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CSS CSS Layout Basics Getting Started with CSS Layout Creating a Sticky Footer

Matthew Schad
Matthew Schad
9,381 Points
Posted by Matthew Schad
Matthew Schad
9,381 Points

Sticky Footer problems.. Everything seems to be correct, could something be conflicting?

/* ================================= 
  Base Element Styles
==================================== */

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: #3a3a3a;
}

p:last-child {
    margin-bottom: 0;
}

a { 
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* ================================= 
  Base Layout Styles
==================================== */

/* ---- Navigation ---- */

.name {
  margin: 0;
}

/* ---- Layout Containers ---- */

.container {
  padding-left: 1em;
  padding-right: 1em;
}

.main-header {
    padding: 1.5em 0;
    background: #3acec2;
}

.main-footer { 
    text-align: center;
    padding: 2em 0;
    background: #d9e4ea;
}

/* ================================= 
  Media Queries
==================================== */

@media (min-width: 769px) {
.wrap {
  min-height: calc(100vh-75px);
}

.container {
        width: 70%;
        max-width: 1000px;
        margin: 0 auto;
    }
}

```HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Best City Guide</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
</head>
<div class="wrap">  
<body>
    <header class="main-header">
        <div class="container">
            <h1 class="name"><a href="#">Best City Guide</a></h1>
            <ul class="main-nav">
                <li><a href="#">ice cream</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">donuts</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">tea</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">coffee</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </header>

    <div class="container">
        <h2>Welcome!</h2>
        <p>Everything in this city is worth waiting in line for.</p>
        <p>Cupcake ipsum dolor sit. Amet chocolate cake gummies jelly beans candy bonbon brownie candy. Gingerbread powder muffin. Icing cotton candy. Croissant icing pie ice cream brownie I love cheesecake cookie. Pastry chocolate pastry jelly croissant.</p>
        <p>Cake sesame snaps sweet tart candy canes tiramisu I love oat cake chocolate bar. Jelly beans pastry brownie sugar plum pastry bear claw tiramisu tootsie roll. Tootsie roll wafer I love chocolate donuts.</p>
    </div>
</body>
</div>
    <footer class="main-footer">
        <span>&copy;2015 Residents of The Best City Ever.</span>
    </footer>
</html>

1 Answer

Matthew Schad
Matthew Schad
9,381 Points
Matthew Schad
Matthew Schad
9,381 Points

Got it! Needed spaces between the calc() values, and had the pixel height wrong. Hope this helps anybody who has the same question!

Jonathan Newman
Jonathan Newman
5,219 Points

Thank goodness you came back and explained it. I had the exact same problem. I don't know how I would have figured this out. Perhaps Gil should make an extra note.

Matthew Schad
Matthew Schad
9,381 Points
Matthew Schad
Matthew Schad
9,381 Points

Glad I could help, Jonathan!