Footer positioning with CSS and 960gs

Posted by Nick on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Nick
Published on 2010-05-11T04:43:54Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 5:24 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 374

Filed under:

div

|

960

|

grid

|

system

I'm new to doing layouts with CSS (I haven't done any web design for a long long time) and I can't seem to figure out how to get the footer of the page to display at the bottom the way I want.

Requirements: -Display at bottom of content if content exceeds vertical size of viewport -Display at bottom of viewport if viewport exceeds vertical size of content.

The code that I am using sets the footer at the bottom of the viewport, but if I size the browser to be shorter than the content, it just covers the content.

Code: <div style="background-image:url(footer_bg.jpg); background-position:bottom; background-repeat:repeat-x; height:235px; width:100%; bottom:0px; position:absolute;"></div>

My main goal is to have a footer with text (ie. company info, contact info) and a background gradient. I'd like the footer background to span the width of the page, but I don't know if I can do that with the 960 gs divs.

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about div

add a div.class in a child, only when the parent does not have other div.class

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
i have a html code like this: <div class="someclass"> <div class="childclass"></div> <div class="checkclass"></div> </div> <div class="someclass"> <div class="childclass"></div> </div> <div class="someclass"> <div… >>> More
#div:normal #div:hover #div:SELECTED?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hey guys, On the "services" and "company" pages I have a right sidebar list. This is being included with PHP. So far I have a CSS class for normal and a CSS class for when you hover each item in the list. I want to have a new class for when each list item is selected. So for example in services,… >>> More
DIV Overlaying DIV, links in backmost DIV non-accessible

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have a photoshop image that is 500x600 that I am using as a background image for the first div. The second div sits over top of the first div and is populated with images. The z-index of the first div is set to 100. The effect is the photoshop image sits over top of all of the smaller images. The… >>> More
Two DIV layers: resize top DIV based on dynamic height of bottom DIV

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have two DIV layers, one above the other. In the top DIV, there is an image, and in the bottom DIV, there is a block of text. The amount of text in the bottom DIV will change, thus increasing and decreasing the required height. I need to dynamically decrease the height of the image in the top DIV… >>> More
Why won't my DIV height grow? Is it because I am using floats?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Please help! I am trying to create some div sections and some of these div sections have some other divs that are floated. All of which I have cleared. But the sections are not growing to accomodate the content inside of them. The following is my HTML - <div class="data"> <div class="name">Data</div> … >>> More

Related posts about 960

CSS Frameworks like 960 and Blueprint?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
This is at the framework level, not dealing directly with CSS, so posting to SO. I just learned about the existence of CSS frameworks. 960 Grid System seems pretty awesome, then I found Blueprint, which seems to do the same thing and more. Is there a better word than "framework" to categorize this… >>> More
Content display problems when using Suckerfish menus with 960.gs and IE

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm using 960.gs layout and when I add the suckerfish menu as part of the content to one of the grids, the contents of adjacent siblings bleed through the menu in all versions of IE. In the listed html below, the text from 'belowFoldSection' will appear through the menu when it is visible and has… >>> More
Control vertical source ordering with 960.gs?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi, I've understood it's possible to control the vertical (columnwise) source ordering with the 960 Grid System. However, is it possible to do something similar vertically? If not, does anyone know of any grid system that handles source ordering vertically? Thanks, Jens >>> More
Problem with IE using 960.gs

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I'm using the 960.gs CSS framework on a site and have hit problems almost instantly with IE (7, though I assume 6 is no better). <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="design/reset.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="design/960.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet"… >>> More
I want to use 960 or Blueprint, but I also want to use lots of Padding and Borders, is it a good fit

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I started using 960 today and thought it would be really easy. However, trying to translate a site to 960 quickly proved tough for many reasons. The first is that I can't use any padding or borders. Unless of course I add many more divs. Same thing with borders. Question is, if I want to use… >>> More