WRT the original question,

webwiz — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:10:49 +0000

WRT the original question, it looks like you are trying to implement FooterStickAlt. If so, be aware that it only works when you have a single DIV to wrap the non-footer content. You have <div class="bg"> and <div class="container"> wrapping your content. This does not work.

Theoretically you should be able to do this by using CSS display properties of table, table-row, and table-cell. As you probably know, the World's Favorite Browser will not support these until version 8 comes out.

You may be able to take out one of those DIVs. Check the FooterStickAlt link I gave above for details.

I'm not sure what the

pr0gr4mm3r — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:53:00 +0000

I'm not sure what the advantages are, but some frameworks define the base path that way.

I know this wasn't part of the original question, but I saw a critical security problem with this line:

include ($page.'.php');

I can set $page to be something like "http://example.com/evilscript" which would cause your site to run the script located at "http://example.com/evilscript.php". This can easily get your site hacked.

how true but I do not see

decibel.places — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:42:20 +0000

how true

but I do not see any advantage in using a constant (which I suspect has not been set - so the path would default to the doc's dir and the given filename) as the path to the stylesheet

OP has stated elsewhere they have beginner's skills, so they may not even understand using a constant..

yes, but probably needs to

pr0gr4mm3r — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:59:46 +0000

yes, but probably needs to be a variable formed with "$" eg $rootpath

Not if it's a constant.

Megan wrote: Putting those

decibel.places — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:16:34 +0000

Megan wrote:

Putting those <div style="clear:both:"> shoudln't be necessary - just putting clear:both in the footer styles would do the same thing.

ah, I was unclear what you were saying because you didn't use the code tags.

you're correct, that empty div with the clear:both style is unnecessary.

[nb actual code is <div style="clear:both;"> with a semicolon, not <div style="clear:both:">]

pr0gr4mm3r wrote: I am

decibel.places — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:11:22 +0000

pr0gr4mm3r wrote:

I am unfamiliar with the use of "echo rootpath" in the stylesheet path

It could be a constant the OP defined.

yes, but probably needs to be a variable formed with "$" eg $rootpath

I am unfamiliar with the use

pr0gr4mm3r — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:28:30 +0000

I am unfamiliar with the use of "echo rootpath" in the stylesheet path

It could be a constant the OP defined.

You want your footer frozen

Megan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:20:00 +0000

You want your footer frozen to the bottom of the page even when the page scrolls? Or you just want it at the bottom of your content?

If you want it frozen, try position:fixed. Putting those <div style="clear:both"> shoudln't be necessary - just putting clear:both in the footer styles would do the same thing.

It's aways helpful to post a working link when you are asking about HTML or CSS problems. That way we can see what's happening on the site and use Firebug to try out solutions.

By the way, that footer should be an id not a class. It doesn't appear more than once, doe it? If it's a unique item it should be an id.

try changing the footer

decibel.places — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:18:37 +0000

try changing the footer position from "absolute" to "relative"

.footer {
    background:url(images/footer.gif) no-repeat;
    width:979px;
    height:68px;
    position:relative;
    bottom:0px;
    }

I am unfamiliar with the use of "echo rootpath" in the stylesheet path

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo rootpath; ?>style.css" />

does the stylesheet load at all? It might if the php expression is null and the style.css file is in the same directory....

at the very least, it should be "echo $rootPath" (I think) check these results at php.net

how about $_SERVER["SITE_HTMLROOT"] ?

why not put in the actual path to the stylesheet? does it change?