
The footer is traditionally an underused part of a web design. It's the place for copyright notices and credit links.
But you can do so much more with a blog footer. Twitter updates, popular posts, recent comments, and Flickr photo streams are just a few common ideas. Have a look at the photos below and see if you can pick up a few ideas!
Flyin' Web
![footer5[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter54-749d7e88-2374-495e-9cac-2c6fc953587c.jpg)
We Are Not Freelancers
![footer1[5]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter15-6fc24320-a4cf-4510-998d-b49b440536bf.jpg)
Olly Hite
![footer2[5]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter25-d828daff-9b1e-4bc2-b62b-a7daa1551e8e.jpg)
Sundance DFP Blog
![footer3[6]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter36-3c23c088-652b-498a-94ce-af079b5fd6e5.jpg)
PR Blogger
![footer4[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter44-5270285a-90dd-4034-8128-d59189cfa8d8.jpg)
AIGA Los Angeles
![footer6[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter64-962cdd22-a7c2-46ad-b401-e8f4bccda09c.jpg)
Catalyst studios
![footer7[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter74-cd6cda1d-e3c7-4b6b-97b6-6410c5d9f75c.jpg)
US Trendy
![footer8[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter84-03dba984-56fd-41aa-9fc2-3a3a71aea566.jpg)
Dandelion path
![footer9[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter94-d9c9ba6a-edf1-4934-923b-ff836d29503b.jpg)
Hicks Design
![footer10[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter104-66b82f1c-9d00-431a-ad9e-0750c12fe275.jpg)
Komodo Media
![footer11[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter114-cdec5186-9551-4e6c-878d-f51a3697706d.jpg)
Crazy n Funny
![footer12[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter124-048ac211-896d-4391-8180-b34120a49a2b.jpg)
Nixon Mcinnes
![footer13[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter134-0646530a-1b56-4356-9ecf-551afa2c47a1.jpg)
Inspiredology
![footer14[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter144-0b045547-cf37-4c83-936a-f742b999c763.jpg)
Blabolnik
![footer15[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter154-18ebeb96-9c81-4d45-9cc3-2b89aebc7f49.jpg)
SamRayner
![footer16[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter164-b872e94a-e4de-4c71-9bf3-7f0a00d21f2d.jpg)
Hebatec
![footer17[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter174-7da91eeb-961d-443e-add5-6947306d95fc.jpg)
EdgePoint church
![footer18[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter184-b05adfd4-d124-4c7a-a58c-d7fa449baf8f.jpg)
The Greg Brady Project
![footer19[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter194-b186d83e-5cd6-4ec8-975d-b8cb68e31678.jpg)
CSSaddict
![footer20[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter204-ab8a4a7b-3c16-47a8-9184-8fbade97945d.jpg)
Simply Ceative
![footer21[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter214-91effb64-70ba-4d86-a15a-f461d8b01fdc.jpg)
Dreamling
![footer22[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter224-77bdfc43-94f8-41ea-a806-42e91dc389ec.jpg)
Blog me tender
![footer23[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter234-3c4ea287-ae74-411d-ac37-e63e1b8188c9.jpg)
Blog Solid
![footer24[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter244-14af698d-8494-475b-9804-5632db4b408a.jpg)
Lucy Blackmore
![footer25[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter254-e6c36b69-2b3a-4810-9dad-0e3c80ebad2f.jpg)
Banjax
![footer26[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter264-7c2e55f0-7d37-494a-9571-fc97bedff2c6.jpg)
Incubus
![footer27[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter274-d8c03a35-2afa-43eb-a4f1-a76021b39dc7.jpg)
Matt
![footer28[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter284-6f2474fb-e087-46e8-b73e-aa0826316e15.jpg)
Biola Undergrad
![footer29[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter294-3a7ef2ea-d3a6-4522-9b73-273d6a5be5ba.jpg)
Powazek
![footer30[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter304-45638bbb-314c-4c21-8084-c40a42fa35cb.jpg)
Boag World
![footer31[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter314-e1e12101-47d9-40f5-bf1f-fe9114c5a0d5.jpg)
Bart-Jan Verhoef
![footer32[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter324-a425ea4d-cb4b-4694-abec-99a02bdc86ea.jpg)
Kulturbanause
![footer33[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter334-7a4a97a0-8b6e-48ee-97a3-71662fd17fa0.jpg)
CSS-tricks
![footer34[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter344-69daf878-1416-4817-b550-49389942f527.jpg)
Dale Harris
![footer35[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter354-fabb589e-4dae-4226-b34d-b94c4ecd79f5.jpg)
Ten Thousand Things
![footer36[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter364-a2aa2104-b15d-434f-b0e7-cc2ba4ee5c05.jpg)
Web Designer Wall
![footer37[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter374-37d90ca3-3522-4fb5-bbc7-dba1426136d0.jpg)
Spodek 20
![footer38[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter384-04fc866e-b78c-4559-962e-503fe6bb3ef3.jpg)
Pointofe
![footer39[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter394-724e182e-1f83-4daf-9c8d-42e8675374be.jpg)
Pointless Ramblings
![footer40[4]](http://www.problogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windowslivewriter40creativeblogfooterdesigns-17dfooter404-4e9b4c0d-1228-4981-88f4-cfa1d53e3d13.jpg)
So what have you done with your blog's footer? Think it could be better?
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26th November, 8:43 pm GMT
Excellent collection of footers!!, they are very useful to adapt our themes
26th November, 9:06 pm GMT
Great collection, I definitely tried to put extra care into creating my footer but some of these just plain blow me out of the water. It's an important detail in blog design that was neglected for so long it is good to see people making use of this area.
27th November, 2:44 am GMT
I like Powazek best. It seems to pack a lot of information into the limited virtual real estate at the bottom of the page.
I'm curious as to how people actually interact with this. Is it really effective in stopping the readers? Or do they care to scroll down to the bottom?.
27th November, 6:59 am GMT
Nice list...
If you look at my blog footer, I've borrowed the 3 columns from John Chow and the "tiny-text" thing from Matt... I put a ton of information about me in the footer, in a simple way... Does that look good ?
27th November, 7:17 am GMT
Nice list. Good to see Banjax in there.
27th November, 11:27 am GMT
Beautiful list indeed. Those are really wonderful and very creative footer designs. I need to make new footer this design for one of my blogs so i found very interesting ideas to use for that. Thank you for sharing.
27th November, 1:23 pm GMT
Nice collection. I like Crazy N funny best. It´s very cool...
27th November, 1:40 pm GMT
Martin,
Glad you're finding the collection useful.
Jeremy,
Same here. I try to do something great with it, but the creativity of some people with their footers still amazes me!
Hendry,
I can't talk much about other people's footers, but here on Pro Blog Design at least, I have 2 sets of links in my footer, and they both get a fair few clicks a day. It's not a massive amount by any means, but it's still a good few people. If I was just using a copyright notice, it would be none, so i think its worthwhile to make a decent footer.
Shrihari,
I like the tiny-text effect most. The columns look good, but it might look better if they were all equal length?
Lee, WDB, Boris,
Glad yous found some footers yous liked!
27th November, 3:53 pm GMT
hey, thanks for including my footer in your list!
shame it might be changing again soon though...
27th November, 4:26 pm GMT
Michael,
Aren't the first two columns equal length ? Are you talking about the 3rd and 4th column ?
pdincubus,
Your footer looks great.. You are going to changing just the footer or the entire design ?
28th November, 9:07 am GMT
shrihari, thanks for the comments
It will be a little like the style that is there now. I love heading font and definitely the victorian wallpaper style thing in the background - so it will be a variation of what is there now. I might do away with the two column content but not sure yet. I think the footers on my site are pretty important, probably as important as the top menu, so what ever I do, I want to make sure they're full of useful stuff and given enough screen space.
28th November, 10:59 am GMT
A lot of the footers in your collection have a whimsical style, which can be a nice way to round out a web layout. It's hard not to enjoy looking at them.
28th November, 7:43 pm GMT
Some good designs there, very good for inspiration.
I'm about to re-design my blog and was thinking of inclusing some links in the footer, as it was an area I've previously overlooked this area in designs before.
Good collection!
29th November, 8:27 am GMT
excellent collection, This point is important because you can improve new design in order to better the webs design. I´m a student but i like the web design i think that this kinds things are the best so that learn.
PD: sorry if i have a mistake, but i need write better my English
30th November, 5:17 pm GMT
Nice work putting the collection together. I've been here before but I found this post on Digg, which I dugg of course. http://digg.com/design/40_Crea.....er_Designs I like the EdgePoint church and CSS-tricks footers the best.
1st December, 5:30 pm GMT
hm..
the picture with that strong blue... great!
like "incubus" most
this grey design and at the end
But its a bit hard to read the text....
really nice designs. all are a bit retro-style
2nd December, 5:06 pm GMT
Nice list.. i have an similar footer too in one of my blog
2nd December, 10:07 pm GMT
Nice list - the footer on most sites is badly neglected, nice to see some sites making such attractive use of it.
5th December, 10:09 am GMT
Nice idea is a half of work.
5th December, 7:29 pm GMT
Those are some really nice footers.. I should really do something with my blog footer, as I don't have anything in it now..
Thanks!
8th December, 3:48 am GMT
Beautiful footers. I would suggest two more: PSDTuts, CSS Tricks (older design).
8th December, 5:41 am GMT
Sweet collection, Always good to see a overview!
4th January, 8:25 pm GMT
A great list of different footer-styles. There are some nice inspirations for me. Thank you. Ralph
4th January, 11:36 pm GMT
Wot a great post, I'm in the middle of re-designing my footer too and this article gave me bag loads of inspiration .... if only my html and css skills were not so low!!!
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I've subscribe to your blog, this is a great, great blog, keep going guys
20th January, 1:24 am GMT
This is a really great post, with all those brandspanking cool footers!
May the design creativity be with you
3rd February, 8:50 pm GMT
This is really nice. A good place for inspiration. You can find another good collection here: http://www.backtoessentials.co.....designers/
6th March, 9:57 pm GMT
Awesome article! I really needed some good ideas for footers for my new site and came across this website. I can't believe all the time you spent compiliing this information and creating the images. Awesome Site! (Bookmarked!!)
19th March, 1:34 pm GMT
Nice collection. Good to see a site like this sharing these wonderful designs, icons
29th March, 6:27 pm GMT
Great collection! I love the surprise of a good footer - I know I try to incorporate it into my designs as much as possible. These are gorgeous.
3rd April, 6:33 am GMT
This is The Really Good Collection..... i was impressed a lot. Thanks for Giving these kind of Guidences
13th April, 1:25 am GMT
Great reference & eye candy resource! Thanks so much for compiling this awesome source of inspiration.
30th June, 11:52 am GMT
nice list.. thanks.
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