# Header & Footer

## Header

The `<Header>` tag can be used to create a site header with your own custom HTML, CSS, and Javascript. This is a good option if Unstack's built-in site header does not provide the functionality you desire. To create your own header component, simply create a new component and use the `<Header>` tag as the outer wrapper for the component. (This should replace the `<Section>` tag as the outermost wrapper.)

```jsx
<Header dataRef={content.header}>
...
</Header>
```

### Attributes

* **className**: string (optional) - a hard-coded class name to add to the rendered element
* **dataRef**: DataLocator - the data-element storing the Section's configuration

## Footer

The `<Footer>` tag can be used to create a site footer with your own custom HTML, CSS, and Javascript. This is a good option if Unstack's built-in site footer does not provide the functionality you desire. To create your own footer component, simply create a new component and use the `<Footer>` tag as the outer wrapper for the component. (This should replace the `<Section>` tag as the outermost wrapper.)

```jsx
<Footer dataRef={content.footer}>
...
</Footer>
```

### Attributes

* **className**: string (optional) - a hard-coded class name to add to the rendered element
* **dataRef**: DataLocator - the data-element storing the Section's configuration

## Using a custom header or footer

Once you've created a header or footer component you can switch to using the custom header within the page settings drawer of a specific page:

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Or, set global defaults for different page types within settings in **Design** → **Header & Footer:**

<figure><img src="https://432340635-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FV9dxncXMEZBpbrUoDlLF%2Fuploads%2F71hQp0j7xL4CTMSJ42Gl%2FScreen%20Shot%202023-01-20%20at%201.01.49%20PM.png?alt=media&#x26;token=5ac6dbe0-91be-4167-ad55-9ab1b7ebbbba" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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