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Usage
The footer element represents a footer for the section it applies to. A footer typically contains information about its section such as who wrote it, links to related documents, copyright data, and the like.
Footers don't necessarily have to appear at the end of a section, though they usually do. Here is a page with two footers, one at the top and one at the bottom, with the same content:
<body>
<footer><a href="../">Back to index...</a></footer>
<header>
<h1>Lorem ipsum</h1>
<h2>The ipsum of all lorems</h2>
</header>
<p>A dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim
veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex
ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in
culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
<footer><a href="../">Back to index...</a></footer>
</body>
Attributes
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Browser compatibility
Compatibility table legend
| Test | IE8 | IE7 | IE6 | FF3 | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9 | Chrome | |:---------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:---------|:--------|:-----------| | appears in DOM | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | | applies style | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |