What is Footer?
The short answer
The footer is the bottom section of every page, holding secondary links, contact details, legal pages and often a newsletter sign-up.
Footer, explained
Visitors who reach the bottom are looking for something specific, so a good footer works like a small sitemap.
Questions people ask about Footer
What is Footer?
The footer is the bottom section of every page, holding secondary links, contact details, legal pages and often a newsletter sign-up.
Related terms
The navigation menu is the set of links, usually across the top of a site, that lets visitors move between its main sections.
SitemapA sitemap is a list of a website's pages: an XML file for search engines, or a page of links for people, that shows what exists and how it is organised.
UXUX, or user experience, is how it feels to use a website: whether people can find what they came for, understand it and finish what they started without friction.
UIUI, or user interface, is the visible, clickable surface of a website: buttons, type, colour, spacing, icons and the states each element shows.
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