Footer & identifier

Federal sites have two distinct regions below the main content: the footer (links, contact, social) and the identifier (agency logo, parent agency, required compliance links). USWDS specifies both. Red Glare exposes them as independent config blocks.

Footer (footer)

Type: { links?, contact?, social? } · Optional

All three sub-fields are optional. Omitting footer entirely renders no footer. Omitting individual sub-fields renders only the populated ones.

redGlare({
  footer: {
    links: [
      { label: 'Getting Started', href: '/getting-started/installation/' },
      { label: 'Components', href: '/components/alert/' },
      { label: 'Contact', href: '/contact/' },
    ],
    contact: {
      heading: 'Agency Help Desk',
      phone: '(800) 555-1234',
      email: 'help@agency.gov',
    },
    social: [
      { platform: 'github', href: 'https://github.com/example' },
      { platform: 'rss', href: '/feed.xml' },
    ],
  },
})

footer.links

Array of { label, href }. Rendered as USWDS footer primary link columns.

footer.contact

• heading? — section heading (e.g. "Agency Help Desk").
• phone? — tel: link is wrapped automatically.
• email? — mailto: link is wrapped automatically.

footer.social

Each entry is { platform, href }. Supported platforms:

facebook · x · youtube · instagram · linkedin · github · rss

Icons are rendered from USWDS's built-in social icon sprites.

Identifier (identifier)

Type: { agency, agencyLogo?, agencyHref?, parentAgency?, links } · Optional

The USWDS identifier is the dark strip at the very bottom of federal sites. It's required for official .gov sites and carries the agency attribution plus mandatory compliance links (accessibility, FOIA, privacy, usa.gov).

redGlare({
  identifier: {
    agency: 'Example Agency',
    agencyLogo: '/agency-seal.svg',
    agencyHref: 'https://example.gov',
    parentAgency: {
      name: 'U.S. Department of Examples',
      href: 'https://example.gov',
    },
    links: [
      { label: 'About', href: '/about/' },
      { label: 'Accessibility', href: '/accessibility/' },
      { label: 'FOIA Requests', href: '/foia/' },
      { label: 'Privacy Policy', href: '/privacy/' },
      { label: 'No FEAR Act data', href: '/no-fear-act/' },
      { label: 'USA.gov', href: 'https://www.usa.gov/' },
    ],
  },
})

Fields

• agency (required) — display name of the owning agency.
• agencyLogo — optional logo path; resolved from public/. Rendered only when provided.
• agencyHref — when set, wraps the logo in an anchor. Omit for an unlinked logo.
• parentAgency — { name, href }. Appears alongside the primary agency.
• links (required, but may be empty) — required federal links. Follow USWDS guidance: at minimum include About, Accessibility, FOIA, Privacy Policy, USA.gov.

Rendering order

From top to bottom, the page ends with:

1. Main content
2. <footer class="usa-footer"> (from footer)
3. <section class="usa-identifier"> (from identifier)

Both sections are wrapped by BaseLayout.astro — you don't render them directly.