footer at bottom

hi all, my first post here :)

hope somebody can help me. Im desperately trying to get the footer stick to the bottom of the page. i have tried all the examples i have found on the internet, but none seem to work as i want.
here is a pic with the structure of my site:

http://www.imagebanana.com/view/449svdfm/divsStruct.jpg

i need both the main-container and the main to fill the space between the header and the footer. but no matter what i try, they always fit to the contents

any ideas?

Need to see your actual HTML and CSS code. An online link to page would be best.

thanks for reply,
i have it only in local, so cant give an url. :(
will try to put the code here

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>THE TITLE</title> <style type="text/css"> html,body{margin:0; padding:0; height:100%;} #wrapper{min-height:100%; position:relative;background: #1ae6e0;} #header-container{background:darkgreen; height:100px;} #header { background: green; margin:0 auto; width:800px; height:100%; } #main-container{padding-bottom:80px;background: #c23dc2; min-height:100%;} #main { background: pink; margin:0 auto; width:800px; height:100%; } #footer-container{position:absolute; bottom:0; width:100%; height:80px;/* Height of the footer */background: darkblue;} #footer { background: blue; margin:0 auto; width:800px; height:100%; } p, h1{padding:10px; margin:0; } </style>  </head> <body> <div id="wrapper">  <div id="header-container"> <div id="header"> <h1>this is the header content</h1> </div> </div>   <div id="main-container"> <div id="main"> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. </p> </div> </div>   <div id="footer-container"> <div id="footer"> <p>This is the Footer</p> </div> </div>  </div> </body></html>

So you only want three main sections of the webpage? As in your picture only has three sections.
Or do you want the multi-coloured background?

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>THE TITLE</title> <style type="text/css"> html,body{margin:0; padding:0; height:100%;} #wrapper{min-height:100%; position:relative;background: #1ae6e0;} #header-container{background:darkgreen; height:100px;} #header { background: green; margin:0 auto; width:800px; height:100%; } #main-container{padding-bottom:80px;background: #c23dc2; min-height:100%;} #main { background: pink; margin:0 auto; width:800px; height:100%; } #footer-container{position:absolute; bottom:0; width:100%; height:80px;/* Height of the footer */background: darkblue;} #footer { background: blue; margin:0 auto; width:800px; height:100%; } p, h1{padding:10px; margin:0; } </style>  </head> <body> <div id="wrapper">  <div id="main-container"> <div id="header-container"> <div id="header"> <h1>this is the header content</h1> </div> </div>   <div id="main"> <p> THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER THEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNERTHEINTERNETTHEINTERNER </p> </div> </div>   <div id="footer-container"> <div id="footer"> <p>This is the Footer</p> </div> </div>  </div> </body></html>

hi,
yes, i need 3 sections (the 3 containers) that expands horizontaly 100%, and then inside each of them, another div that is at the center.
basically as it is on the code, and it works in part, because the footer always stays at the bottom, the problem is: when there is few content, the footer remains at bottom (thats ok) but i need the "main-container" and "main" divs to always fill the space between header and footer. right now, if there is few content, the main-container and main divs fits to the contents, and so the wrapper (cyan color) shows up.

i mean, what i need is: the header always at top, the footer always at bottom, and the main-container (and also the main that is inside it) to fill all the space between them. so, the wrapper color (cyan) should NEVER be seen.

Hello,

Code:

min-height:1000px;

Put this in the main container CSS/ whatever the body is. And it will always be 1000px (horizontal length)change to what you want.

Don't forget you can also do percentages.

Code:

min-height:70%;