How to Move the Bottom Part of the Footer Up in Shopify: Our Wacky Adventure with CSS

Ah, the footer. Much like the undercarriage of a car or the soles of well-worn shoes, the footer of a website is often overlooked. But let’s be honest—we all know there’s power there, right? For Tim, trying to get the year and store name off their virtual knees and up with the grown-ups was a conundrum. It immediately took me back to the time we painted our kitchen three times in one weekend. We wanted the perfect shade, just as Tim wants the perfect footer. So, fellow footersmiths, let’s dive into this digital interior design and get those footer elements moving!

1. The Day We Found the Perfect Blue

On the first day of our kitchen-painting saga, we courageously decided on what was allegedly "Cornflower Blue," but it looked more like a toddler’s attempt at finger painting. Like us standing there with blue paint in our hair, Tim was elbow-deep in CSS, inching elements upward but not quite achieving the polished look he was aiming for. There’s a delicate art to CSS, you see—it’s all about finesse and patience. Here’s how we can help Tim finesse his footer mission using some steeped-in-love-and-experience tips.

Step 1: Access the Shopify Theme Editor

First things first, let’s get cozy with the Shopify Theme Editor. Much like we started with an ambitious brush stroke, you’ll want to start by accessing the backend of your Shopify store.

1. Log in to your Shopify admin panel.
2. Navigate to Online Store > Themes.
3. Click on Customize to enter the theme editor—think of it as your digital paintbrush.

Step 2: Find the Footprint of Your Footer

As we gazed at our rapidly drying travesty of a wall, Tim, too, was faced with something peculiar on his Shopify page. We need to see the CSS entries like uncovering a treasure map.

1. In the theme editor, peek into the Edit Code section—usually found via a steep learning curve within Actions > Edit Code.
2. Locate your theme.scss.liquid or similar CSS file. This is your canvas.

Step 3: Make Those Pixels Dance with CSS

And then, the skies parted. On day two of our painting odyssey, we uncovered just the right shade in a forgotten aisle of the hardware store. Tim is seeking a similar eureka moment. This is how we do it—let’s nudge those footer elements upwards.

Below is the CSS magic spell customized to lift the year and store name:

.footer__content-bottom {
  padding-top: unset !important;
}

.footer__store-name,
.footer__year {
  position: relative;
  top: -20px; /* adjust this value to move it higher or lower */
}

Add this snippet at the end of your CSS file, and remember—just like bold strokes on a canvas, negative values can move elements up.

2. Your Footer's Best Friend: The Refresh Button

On our third attempt, after a memorable coffee incident involving both a dog and an overturned paint bucket, the refresh on our palette worked wonders as Tim will find diddling around with the browser refresh after saving edits.

Step 4: Refresh and Review

Once you’ve pasted the oasis of CSS into the Explorer’s realm of your code:

1. Save it—guard it like it’s the last cookie in the jar.
2. Head back to your storefront and hit refresh harder than whacking a piñata during a sugar-enthused celebration.

Step 5: Test Across Devices

Trust, just as we realized our perfect blue matched nothing else in the house, you’ll want to make sure your footer’s sky dance looks nifty across all devices.

3. The Joy of Transformed Footers...and Walls

Eventually, we sat in our newly blue haven, sipping tea (and shunning paint cans forever), enjoying the hard-won result. Hopefully, Tim will look at a footer that’s not a floor dweller anymore.

Playing with code is like an art form—exhilarating, sometimes messy, always rewarding. Tim’s solution was only a few lines of code away, but it mirrored our painting journey: exploration, experimentation, and finally, a space we love. Let’s celebrate those little victories, be it the perfect wall or a footloose footer. Let us know, dear friend—did your footer dance too?