Website footer

Last updated January 05, 2026

In web design, a footer is the bottom section of a website. It is used across many websites around the internet. Footers can contain any type of HTML content, including text, images and links.

HTML5 introduced the <footer> element.^[1]^[2]^{[ when? ]}

Common items that are included or linked to from footers are copyright, sitemaps, privacy policies, terms of use, contact details and directions.^[3]

Infinite scrolling cannot be used in combination with footers, because the footer becomes inaccessible.^[4]

References

↑ Castro, Elizabeth (2014). HTML and CSS: visual quickstart guide. Bruce Hyslop (8th ed.). Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. ISBN 978-0-13-343893-2. OCLC 859846770.
↑ "HTML: HyperText Markup Language". Mozilla Developer Network. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
↑ "Website Footer Design Best Practices: 27 Things to Put at the Bottom". Orbit Media Studios. 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
↑ Cooper, Alan; Reimann, Robert; Cronin, Dave; Cooper, Alan (2014). About face: the essentials of interaction design (Fourth ed.). Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-76657-6.

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[1] Castro, Elizabeth (2014). HTML and CSS: visual quickstart guide. Bruce Hyslop (8th ed.). Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. ISBN 978-0-13-343893-2. OCLC 859846770.

[2] "HTML: HyperText Markup Language". Mozilla Developer Network. Retrieved 2021-03-28.

[3] "Website Footer Design Best Practices: 27 Things to Put at the Bottom". Orbit Media Studios. 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2021-03-28.

[4] Cooper, Alan; Reimann, Robert; Cronin, Dave; Cooper, Alan (2014). About face: the essentials of interaction design (Fourth ed.). Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-76657-6.

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