diff --git a/src/classic.c b/src/classic.c
index 553976b..2826c8a 100644
--- a/src/classic.c
+++ b/src/classic.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void classic_stylesheet(FILE* out, const char* top) {
 	fprintf(out, "	padding: 8px;\n");
 	fprintf(out, "}\n");
 	fprintf(out, "\n");
-	fprintf(out, "#content {\n");
+	fprintf(out, "#content, #footer {\n");
 	fprintf(out, "	padding: 8px;\n");
 	fprintf(out, "}\n");
 	fprintf(out, "\n");
@@ -298,11 +298,25 @@ void classic_body(FILE* out, const char* top, const char* title, xl_node_t* body
 
 	child = body->first_child;
 	while(child != NULL) {
-		default_body(out, top, child, 6);
+		default_body(out, top, child, 0, 6);
 
 		child = child->next;
 	}
 
+	fprintf(out, "					</div>\n");
+	fprintf(out, "					<div id=\"footer\">\n");
+
+	if((nodes = xl_get_path(skinconf->root, "footer")) != NULL) {
+		child = nodes[0]->first_child;
+		while(child != NULL) {
+			default_body(out, top, child, 1, 6);
+
+			child = child->next;
+		}
+
+		free(nodes);
+	}
+
 	fprintf(out, "					</div>\n");
 	fprintf(out, "				</td>\n");
 	fprintf(out, "			</tr>\n");
diff --git a/src/default.c b/src/default.c
index 2750f85..618f43b 100644
--- a/src/default.c
+++ b/src/default.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static void print(FILE* out, const char* txt, int indent) {
 	}
 }
 
-static void accept_attr(char* text, xl_node_t* element, ...) {
+static void accept_attr(const char* top, char* text, int spec, xl_node_t* element, ...) {
 	xl_attribute_t* attr = element->first_attribute;
 
 	text[0] = 0;
@@ -33,7 +33,17 @@ static void accept_attr(char* text, xl_node_t* element, ...) {
 			if(attr->value == NULL) {
 				sprintf(text + strlen(text), " %s", attr->key);
 			} else {
-				sprintf(text + strlen(text), " %s=\"%s\"", attr->key, attr->value);
+				char* t;
+
+				if(spec && (strcmp(attr->key, "href") == 0 || strcmp(attr->key, "src") == 0)) {
+					t = u_path(top, attr->value);
+				} else {
+					t = u_strdup(attr->value);
+				}
+
+				sprintf(text + strlen(text), " %s=\"%s\"", attr->key, t);
+
+				free(t);
 			}
 		}
 		va_end(va);
@@ -55,7 +65,7 @@ void default_head(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent) {
 	if(strcmp(element->name, "link") == 0) {
 		char text[2048];
 
-		accept_attr(text, element, "rel", "href", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "rel", "href", NULL);
 
 		sprintf(tag, "<%s%s>", element->name, text);
 	}
@@ -80,7 +90,7 @@ void default_head(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent) {
 		print(out, end, indent);
 }
 
-void default_body(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent) {
+void default_body(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int spec, int indent) {
 	xl_node_t* child;
 	char	   tag[2048]; /* enough for most cases... :) */
 	char	   end[128];
@@ -104,7 +114,7 @@ void default_body(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent) {
 
 		author[0] = 0;
 
-		accept_attr(text, element, "id", "class", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "id", "class", NULL);
 
 		if(strcmp(element->name, "fixme") == 0) {
 			say = "Fixme";
@@ -153,27 +163,27 @@ void default_body(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent) {
 		  strcmp(element->name, "h4") == 0 ||	      /**/
 		  strcmp(element->name, "h5") == 0 ||	      /**/
 		  strcmp(element->name, "h6") == 0) {
-		accept_attr(text, element, "id", "class", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "id", "class", NULL);
 
 		sprintf(tag, "<%s%s>", element->name, text);
 
 		sprintf(end, "</%s>", element->name);
 	} else if(strcmp(element->name, "ul") == 0 || /**/
 		  strcmp(element->name, "ol") == 0) {
-		accept_attr(text, element, "id", "class", "spacing", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "id", "class", "spacing", NULL);
 
 		sprintf(tag, "<%s%s>", element->name, text);
 
 		sprintf(end, "</%s>", element->name);
 	} else if(strcmp(element->name, "a") == 0) {
-		accept_attr(text, element, "id", "class", "href", "title", "rel", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "id", "class", "href", "title", "rel", NULL);
 
 		sprintf(tag, "<%s%s>", element->name, text);
 
 		sprintf(end, "</%s>", element->name);
 	} else if(strcmp(element->name, "td") == 0 || /**/
 		  strcmp(element->name, "th") == 0) {
-		accept_attr(text, element, "id", "class", "rowspan", "colspan", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "id", "class", "rowspan", "colspan", NULL);
 
 		sprintf(tag, "<%s%s>", element->name, text);
 
@@ -184,7 +194,7 @@ void default_body(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent) {
 		char* h;
 		int   ws, hs;
 
-		accept_attr(text, element, "src", "alt", "title", "height", "width", "id", "class", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "src", "alt", "title", "height", "width", "id", "class", NULL);
 
 		w = xl_get_attribute(element, "width");
 		h = xl_get_attribute(element, "height");
@@ -202,20 +212,20 @@ void default_body(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent) {
 
 		sprintf(tag, "<%s%s border=\"0\">", element->name, text);
 	} else if(strcmp(element->name, "script") == 0) {
-		accept_attr(text, element, "src", "type", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "src", "type", NULL);
 
 		sprintf(tag, "<%s%s>", element->name, text);
 
 		sprintf(end, "</%s>", element->name);
 	} else if(strcmp(element->name, "table") == 0) {
-		accept_attr(text, element, "id", "class", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "id", "class", NULL);
 
 		sprintf(tag, "<%s%s class=\"grid\" width=\"100%%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"2\" border=\"1\">", element->name, text);
 
 		sprintf(end, "</%s>", element->name);
 	} else if(strcmp(element->name, "hr") == 0 || /**/
 		  strcmp(element->name, "br") == 0) {
-		accept_attr(text, element, "id", "class", NULL);
+		accept_attr(top, text, 0, element, "id", "class", NULL);
 
 		sprintf(tag, "<%s%text>", element->name, text);
 	}
@@ -225,7 +235,7 @@ void default_body(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent) {
 	child = element->first_child;
 	while(child != NULL) {
 		if(child->type == XL_NODE_NODE && child->name != NULL) {
-			default_body(out, top, child, indent + 1 + add);
+			default_body(out, top, child, spec, indent + 1 + add);
 		} else if(child->type == XL_NODE_TEXT && child->text != NULL) {
 			print(out, child->text, indent + 1 + add);
 		}
diff --git a/src/seed.c b/src/seed.c
index b681858..3119d49 100644
--- a/src/seed.c
+++ b/src/seed.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int action_seed(int argc, char** argv) {
 	fprintf(f, "	NOTE!\n");
 	fprintf(f, "	  - Relative path in this config is relative to site/content\n");
 	fprintf(f, "	  - If relative path starts from ./ or ../, it's relative to URL when accessed\n");
+	fprintf(f, "	  - This rule applies to footer's src/href too\n");
 	fprintf(f, "-->\n");
 	fprintf(f, "<skinconfig>\n");
 	fprintf(f, "	<search domain=\"example.com\" />\n");
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ int action_seed(int argc, char** argv) {
 	fprintf(f, "		<year>%d</year> <!-- Year when you started this project/whatever copyright holder -->\n", 1900 + tm->tm_year);
 	fprintf(f, "		<link href=\"https://example.com\" />\n");
 	fprintf(f, "	</copyright>\n");
+	fprintf(f, "	<footer>\n");
+	fprintf(f, "		<p>This part is shared between files!</p>\n");
+	fprintf(f, "	</footer>\n");
 	fprintf(f, "</skinconfig>\n");
 	fclose(f);
 
diff --git a/src/simple.c b/src/simple.c
index 023a0fb..f066d15 100644
--- a/src/simple.c
+++ b/src/simple.c
@@ -298,12 +298,24 @@ void simple_body(FILE* out, const char* top, const char* title, xl_node_t* body)
 
 	child = body->first_child;
 	while(child != NULL) {
-		default_body(out, top, child, 5);
+		default_body(out, top, child, 0, 5);
 
 		child = child->next;
 	}
 
 	fprintf(out, "					<div id=\"footer\">\n");
+
+	if((nodes = xl_get_path(skinconf->root, "footer")) != NULL) {
+		child = nodes[0]->first_child;
+		while(child != NULL) {
+			default_body(out, top, child, 1, 6);
+
+			child = child->next;
+		}
+
+		free(nodes);
+	}
+
 	fprintf(out, "						<a href=\"https://validator.w3.org/check/referer\"><img src=\"%simage/valid-html401.png\" alt=\"Valid HTML 4.01\" border=\"0\" width=\"88\" height=\"31\"></a>\n", top);
 	fprintf(out, "						<a href=\"https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/\"><img src=\"%simage/valid-css.png\" alt=\"Valid CSS\" border=\"0\" width=\"88\" height=\"31\"></a>\n", top);
 	fprintf(out, "						<p id=\"copyright\">\n");
diff --git a/src/site.c b/src/site.c
index 06becf5..fdb3292 100644
--- a/src/site.c
+++ b/src/site.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int action_site(int argc, char** argv) {
 
 	io_mkdir("build", 0755);
 
-	if((skinconf = xl_open_file("site/skinconf.xml")) == NULL || !xl_parse(skinconf)) {
+	if((skinconf = xl_open_file("site/skinconf.xml")) == NULL || !(skinconf->new_text = 1) || !xl_parse(skinconf)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse site/skinconf.xml!\n");
 		st = 1;
 		goto cleanup;
diff --git a/src/taiga.h b/src/taiga.h
index 2ed19f4..e678179 100644
--- a/src/taiga.h
+++ b/src/taiga.h
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ int   u_image_size(const char* top, const char* path, char* (*path_func)(const c
 /* process.c */
 int process(const char* top, const char* out, const char* full);
 
+/* default.c */
+void default_head(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent);
+void default_body(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int spec, int indent); /* pass non-zero to spec if you want links to be relative from top */
+void default_nav(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent);
+
+/*** skins ***/
+
+/* they should share compatible class/id names for elements but
+ * they're not documented... oh well
+ */
+
 /* classic.c */
 void classic_stylesheet(FILE* out, const char* top);
 void classic_head(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* header);
@@ -81,9 +92,4 @@ void simple_stylesheet(FILE* out, const char* top);
 void simple_head(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* header);
 void simple_body(FILE* out, const char* top, const char* title, xl_node_t* body);
 
-/* default.c */
-void default_head(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent);
-void default_body(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent);
-void default_nav(FILE* out, const char* top, xl_node_t* element, int indent);
-
 #endif