Footers are areas of a website found at the bottom of the page, and traditionally contain elements such as a copyright notice, links to various site-specific documents like a sitemap, privacy policy or contact page. They occasionally contain other elements and even controls, depending on site ...
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Are mega footers good UX? [duplicate]
I've noticed that several websites — especially universities and web development sites — have recently started placing mega-menus in their footers.
Here are some examples of what I ...
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combining enquiry form with newsletter signup
We have a requirement for a website where there will be a contact form on screen in all pages as well as the ability to signup for a newsletter.
Now, a contact form is something traditionally done in ...
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minimalistic top navigation + huge footer = winning combination?
Ive seen a lot of very successful sites of big companies like mailchimp and others with minimalistic top navigations consisting of 3-5 buttons, but big footers where detailed navigation is located.
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Wrapping Stack Exchange footer site list?
Browsing through the StackExchange Android website I came across this, and was curious whether wrapping of site names is correct. Will a users eye automatically read "User" and wrap their eyes to the ...
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Contrast on footer and other elements
Is it of good UX practice to reduce the contrast of the footer and some other elements on newsletters and websites?
In this first example, the contrast of the footer in a newsletter is reduced, I ...
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Is copyright in the site's footer usable at all?
Most of the sites on Internet have copyright like:
site design / logo © 2012 stack exchange inc; user contributions licensed under cc-wiki with attribution required
I myself have not noticed it ...
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Should a site have separate buttons for social media sharing and following?
Following: 'following' a business on Twitter or 'liking' a business on Facebook, or subscribing to their YouTube channel.
Sharing: posting something on their wall/Twitter or their content on your ...
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Breadcrumb menu in the footer
I'm a big fan of the Apple web site. However, I was wondering why they have put their breadcrumb menu in the footer. I thought the idea of the breadcrumb menu was to let the visitors to get a quick ...
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Why do so many sites make the mega footer a dark color?
Such as www.braintreepayments.com. I see this type of design so frequently nowadays. It's so common that it looks like a template, yet all kinds of companies that you wouldn't think would be using web ...
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How can the classic footer elements be integrated into an infinite scrolling layout?
Infinite Scrolling is a fairly new and effective way to display practically infinite amounts of data in a user's window, but one page element simply does not suit itself to this method; the footer. A ...
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Is it a good idea to have a large footer containing many links?
In recent years, it's become quite a common design pattern to have a large footer on every page, containing a 'mini sitemap'.
For example:
This has supposed SEO benefits, but would also seem to ...
