HTML Footer tag <footer> is used to classify a footer for an HTML Resource or webpage.
Ideally footer should contain information about the containing HTML resource or webpage like Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Author of resource or Contact Information etc. as can be seen at the bottom of this page itself.
HTML footer tag is a closed tag and needs a closing Footer HTML tag </footer>
An HTML resource can have multiple HTML footer in it.
Note: Footer tag is new in HTML 5.
HTML Footer Tag Syntax
<footer> Some Information Here.. </footer>
HTML Footer Tag Example
| HTML Footer Tag Code | Output |
<footer> Copyright Tech Honey 2013 </footer> |
In the above HTML Footer Tag example we have used the footer tag to provide the copyright information about techhhoney.com.
HTML Footer tag supports all HTML Global Attributes and HTML Event Attributes
HTML Footer Tag Supporting Browsers
| S. No. | Browser | Supported(Yes/No) |
| 1 | Internet Explorer | Yes (From IE 9 Onwards) |
| 2 | Firefox | Yes |
| 3 | Google Chrome | Yes |
| 4 | Opera | Yes |
| 5 | Safari | Yes |
Important Point about HTML Footer Tag:
1. If contact information is provided in footer then the information should be written in HTML Address Tag