How to make my footer always stay at the bottom of the page, even when the page content is smaller than the screen?

Question

I haven\'t added content to my page yet, since I\'m still working on the header and footer. I noticed that my footer, instead of being at the bottom of the page, like it would b

Answer 1

You can use flexbox auto margins

Minimal Example:

body {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column;
  min-height: 100vh; /* have the flex container at least take up the viewport */
  
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 20px;
}

footer {
  margin-top: auto;
  background: #999999;
}

  
Header
  
Some random content
  
Footer

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Using the same minimal example above but with long content:

body {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column;
  min-height: 100vh; /* have the flex container at least take up the viewport */
  
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 20px;
}

div {
  height: 3000px;
}

footer {
  margin-top: auto;
  background: #999999;
}

  
Header
  
Some random content
  
Footer

Using the OP's code:

body {
  font-family: Lato;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px;
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column;
  min-height: 100vh;
}

header {
  height: 80px;
  padding-left: 20px;
  padding-right: 5px;
  padding-top: 15px;
}

header h1 {
  display: inline;
}

header nav {
  float: right;
  font-size: 18pt;
}

header nav a {
  color: #999;
  line-height: 50px;
  margin-right: 20px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

header nav a:hover {
  color: #666;
}

header nav a.currentPage {
  color: #7a7acc;
}

header nav a.currentPage:hover {
  color: #7a7acc;
}

footer {
  margin-top: auto;
  background-color: #f2f2f2;
  color: #666;
  font-size: 12pt;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
}

footer div {
  max-width: 750px;
  margin: 0px auto;
}

footer a {
  color: #666;
}

  

    

      
    
    

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