Suggestion: Adding a Subscription Newsletter Form in the Footer

[richarddushime]

As discussed in the last meeting, I propose placing the subscription newsletter form in the footer. This ensures it is automatically visible across all pages, enhancing accessibility and engagement.

For specific cases, we can still insert the form at the top or middle of the content on certain pages where it is more contextually relevant.

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[LukasWallrich]

Thanks @richarddushime! Personally, I find this a bit much on every single page, and at times it can be a bit unclear whether this is page-specific or general, e.g., in the mobile screenshot below.

I'd be very happy with a footer that includes a brief link - or even with the full sign-up sheet if we separate the footer visually from the remainder of the page, e.g., with a line or slightly darker background - but am also happy to be convinced that we should go for this as is.

@flavioazevedo in case the staging updates, here mobile and desktop screenshots. What do you think?

[richarddushime]

@LukasWallrich @flavioazevedo

Sure, while it might seem like a lot for every page, consider the scenario where someone has to search for a specific page just to find the newsletter form—that could be a bit confusing. I think this can likely happen as of current placement of the form.

As you suggested, visually distinguishing the 2 parts of the footer, sounds like a great idea to me.

[LukasWallrich]

Ok - can you make a suggestion for how to separate the footer? I'm not sure where to edit the theme CSS, but I think you can add extra CSS in /assets/css and might need to add a class to the footer template you edited?

Personally I would still tend to prefer a text link rather than the form on every page, but happy to go with your judgement there.

[richarddushime]

I will try out both possibilities and push a different PR to compare which we can go with