creating-a-footer-or-sidebar-for-your-wiki.md

title	Creating a footer or sidebar for your wiki
intro	You can add a custom sidebar or footer to your wiki to provide readers with more contextual information.
redirect_from	/articles/creating-a-footer /articles/creating-a-sidebar /articles/creating-a-footer-or-sidebar-for-your-wiki /github/building-a-strong-community/creating-a-footer-or-sidebar-for-your-wiki
product	{% data reusables.gated-features.wikis %}
versions	fpt ghes ghec * * *
shortTitle	Create footer or sidebar
category	Document your project with wikis

Creating a footer

{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %} {% data reusables.repositories.sidebar-wiki %}

1. At the bottom of the page, click Add a custom footer.
2. Use the text editor to type the content you want your footer to have.
3. In the "Edit message" field, enter a commit message describing the footer you’re adding.
4. To commit your changes to the wiki, click Save Page.

Creating a sidebar

{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %} {% data reusables.repositories.sidebar-wiki %}

1. Click Add a custom sidebar on the right side of the page.
2. Use the text editor to add your page's content.
3. In the "Edit message" field, enter a commit message describing the sidebar you’re adding.
4. To commit your changes to the wiki, click Save Page.

Creating a footer or sidebar locally

If you create a file named _Footer.<extension> or _Sidebar.<extension>, we'll use them to populate the footer and sidebar of your wiki, respectively. Like every other wiki page, the extension you choose for these files determines how we render them.