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The footer is an area at the bottom of every page of the Scratch Website. It contains Scratch-related links which either are official websites that have to do with Scratch, informational pages about Scratch, or subpages of the main Scratch website. There are 5 sections to the footer: About, Community, Resources, Legal, and Scratch Family. On mobile, only some of the links are visible; these are About Scratch, Jobs, Contact Us, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and the Community Guidelines.
At one point, there was a semicolon under the footer due to the Semicolon Glitch. The semicolon returns on April Fools' Day every year.
Sections
About
This section contains 8 links to informational pages about Scratch.
About Scratch
The About Scratch link leads to the about page on Scratch, which is a page that gives a lot of the main information about Scratch, such as parent/educator info, an introductory video to Scratch, and more.
For Educators
The For Educators link leads to a page that contains useful information for educators about Scratch.
Supporters
The Supporters link leads to a page that lists many organizations and individuals who have donated to Scratch.
Careers
The Careers link leads to a page where people can find job openings for working with the Scratch Team. This section is known as 'Jobs' or 'Scratch Jobs' on some pages.
Events
The Events link leads to a page that gives information about Scratch related events.
Changes to section
Items on only some pages, or had been removed, include:
- 'Our Team' (listed as 'Scratch Team' on the wiki, and previously 'Credits'), a list of Scratch Team members
- 'For Parents', moved to its own section
- 'Donate', moved to the 'For Parents' section
- 'Press', a link to the Wiki article Scratch Press listing press mentions of Scratch
- 'For Developers', a link to information about open source projects created and maintained by the Scratch Team.
Community
This section focuses on the community of the site, such as information related to the rules and links.
Community Guidelines
- Main article: Community Guidelines
The Community Guidelines link leads to the Community Guidelines. It lists the six main rules of Scratch: be respectful, embrace remix culture, keep personal info private, be honest, be constructive, and help keep the site friendly.[1]
Discussion Forums
- Main article: Scratch Discussion Forums
The Discussion Forums link leads to the Scratch Forums, a forum that is used for discussing many different aspects of Scratch.
Scratch Wiki
- Main article: Scratch Wiki
The Scratch Wiki link leads to the Scratch Wiki, a wiki that provides information about Scratch. On 3.0-styled pages, the Scratch Wiki link leads to the Scratch Wiki in the user's language, if one exists.
Changes to section
Items only available on some pages or had been removed include:
- Scratch Statistics, a page of statistics about Scratch, removed in August 2025 due to not being updated for a year
- The Scratch Wiki's Community Portal, only on the Scratch Wiki
Resources
This section focuses on materials which can give support and help to Scratchers.
Starter Projects
- Main article: Starter Projects
Starter Projects are Scratch Team projects intended for New Scratchers or those who are looking for project ideas. This link leads to the Starter Projects page.
Ideas
- Main article: Ideas Page
The Ideas Page is a page which contains Project Tutorials and Starter Projects, as well as other things that can give Scratchers ideas for projects.
Download
- Main article: Download Page
The Offline Editor link leads to a page that explains how to download the Offline Editor. The page also lists known bugs in the Offline Editor, update information, and information on other versions of Scratch.
Help Center
- Main article: Contact Us
The Contact Us link leads to a page where one can send the Scratch Team a message.
Changes to section
Items only available on some pages or had been removed include:
- 'Help for Editors', only available on the Scratch Wiki
- 'Wiki FAQs', only available on the Scratch Wiki
For parents
This section focuses information about Scratch for parents.
Learn More
The Learn More link contains information about general information about Scratch
Membership
The membership link leads to the information page about the Scratch Membership program and also contains the purchase option.
Shop
The Shop link goes to a website where one can buy Scratch merchandise.
Donate
The Donate link leads to a page where people can donate money to the Scratch Foundation. Options include how much money and if it will be a monthly donation.
Legal
This section focuses on documents surrounding legal information.
Terms of Use
- Main article: Terms of Use
The Terms of Use link leads to a page containing legal information about Scratch, Scratch Day, and ScratchX.
Privacy Policy
- Main article: Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy link leads to a page about personal information on Scratch. The information goes over what data the Scratch Team collects, how it's used, and more.
Cookies
- Main article: Cookie Policy
The Cookies link leads to a page about each of the different cookies used on the Scratch website. It provides each of their names, providers, purposes, and expiration times.
DMCA
- Main article: DMCA
The DMCA link leads to a page about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Scratch Foundation. This page includes information on what the Scratch Foundation will do when dealing with copyright and how to contact them.
DSA Requirements
- Main article: DSA Requirements
The DSA Requirements link leads to a page about Scratch's European Digital Services Act requirements.
MIT Accessibility
- Main article: MIT Accessibility
The MIT Accessibility link leads to a page consisting of resources on making websites more accessible.
April Fools Day
On April Fools Day, the Scratch Team frequently adds joke items to the footer, along with the semicolon mentioned earlier.
- In 2018, 'Surprise' was added under Community. Clicking it incremented a counter.
- In 2019, 'Cats...?' was added under About. It showed images of cats along with some fake cat facts.
- A similar section to Cats...? appeared in 2020, but was named 'Mystery' and contained questions the cats were 'asking'.
- In 2021, a 'Secret Lives' link was added to the footer, similar to the "Mystery" and "Cats?" tabs. This link created windows titled "Shhh...🤫" that contained pictures of animals and captions.
