Stick footer to bottom of short pages

[Sam]

Hello,

Is there a built in option to “stick” the footer to the bottom of the pages? I’m not asking to use “position: fixed;” which would always keep the footer visible, rather more as described here:

https://css-tricks.com/couple-takes-sticky-footer/

On pages with not a lot of content (eg a contact page), having the footer appear above the actual bottom of the browser window looks bad.

Thanks!

[Elvin]

Hi Sam,

You can try the “flexbox” approach provided on the link you’ve given.

You can try this code:

html, body {
  height: 100%;
}
body {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

#page {
  flex: 1 0 auto;
}

.site-footer{
flex-shrink: 0;
}

#page is GP theme’s id selector for content. .site-footer is the class selector for its footer. This should work assuming no stray blocks are added between the content and the footer.

Let us know if it works for you.

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[Sam]

Hmm not quite, that is doing something to the width of pages without sidebar widgets. It’s also creating an unnecessary vertical scrollbar.

I’ve included the site URL in the private info section.

[David]

Hi there,

try the solution i provided here:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/cant-get-menu-nav-or-footer-to-be-sticky/#post-1232453

It works for most scenarios.

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Sam]

Thanks David, I think that will work out for me. Would be cool to see this option built in 👍

[David]

You’re welcome

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

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