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HTML: <footer> tag

The HTML <footer> tag is an HTML5element, which defines the footer containing copyright or author information usually included in HTML documents. This tag is also commonly referred to as the <footer> element.

Online Example

Document Footer:

Example

!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>HTML5　How to use <footer> tag (Basic Tutorial Website oldtoolbag.com)</title>
</head>
<body>
<article>
　　<h1>Heading for Article</h1>
　　<p>Text that appears under article</p>
</<article>
<footer>
　　<p>Copyright ©2019</p>
</footer>
</body>
</html>

Test to see ‹/›

In this HTML5In the document example, we first created the <article> tag, and then created the <footer> tag.

Browser Compatibility

IEFirefoxOperaChromeSafari

IE 9Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari support the <footer> tag.

Note:IE 8 Early versions of IE browser do not support the <footer> tag.

tags define and explain usage.

The <footer> tag defines the footer of a document or a part of the document area.

The <footer> element should contain information about the elements it contains.

The <footer> tag can be applied to <article>, <section>, <body>, <aside>, <nav>, <blockquote>, <details>, <fieldset>, <td>, or <figure>.

In typical cases, the element will contain the name of the document creator, copyright information of the document, links to terms of use, contact information, and so on.

in a document, you can define multiple <footer> elements.

HTML 4.01 with HTML5differences

The <footer> tag is an HTML 5 in the new tags.

Tips and Notes

Tip:If you use the <footer> element to insert contact information, you should use it within the <footer> element. <address> tags.

Global attributes

Support for <footer> tag Global attributes of HTML.

Event attributes

Support for <footer> tag HTML event attributes.

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