Experiment
footerStickAlt
Date created
25 August, 2005
Date last modified
29 August, 2005
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footerStickAlt

The examples linked from this page expand upon a technique published by solarDreamStudios called footerStick, that allows for the footer of a Web page to appear either at the bottom of the browser window or the bottom of the Web page content – whichever is visually lowest.

Because the original footerStick used absolute "bottom" positioning for the footer element, it was susceptible to a bug in Firefox/Mozilla that made the footer appear in the wrong position when first visiting a page. By using a slightly altered method, footerStickAlt avoids this behaviour. You can view a full explanation here.

You can also view a screenshot of the display bug.