I have been able to design my layout so that it has 2 columns and a width of 100%, you can see that here.
Now I\'m trying to implement a sticky footer (100%) height with
Take a look at Sticky Footer 2009. This has been discussed multiple times on SO as well.
I would add a CSS class to the DIV containing the columns and style that. To get close, I had to add the following to your CSS file:
body
{
height: 100%;
}
.footer
{
position: absolute;
top: 90%;
left: 0;
height: 10%;
}