Add content block to footer

Question

I would like to add some content to the footer.

I followed few tutorials and was able to edit (remove some and add some others) default footer links by editing the file:

website-root/app/design/frontend/MJ/theme/Magento_Theme/layout/default.xml

And I was able to add extra content to footer from:

Admin: Content > Blocks > Add New Block

and then reference that block from a Widget. The Widget was set up to appear in the container: Page Footer

and it showed to right under subscribe button as seen in the image above.

I tried changing the container to Page Footer Container

but it showed just under existing links.

I still have a lot to learn while customizing this theme, therefore, I would appreciate any insights you could provide into how to handle this in Magento.

Answer 1

Remove Default Footer in default.xml file

<referenceContainer name="footer" remove="true"/>

And also Add following code in default.xml

<referenceContainer name="footer-container">
           <block class="Magento\Theme\Block\Html\Footer" name="footer_block" as="footer_block" template="html/footer.phtml"/>
        </referenceContainer>

And add static block in your theme file footer.phtml

$block->getLayout()->createBlock('Magento\Cms\Block\Block')->setBlockId('your_block_id')->toHtml();

Answer 2

Remove default links:

<referenceBlock name="footer_links" remove="true"/>

And put your block into this:

<referenceContainer name="footer">              
    <block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" name="custom_links" before="-">
        <arguments>
            <argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">custom_links</argument>
        </arguments>
    </block>            
</referenceContainer>