Newsletter compact

Theme section

The Newsletter (Compact) section promotes your email newsletter with a minimal on-page signup form. Customize this section with a flexible layout, multiple style blocks, social media icons, and an optional image.

See the Newsletter section for a more prominent sign-up form with further design elements. The Popup and Footer sections can also include a newsletter signup block.

Shopify | Newsletter subscribers are added to your "accepts marketing" Customers list. You can learn more about how to manage Shopify customer emails from their Email subscriber list management ↗ and Using Shopify Email for email marketing ↗ article.

Set up section

Add this section to any template (except Checkout) and use the drag-and-drop handles to re-order its position. You can add this section multiple times with different content and settings.

Editing a template changes all pages that use that template. To edit specific pages, you can create new templates or insert dynamic content with metafields

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Select a Template to edit from the dropdown menu in the top bar.

   Learn how to use templates in our Templates guide.

2. Under Template, click (+) Add section and select Newsletter compact.

3. Click and hold the drag-and-drop handles ⋮⋮ to re-order your sections.

Add section headings

Add a section title and promotional text. The section headings are included as blocks nested within the section.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Heading block to change the text ("Subscribe to our newsletter") for the section title.

   we recommend a short title of just a few words.

   Set the Heading size to Small, Medium, or Large.

2. Click the Subheading block to add a few sentences below the heading.

   We recommend two or three short sentences that tells customers what they can expect if they sign up.

   Set the Text size to Small, Medium, or Large.

3. (Optional.) Add a Accent block and enter text to display a small heading in all capitals above the main heading.

   We recommend a short one or two word label.

4. Click Save.

Add layout blocks

Add a Spacer block to adjust the space between content blocks and a Border block to change the layout and look of your section.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click (+) Add block and select a Spacer or Border block.

2. (For the Spacer block) open the settings to adjust the amount of space in pixel using the slider.

   
3. (Optional.) Use the drag and drop handles ⋮⋮ to change the order of the blocks.

   

   Click Remove block or the eye icon to delete or hide a block.

Section style

Adjust the overall section style by changing the Padding around the section content, and add an optional Top divider to clearly separate sections.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click on the Newsletter compact section to open the settings.

2. Select a Spacing mode to change the distance between the headings and sign-up from. From smallest to largest: Compact, Space evenly, or Space between.

3. Select a Text alignment for the headings.

4. Choose to Enable animation to show visual effects when scrolling, hovering, or interacting with the section.

   Learn more about Section animations.

5. Choose to display a Top divider that separates sections with a Solid line.

   The Top divider uses the color of Lines and borders set in the Theme settings.

6. Select a Padding option to change the spacing between sections. Choose between Top and bottom, Top only, Bottom only, or set it to None.

7. Set the Content width of the section to Full width or use the slider to use a custom width between 400 - 1000 pixels.

8. Click Save.

Settings reference

Click (+) Add block to find and select the following blocks. Use the drag-and-drop handles ⋮⋮ to change the order of the blocks.

Setting	Description
Newsletter signup	Change the signup button text and style, and change the footer text below the signup field.
Text content	Add multiple lines of rich text.
Image	Add a small image with an adjustable size.
Social icons	Show icons for your social media links added in your theme settings.

Click the Newsletter compact section to find the following settings.

Layout

Setting	Description
Spacing mode	Change the spacing between elements to have Space between, Space evenly, use Compact spacing.
Text alignment	Align the headings to the Left, Center, or Right of the section.

Background image

Setting	Description
Image	Select or upload an image to display as the background. There are no required image dimensions. We recommend a minimum width of 2500px.
Mobile image	Select or upload an image to display as the background of the banner on mobile devices. There are no required image dimensions. We recommend a minimum width of 1200px.
Image focal point	Select the most important part of your image to keep centered. Use focal points to avoid unwanted cropping across different screen sizes. You can specify a focal point for an image used within a section or for an uploaded image file. Learn more in our Image settings guide.

Color and overlay

Setting	Description
Background	Select the color of the section background.
Text	Enter multiple lines of text.
Input color	Select the color of the inputted text of the fields.
Input Background	Select the color of the section background.
Button	Select the color of the button background.
Solid button text	If the Solid button style is selected in the button block settings, select the color for the button text.
Overlay	Select a color to overlay the image. This option helps provide contrast with text and headings to keep them clear and readable.
Overlay gradient	Add a color overlay that fades across a range of hues. You can choose the style, angle, position, and opacity of the gradient. See Shopify's color gradient guide ↗ to learn more.
Overlay opacity	Use the slider to adjust the transparency of the overlay color. Set the opacity to 0% to turn off the overlay color. If set to 100%, the overlay will be opaque.

Section style

Setting	Description
Enable animation	Choose whether to display visual effects when scrolling, hovering, or interacting with the section. See the Animation guide to learn more.
Top divider	Show a solid border above the section to visually separate it from other sections. The Top divider uses the Lines and borders color selected in the theme color settings.
Padding	Add a margin of space around the section to either the Top and bottom, Top only, Bottom only, or set it to None.
Content width	Display the section at Full width or use the slider to set a custom width between 400 - 1000 pixels.

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Related links

Newsletter Popup Signup Footer newsletter Email subscriber list management ↗ Using Shopify email for email marketing ↗