Paul Grunt

Exploring Footers by Bobby Van Der Sluis, is a must read if you’re trying to position footers using web standards.

This article explores the ways you can position footers using web standards, although the same techniques may be used to vertically position other elements. Many designs contain a footer that is positioned directly under the content area, unless the content and the footer together don’t fill the window entirely. In this case, the footer will be positioned at the bottom of the browser window.

A CSS sticky footer that just works

We’ve all tried to use a sticky footer one time or another, but they never seem to come out right, do they? Well, the days of a hard to understand CSS-based sticky footer are thankfully over. In just a few simple CSS classes with minimal extra HTML markup, I’ve fashioned a sticky footer that even beginners can get a handle on. It’s been tested in IE 5 and up, Firefox, Safari and Opera. – Ryan Fait

Read more here: A CSS Sticky Footer.