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2026-03-09 14:08 Diff

In addition to the unique main content of the page, we have an introductory part and a concluding part that are repeated on other pages.

The <header> tag describes the introductory part of the page, which is often called the “header”. Similarly, the <footer> tag describes the concluding part of the page, or the “footer”.

<header> I am the website header. I can be repeated on other pages. </header> <main> I am the main content! I live only on this page. </main> <footer> I am the website footer. I function similarly to the header. </footer>

Usually, the <header> and <footer> tags appear only once per page, but they may also be used repeatedly.

Let’s mark up the header and footer for the main page. For now, let’s use text “placeholders” to stand for the content.

The <header> tag not only provides the website header with a logo and a menu. It can be used, for example, as the “header” for some article or section of the website. Of course, in the context of an article, <header> is not called a “header”, but the introduction, which may contain headings, a table of contents, and so forth.

The situation is similar for <footer>. Typically this is the footer of the website, where copyright information, contact information, and similar information are listed. But <footer> may be used in other sections of the website. For example, you can add the following additional information within an article in the “footer”: information about the author, additional links, and so on.