I've looked around for similar issues here and in other places, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer. When I add enough text to a page that it would get to the footer, the footer simply overlaps the text. Same thing if I reduce the size of the browser window to force the footer and the container that holds the content to meet. Occasionally, this also manifests in the "container" aka the lighter gray part, shrinking for some reason, even though it should always be taking up 100% of the height.
This is the sort of stuff that keeps me up all night, so I'm not thinking very clearly. I'm sure it's something stupid and easy to fix, but I'm not a professional designer and am certainly missing what the issue is.
Below is my code, and a JSFiddle that I made with all the relevant parts of a page.
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
html, body {
background: #252525;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
height: 100%;
text-align: center;
}
body {
background: #363636;
border-left: 1px solid #111;
border-right: 1px solid #111;
margin: 0 22.5%;
}
#container {
color: white;
margin-bottom: 2em;
min-height: 100%;
overflow: auto;
padding: 0 2em;
text-align: justify;
}
#footer {
bottom: 0;
color: #707070;
height: 2em;
left: 0;
position: fixed;
font-size: small;
width:100%;
}<body>
<div id="container">
<h1>A webpage</h1>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam pretium augue quis augue ornare tempor. Donec eu purus vitae nisi eleifend euismod. Nullam sem nunc, bibendum tempor iaculis eu, consequat in sem. Phasellus nec molestie orci. Fusce varius nisi est, non aliquet dolor porttitor non. Aliquam eu ante nec massa pulvinar posuere. Praesent consectetur porttitor ipsum, eget viverra urna ultricies et.
<p>Quisque vehicula neque a enim dignissim, et vestibulum orci viverra. Pellentesque aliquam feugiat interdum. Ut molestie vitae lacus in eleifend. Sed scelerisque urna ut elit venenatis suscipit. Nullam nec urna vel enim mattis interdum ut consequat libero. Proin in imperdiet orci. Vivamus felis lacus, dictum ac eros eu, malesuada pretium nisi. Cras suscipit nunc magna, a egestas neque facilisis sed.</div>
<div id="footer">This is a footer.</div>
</body>Here is a JSFiddle example.
Change this:
#footer {
bottom: 0;
color: #707070;
height: 2em;
left: 0;
position: relative; //changed to relative from fixed also works if position is not there
font-size: small;
width:100%;
}