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I have been trying to keep my footer at the bottom of the page using CSS. Please explain in simpler terms as I am new to HTML, CSS and BootStrap.

HTML:

<div id="footer-bottom">            
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-sm-6">
                <div class="widget widget-text">
                    <div class="copyright"> 
                        <p class="last">
                            2015. AVENTIS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
                        </p>          
                    </div>  
                </div><!-- widget-text -->
            </div><!-- col -->       
            <div class="col-sm-6">
                <div class="widget widget-social">          
                    <div class="social-media">
                        <a class="facebook" href="#"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a>
                        <a class="twitter" href="#"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>
                        <a class="google" href="#"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a>
                        <a class="pinterest" href="#"><i class="fa fa-pinterest"></i></a>                                                    
                    </div><!-- social-media -->                     
                </div><!-- widget-social -->  
            </div><!-- col -->
        </div><!-- row -->
    </div><!-- container -->  
</div>

CSS:

#footer-bottom {
    padding: 30px 0;
    background-color: #084C8D;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    position:absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height:100px;
    bottom:0;
    left:0; 
}

the footer is currently stuck between my content and not at the bottom of the webpage.

Vickel
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Jun Jie
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    possible duplicate of [How do you get the footer to stay at the bottom of a Web page?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/42294/how-do-you-get-the-footer-to-stay-at-the-bottom-of-a-web-page) – JRulle Sep 29 '15 at 17:58
  • i check your code in chrome it was working fine – Mr.M Sep 29 '15 at 17:59
  • Is your `#footer-bottom` div inside any other element, or it is just inside the body? Maybe that is the problem, you should place it in the body. Also, you should add some `margin-bottom` to your `body` element equal as the footer's height. Or, if you want your footer to be always visible at the bottom of the screen, you should use `position:fixed;` – pablito.aven Sep 29 '15 at 18:01
  • @Mahadevan Hey, sorry forgot to add this. My code works fine on pages with content that fits all within one page. It doesnt work on pages that require scrolling. – Jun Jie Sep 29 '15 at 18:03
  • Try `clear:both;` in the css Edit: Nevermind, did not know you wanted it fixed to the bottom while scrolling. – Kurt Leadley Sep 29 '15 at 18:07

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body {
  padding: 0;
}
#footer-bottom {
  padding: 30px 0;
  background-color: #084C8D;
  color: #FFFFFF;
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100px;
  margin: 0;
}
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  <div id="footer-bottom">

    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-6">

          <div class="widget widget-text">

            <div class="copyright">
              <p class="last">
                2015. AVENTIS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
              </p>
            </div>

          </div>
          <!-- widget-text -->

        </div>
        <!-- col -->

        <div class="col-sm-6">

          <div class="widget widget-social">

            <div class="social-media">

              <a class="facebook" href="#"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></a>
              <a class="twitter" href="#"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a>
              <a class="google" href="#"><i class="fa fa-google-plus"></i></a>
              <a class="pinterest" href="#"><i class="fa fa-pinterest"></i></a> 

            </div>
            <!-- social-media -->

          </div>
          <!-- widget-social -->

        </div>
        <!-- col -->
      </div>
      <!-- row -->
    </div>
    <!-- container -->

  </div>

</body>

</html>

In your css, change Position: absolute; to Position: Fixed;

Diamond
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  • Hi, I have tried changing it to Position:Fixed; before and it did set my footer to the bottom. However, the footer scrolls along with my webpage. Is there a way to permanently fix the footer at the bottom, where the footer is only viewable once you scrolled all the way down? Thanks for your help! – Jun Jie Sep 29 '15 at 18:06
  • You don't need position: absolute then, you should use position: relative; – Diamond Sep 29 '15 at 18:08
  • Hey thanks for your help! The footer is now at the bottom, however there is still some white space between the footer and the exact end of the webpage. Note: the footer is stuck at the bottom and does not scroll along, but is not exactly at the bottom of the page. – Jun Jie Sep 29 '15 at 18:28
  • @JunJie Try adding `html, body {margin: 0;}` to your CSS and see if that fixes the space you are talking about. – Maximillian Laumeister Sep 29 '15 at 18:29
  • Is the footer always showing? and add margin: 0; to your css. – Diamond Sep 29 '15 at 18:30
  • @Diamond Yes, the footer is viewable once I scroll all the way down. There is still white space though, adding margin: 0; doesnt help. http://imgur.com/5ByOgu5 Hope this helps in showing my problem better. Thanks for your help :) – Jun Jie Sep 29 '15 at 18:39
  • Hi, I noticed that the zoomed footer image has a white strip on top and bottom. Is the behaviour of zooming in and out normal? – Diamond Sep 29 '15 at 18:44
  • @MaximillianLaumeister Hi, I added the codes you gave into my #page-wrapper under my CSS file. Is that correct? Adding another margin: 0; line there? Because its not working for me.. Sorry if this is basic as I'm unfamiliar with CSS codes. – Jun Jie Sep 29 '15 at 18:45
  • My bad, I didn't notice that's imgur, thought it's your site *Face_Hides* – Diamond Sep 29 '15 at 18:49
  • Is ' – Diamond Sep 29 '15 at 18:51
  • @Diamond Hi Diamond, not sure if i'm getting you right but yes there is a white strip above and below the footer, which i want to remove. And zooming in and out of the page doesn't solve the problem, the white spaces still remain. The white space does not appear on pages that does not require scrolling though. Here's an example. http://imgur.com/45fXVgJ P.S the black space is my windows task bar, which shows the footer is at the bottom of the page. – Jun Jie Sep 29 '15 at 18:54
  • @Diamond it's under a
    which is directly under the tag. `html, body { padding: 0; margin: 0; }` this is the code for #page-wrapper by the way, if it helps.
     – Jun Jie Sep 29 '15 at 18:56
  • set .page-wrapper { margin: 0; Padding: 0; } as well, to see if that will solve the problem. – Diamond Sep 29 '15 at 19:00
  • @Diamond Yes Diamond, there is margin: 0; and Padding: 0 ; in #page-wrapper already. – Jun Jie Sep 29 '15 at 19:04
  • Unless I see most of your code, I will not know where the problem is. Try inspect element in chrome and trace your output html and css – Diamond Sep 29 '15 at 19:27
  • @Diamond Hey diamond, I solved it by adding another class to my CSS. So currently there are 2 footer classes in my CSS file for pages that can be scrolled and pages that doesn't require scrolling. This helps to keep the footer to the bottom of the page although it requires two different classes in the CSS file. Thanks for your help! – Jun Jie Sep 30 '15 at 15:33
  • Glad you got it sorted, you might want to mark this as answer, enjoy coding! – Diamond Sep 30 '15 at 15:35