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CSS

glenn romaniuk
glenn romaniuk
33,659 Points
Posted by glenn romaniuk
glenn romaniuk
33,659 Points

fixed header and fixed footer

Often called sticky header and footer. I've added top padding to the body so the markup following the header displays beneath it. Otherwise it will be hidden behind the header. The same is happening with the footer. The markup before the footer is hidden behind it. I've played around with padding-bottom for the body but it does not push the footer down. How can I do this?

2 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

You should have padding equivalent to the height of the header and footer. Try this link.

Laura Cressman
Laura Cressman
12,548 Points
Laura Cressman
Laura Cressman
12,548 Points

I found some useful tips at the CSS tricks blog: http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/sticky-footer/

The issue with using fixed positioning is that if your page needs to scroll, the header and footer might not move accordingly. Unless you always want your footer and header in the same spot, I'd be careful about that, unless you know how to address this issue Dustin?

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Chris Coyier promotes Treehouse on his website CSS-Tricks; he's not a part of Treehouse.

Laura Cressman
Laura Cressman
12,548 Points

My mistake, I edited my answer to reflect that :)