Posted by: Vincent on: December 28, 2011
Both the_header and the_footer functions except a $name argument which allows you to specify other headers than the default header.php and footer.php.
Example:
<?php get_header( 'special' ); ?>
WordPress would then look for header-special.php in your theme directory. If you want to specify a different footer file it works the same way.
I rarely see it used but it can be quite useful, perhaps if you want a “clean” header with just the <html> and <head>.
Read more in the WordPress Codex:
get_header
get_footer
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