How to add a footer

Adding a footer to your website is a great way to include important information such as copyright notices, contact details, or links to privacy policies. With our tutorial, you'll find it easy to implement a footer using different techniques, including Bootstrap for rapid development.

Using Bootstrap

Bootstrap provides utility classes to easily create a footer with consistent styling. This method is efficient for rapid prototyping and consistent design.

In this example, we use MDBootstrap's classes to create a responsive footer.

HTML

<!-- Footer -->
<footer class="text-center text-lg-start bg-body-tertiary text-muted">
  <!-- Section: Social media -->
  <section class="d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-lg-between p-4 border-bottom">
    <!-- Left -->
    <div class="me-5 d-none d-lg-block">
      <span>Get connected with us on social networks:</span>
    </div>
    <!-- Left -->

    <!-- Right -->
    <div>
      <a href="" class="me-4 text-reset">
        <i class="fab fa-facebook-f"></i>
      </a>
      <a href="" class="me-4 text-reset">
        <i class="fab fa-twitter"></i>
      </a>
      <a href="" class="me-4 text-reset">
        <i class="fab fa-google"></i>
      </a>
      <a href="" class="me-4 text-reset">
        <i class="fab fa-instagram"></i>
      </a>
      <a href="" class="me-4 text-reset">
        <i class="fab fa-linkedin"></i>
      </a>
      <a href="" class="me-4 text-reset">
        <i class="fab fa-github"></i>
      </a>
    </div>
    <!-- Right -->
  </section>
  <!-- Section: Social media -->

  <!-- Section: Links  -->
  <section class="">
    <div class="container text-center text-md-start mt-5">
      <!-- Grid row -->
      <div class="row mt-3">
        <!-- Grid column -->
        <div class="col-md-3 col-lg-4 col-xl-3 mx-auto mb-4">
          <!-- Content -->
          <h6 class="text-uppercase fw-bold mb-4">
            <i class="fas fa-gem me-3"></i>Company name
          </h6>
          <p>
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          </p>
        </div>
        <!-- Grid column -->

        <!-- Grid column -->
        <div class="col-md-2 col-lg-2 col-xl-2 mx-auto mb-4">
          <!-- Links -->
          <h6 class="text-uppercase fw-bold mb-4">
            Products
          </h6>
          <p>
            <a href="#!" class="text-reset">Angular</a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="#!" class="text-reset">React</a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="#!" class="text-reset">Vue</a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="#!" class="text-reset">Laravel</a>
          </p>
        </div>
        <!-- Grid column -->

        <!-- Grid column -->
        <div class="col-md-3 col-lg-2 col-xl-2 mx-auto mb-4">
          <!-- Links -->
          <h6 class="text-uppercase fw-bold mb-4">
            Useful links
          </h6>
          <p>
            <a href="#!" class="text-reset">Pricing</a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="#!" class="text-reset">Settings</a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="#!" class="text-reset">Orders</a>
          </p>
          <p>
            <a href="#!" class="text-reset">Help</a>
          </p>
        </div>
        <!-- Grid column -->

        <!-- Grid column -->
        <div class="col-md-4 col-lg-3 col-xl-3 mx-auto mb-md-0 mb-4">
          <!-- Links -->
          <h6 class="text-uppercase fw-bold mb-4">Contact</h6>
          <p><i class="fas fa-home me-3"></i> New York, NY 10012, US</p>
          <p>
            <i class="fas fa-envelope me-3"></i>
            info@example.com
          </p>
          <p><i class="fas fa-phone me-3"></i> + 01 234 567 88</p>
          <p><i class="fas fa-print me-3"></i> + 01 234 567 89</p>
        </div>
        <!-- Grid column -->
      </div>
      <!-- Grid row -->
    </div>
  </section>
  <!-- Section: Links  -->

  <!-- Copyright -->
  <div class="text-center p-4" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);">
    © 2021 Copyright:
    <a class="text-reset fw-bold" href="https://mdbootstrap.com/">MDBootstrap.com</a>
  </div>
  <!-- Copyright -->
</footer>
<!-- Footer -->

Basic HTML and CSS

You can add a footer by using basic HTML and CSS to create a styled footer element. This method is clean and reusable.

In this example, we create a simple footer and style it using CSS.

HTML
CSS

<footer class="basic-footer">
  <p>© 2024 Your Company. All rights reserved.</p>
</footer>

.basic-footer {
  background-color: #3B3B3B;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 18px 0;
  width: 100%;
  bottom: 0;
}