HTML5 <footer> Tag
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Description
The <footer> element represents the footer of a document or a section.
A footer typically contains information about the author of the document, copyright information, links to related documents etc. The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.
| Placement: | Block |
|---|---|
| Content: | Block, Inline and text, but no <footer> or <header> |
| Start/End Tag: | Start tag: required, End tag: required |
| Version: | New in HTML5 |
Syntax
The basic syntax of the <footer> tag is given with:
HTML / XHTML: <footer> ... </footer>
The example below shows the <footer> tag in action.
Example
Try this code »<footer>
<nav>
<p><a href="#">Terms of Use</a> | <a href="#">Privacy Policy</a></p>
</nav>
<p>Copyright © 2014 Tutorial Republic</p>
</footer>Tag-Specific Attributes
The <footer> tag doesn't have any specific attribute.
Global Attributes
Like all other HTML tags, the <footer> tag supports the global attributes in HTML5.
Event Attributes
The <footer> tag also supports the event attributes in HTML5.
Browser Compatibility
The <footer> tag is supported in all major modern browsers.
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Basic Support—
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Further Reading
See tutorial on: HTML Layout.
