Setting up the footer
The footer of your project documentation is a great place to add links to websites or platforms you or your company are using as additional marketing channels, e.g. :fontawesome-brands-mastodon:{ style="color: #5A4CE0" } or :fontawesome-brands-youtube:{ style="color: #EE0F0F" }, which you can easily configure via mkdocs.yml.
Configuration
Navigation
The footer can include links to the previous and next page of the current page. If you wish to enable this behavior, add the following lines to mkdocs.yml:
Social links
Social links are rendered next to the copyright notice as part of the footer of your project documentation. Add a list of social links in mkdocs.yml with:
-
Enter a few keywords to find the perfect icon using our icon search and click on the shortcode to copy it to your clipboard:
The following properties are available for each link:
: This property must contain a valid path to any icon bundled with the theme, or the build will not succeed. Some popular choices:
* :fontawesome-brands-github: – `fontawesome/brands/github`
* :fontawesome-brands-gitlab: – `fontawesome/brands/gitlab`
* :fontawesome-brands-x-twitter: – `fontawesome/brands/x-twitter`
* :fontawesome-brands-mastodon: – `fontawesome/brands/mastodon`
<small>automatically adds [`rel=me`][rel=me]</small>
* :fontawesome-brands-docker: – `fontawesome/brands/docker`
* :fontawesome-brands-facebook: – `fontawesome/brands/facebook`
* :fontawesome-brands-instagram: – `fontawesome/brands/instagram`
* :fontawesome-brands-linkedin: – `fontawesome/brands/linkedin`
* :fontawesome-brands-slack: – `fontawesome/brands/slack`
* :fontawesome-brands-discord: – `fontawesome/brands/discord`
* :fontawesome-brands-pied-piper-alt: – `fontawesome/brands/pied-piper-alt`
: This property must be set to a relative or absolute URL including the URI scheme. All URI schemes are supported, including mailto and bitcoin:
=== ":fontawesome-brands-mastodon: Mastodon"
``` yaml
extra:
social:
- icon: fontawesome/brands/mastodon
link: https://fosstodon.org/@squidfunk
```
=== ":octicons-mail-16: Email"
``` yaml
extra:
social:
- icon: fontawesome/solid/paper-plane
link: mailto:<email-address>
```
: This property is used as the link's title attribute and can be set to a discernable name to improve accessibility:
``` yaml
extra:
social:
- icon: fontawesome/brands/mastodon
link: https://fosstodon.org/@squidfunk
name: squidfunk on Fosstodon
```
Copyright notice
A custom copyright banner can be rendered as part of the footer, which is displayed next to the social links. It can be defined as part of mkdocs.yml:
Generator notice
The footer displays a Made with Material for MkDocs notice to denote how the site was generated. The notice can be removed with the following option via mkdocs.yml:
!!! info "Please read this before removing the generator notice"
The subtle __Made with Material for MkDocs__ hint in the footer is one of
the reasons why this project is so popular, as it tells the user how the
site is generated, helping new users to discover this project. Before
removing please consider that you're enjoying the benefits of @squidfunk's
work for free, as this project is Open Source and has a permissive license.
Thousands of hours went into this project, most of them
without any financial return.
Thus, if you remove this notice, please consider [sponsoring][Insiders] the
project. __Thank you__ :octicons-heart-fill-24:{ .mdx-heart .mdx-insiders }
Usage
Hiding prev/next links
The footer navigation showing links to the previous and next page can be hidden with the front matter hide property. Add the following lines at the top of a Markdown file:
Customization
Custom copyright
In order to customize and override the copyright notice, extend the theme and override the copyright.html partial, which normally includes the copyright property set in mkdocs.yml.