css footer not displaying at the bottom of the page

Question

this is my code for my footer, how can i make it display at the bottom of the page rather than right underneath my content above it?

/*footer */
#footer .column          


        

Answer 1

Bootstrap have an example of a footer that sticks to the bottom of the page here: https://getbootstrap.com/examples/sticky-footer/

Here is the CSS:

html {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 100%;
}
body {
  /* Margin bottom by footer height */
  margin-bottom: 60px;
}
.footer {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
  /* Set the fixed height of the footer here */
  height: 60px;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
}

Then in the HTML: