HTML footer Tag

Example

A footer section in a document:

<footer>
  <p>Posted by: Hege Refsnes</p>
  <p>Contact information: <ahref="mailto:someone@example.com">
  someone@example.com</a>.</p>
</footer>

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Definition and Usage

The <footer> tag defines a footer for a document or section.

A <footer> element should contain information about its containing element.

A <footer> element typically contains:

• authorship information
• copyright information
• contact information
• sitemap
• back to top links
• related documents

You can have several <footer> elements in one document.

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Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the element.

Element
<footer>	6.0	9.0	4.0	5.0	11.1

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Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The <footer> tag is new in HTML5.

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Tips and Notes

Tip: Contact information inside a <footer> element should go inside an <address> tag.

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Global Attributes

The <footer> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

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Event Attributes

The <footer> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

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Related Pages

HTML DOM reference: Footer Object

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Default CSS Settings

Most browsers will display the <footer> element with the following default values:

footer { 
  display: block;}