diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 61b2ea02..b1aca702 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ menu = [
     {url = "tags", name = "Tags", slash = true, blank = false, size="s110"},
 ]
 menu_footer = [
-    {url = "about", name = "About", slash = true, blank = false},
-    {url = "contact", name = "Contact", slash = true, blank = false},
-    {url = "privacy", name = "Privacy", slash = true, blank = false},
-    {url = "sitemap.xml", name = "Sitemap", slash = false, blank = true},
+    {url = "about", name = "About", slash = true, blank = false, size="s90"},
+    {url = "contact", name = "Contact", slash = true, blank = false, size="s90"},
+    {url = "privacy", name = "Privacy", slash = true, blank = false, size="s90"},
+    {url = "sitemap.xml", name = "Sitemap", slash = false, blank = true, size="s90"},
 ]
 
 toc = true
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ meta_post = { position="top", size="s95", author=true, readtime=false, readstrin
 hide_section_dates = false # hides the date for sections that use posts.html as their template.
 hide_page_nextprev_titles = false # hides the next/previous titles for pages that use page.html as their template.
 title_size_index = "s85"
-footer_size = "s90"
+footer_size = "s80" # the size of the copyright and powered by text
 footer_credit = true
 #footer_credit_override = '<p class="s90">Powered by <a href="https://www.getzola.org/" target="_blank">Zola</a> &#38; <a href="https://github.com/Jieiku/abridge/" target="_blank">Abridge</a></p>'
 #archive_reverse = true # Set to True to sort posts chronologically per year instead of newest first on the archive page: example.com/archive/
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ textlogo = '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" stroke="#f90" vi
 
 sitedesc = false # enables or disables the display of the site description below the logo.
 headhr = false # show or hide horizontal rule below header
-foothr = true # show or hide horizontal rule above footer
+foothr = false # show or hide horizontal rule above footer
 
 ### $CURRENT_YEAR and $SITE_TITLE can be used anywhere within the copyright, you can change their position or you can also delete them and type whatever you want instead.
 #copyright = false # set to false to disable the copyright.
diff --git a/sass/abridge.scss b/sass/abridge.scss
index e9ad2ec7..0cb051bf 100644
--- a/sass/abridge.scss
+++ b/sass/abridge.scss
@@ -1408,6 +1408,7 @@ $syntax: true !default;//syntax highlighting for code blocks
   .s70 {font-size: .70em}
   .hpad {padding: 0 var(--s1)}
   .rpad {padding-right: var(--s1)}
+  .vpad {padding: var(--s1) 0}
   .tpad {padding-top: var(--s1)}
   .b {font-weight: var(--fh)}
   .c {text-align: center}// <center> does not pass validation, use: <div class="c"></div>
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index e36b8b14..1604dbe4 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -131,6 +131,21 @@ <h1><a href="{{ get_url(path="/", lang=lang) }}{%- if uglyurls %}/index.html{%-
     <div class="c">
       {%- include "partials/social.html" %}
 
+
+
+      {%- if config.extra.menu_footer %}
+      <nav class="vpad">
+        {%- for i in config.extra.menu_footer -%}
+        {%- if i.url != "sitemap.xml" %}
+        {%- set furl=get_url(path=i.url, lang=lang, trailing_slash=i.slash) %}
+        {%- else %}
+        {%- set furl=get_url(path=i.url, trailing_slash=i.slash) %}
+        {%- endif %}
+        <a class="rpad{%- if i.size %} {{ i.size }}{% endif %}" href="{{ furl | safe }}{%- if i.slash and uglyurls %}index.html{%- endif %}"{% if i.blank %} target="_blank"{% endif %}>{% if lang != config.default_language %} {{ macros::translate(key=i.name|safe, default=i.name|safe, i18n=i18n) }} {% else %} {{ i.name | safe }} {% endif %}</a>
+        {%- endfor %}
+      </nav>
+      {%- endif %}
+
       {#- Copyright START #}
       {%- if config.extra.copyright | default(value=true) -%}
       {%- set current_year = now() | date(format="%Y") %}
@@ -149,18 +164,6 @@ <h1><a href="{{ get_url(path="/", lang=lang) }}{%- if uglyurls %}/index.html{%-
       {%- endif -%}
       {#- Copyright END #}
 
-      {%- if config.extra.menu_footer %}
-      <nav>
-        {%- for i in config.extra.menu_footer -%}
-        {%- if i.url != "sitemap.xml" %}
-        {%- set furl=get_url(path=i.url, lang=lang, trailing_slash=i.slash) %}
-        {%- else %}
-        {%- set furl=get_url(path=i.url, trailing_slash=i.slash) %}
-        {%- endif %}
-        <a{%- if config.extra.footer_size %} class="{{ config.extra.footer_size }}"{% endif %} href="{{ furl | safe }}{%- if i.slash and uglyurls %}index.html{%- endif %}"{% if i.blank %} target="_blank"{% endif %}>{% if lang != config.default_language %} {{ macros::translate(key=i.name|safe, default=i.name|safe, i18n=i18n) }} {% else %} {{ i.name | safe }} {% endif %}</a>
-        {%- endfor %}
-      </nav>
-      {%- endif %}
       {%- if config.extra.footer_credit | default(value=true) %}
       {%- if config.extra.footer_credit_override %}
       {{ config.extra.footer_credit_override | safe }}
diff --git a/templates/macros/macros.html b/templates/macros/macros.html
index 04733993..9794e5d6 100644
--- a/templates/macros/macros.html
+++ b/templates/macros/macros.html
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ <h1>{% if config.extra.title_size_index %}<span class="{{ config.extra.title_siz
                     {%- set end = paginator.number_pagers %}
                 {%- endif %}
             {%- endif %}
-      <nav>
+      <nav class="vpad">
         {%- set icon_first=config.extra.icon_first | default(value="svgs svgh angll") -%}
         {%- set icon_prev=config.extra.icon_prev | default(value="svgs svgh angl") -%}
         {%- set icon_next=config.extra.icon_next | default(value="svgs svgh angr") -%}
diff --git a/templates/partials/social.html b/templates/partials/social.html
index cf5d0587..3c7421f6 100644
--- a/templates/partials/social.html
+++ b/templates/partials/social.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {#- Social Footer Icons #}
-      <nav><div>
+      <nav class="tpad"><div>
           {%- if config.generate_feeds and config.extra.feed -%}
           {%- for feed in config.feed_filenames -%}