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CSS

Posted by Jason Ladieu
Jason Ladieu
10,635 Points

Footer trouble

Hi,

I'm trying to get my footer to stay at the bottom of the page without over lapping the other elements when the screen is shrunk down. I can't seem to get my code to accomplish both of my needs. Could help me out? This has been a problematic issue for me!

Thanks,

Jason

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <title>Square Water Proofing</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
        <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Libre+Baskerville' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    </head>
    <body>
    <div id="container">
        <header>
            <a href="index.html" id="logo" class="title">
                <h1>Square Water Proofing</h1>
            </a>
            <nav>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="our_story.html" class="nav-key">Our Story</a></li>
                    <li><a href="services.html" class="nav-key">Services</a></li>
                    <li><a href="beforeafter.html" class="nav-key">Before & After</a></li>
                    <li><a href="contact.html" class="nav-key">Contact Us</a></li>
                </ul>
                <section class="call-us">
                <h2>Call us today!<a href=tel="617-416-9403" class="tel">(617) 416-9403</a></h2>
                </section>
            </nav>
        </header>    

        <section>
            <banner>
                <img src="" class="banner-image">
            </banner>
        </section>
        <section>
            <h2>About Us</h2>
            <p>Something something something about us</p>
        </section>
        <section>
            <ul id="main-services">
                <li><a src=""></a></li>
                <li><a src=""></a></li>
                <li><a src=""></a></li>
            </ul>
        </section>
        </div>
        <div id="socialmedia">
            <footer id="footer">
                <a href="facebook.com"><img src="images/facebook.png" alt="Facbook" class="socialmedia"></a>
                <a href="instagram.com"><img src="images/instagram.png" alt="Instagram" class="socialmedia"></a>
                <h4><a href="http://jasonladieu.com" id="copyright">&copy; 2016 Jason Ladieu</a></h4>
            </footer>
        </div>

    </body>
</html>

/**********************
***Footer***********/

footer {
    clear: both;
    margin:0;
    margin-top: 50%;
    height: 80px;
    text-align: center;
}

.socialmedia {
    display: inline-block;
}




#copyright {   
    font-size: 10px;

}

#copyright:link {
    color: silver;
}

#copyright:visited {
       color: silver; 
}

#copyright:hover {
    color: black;
}

1 Answer

Billy Bellchambers
Billy Bellchambers
21,689 Points
Billy Bellchambers
Billy Bellchambers
21,689 Points

You could try something like this

This will set your container height to 100% of view height minus the height of the socialmedia div. Which should give the effect of the footer being stuck to bottom of the page when there isnt enough content to naturally fill your page.

#container {
  min-height: calc(100vh - 100px) /*You can swap in the 100px value for something more appropriate for the footer height*/
}

#socialmedia {
  height: 100px; /*again this can always be swapped for a more suitable height if you prefer */
}

Hope this helps.

Happy coding!