@@ -71,13 +71,15 @@
       <time datetime="◊published" class="entry-title">◊ymd->english[published]</time>
       </a></h1>
       <section class="entry-content">}]))
 
 (define (html$-article-close footertext)
-  ◊string-append{</section>
- <footer class="article-info"><span class="x">(</span>◊|footertext|<span class="x">)</span></footer>
- </article>})
+  (cond [(non-empty-string? footertext)
+         ◊string-append{</section>
+          <footer class="article-info"><span class="x">(</span>◊|footertext|<span class="x">)</span></footer>
+          </article>}]
+        [else "</article>"]))
  
 (define (html$-page-body-close)
   ◊string-append{<footer>By Joel Dueck</footer>
  </main></body>})