Here’s an idea (sandbox example link). Include a phantom div in your footer component that represents the footer’s position that other dom elements will respect (i.e. affecting page flow by not being position: ‘fixed’;).
Update 2021 – CSS GRID Here is a solution using CSS Grid, this is by far the best way to do it on 2021. Run code snippetExpand snippet Old Answer There is another sticky footer by Ryan Fait that doesn’t use position fixed:
For your footer: For your body: Show code snippet jsFiddle Demo
A simple method is to make the body 100% of your page, with a min-height of 100% too. This works fine if the height of your footer does not change. Give the footer a negative margin-top: