Is there an alternative to the <footer> tag in HTML?

Question

I see that HTML5 supports the <footer> tag. But I am using XHTML 1.0 and this tag is not supported.

Is there any other way that I can implement a footer? Ideally it would only show when in print mode, and at the bottom of every page.

I have tried to find an alternative to the footer tag. But to no avail.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Use div tag with class footer and define different css for media print and screen.

@media screen {
  .footer { visibility: hidden; }
}
@media print {
  .footer { visibility: visible; }
}