go to Edit code in the Customize function
Step 2: Find the footer.liquid file
Step 3: Add the code snippet to your desired location.
Ex: Here, I want to add the code before the block with the class name “footer block newsletter”. I use the browser’s inspect elements feature (press F12), click on the button that looks like an image, and hover the mouse over the position where I want to add the block.

I search for the class name “footer block newsletter” in the liquid file, then add the code before it.

Code example:


  Contact Us

You can use AI tools like chatGPT, Claude to help write the desired Liquid code snippet.

Result:

Step 4: Click save and return to the website to check the result

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