The <footer> Tag in HTML 5
The <footer> tag is one of the HTML tags for headings and footers in HTML and contains the footer of a section. The section can be created with any of the HTML sectioning tags:
- <article> sectioning tag for articles
- <aside> sectioning tag for sidebars
- <nav> sectioning tag for navigation sections
- <section> sectioning tag
A footer for a section is usually included at the end of the section:
<section> ... <footer> <p>... copyright statement or disclaimer ...</p> </footer> </section>
A footer can also be used to enclose the HTML 5 section tags for a document index or appendix.
<footer> <section> <header> <h2>Index</h2> </header> ... </section> </footer>