How Do I Keep the Footer at the Bottom of Webflow?

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How Do I Keep the Footer at the Bottom of Webflow?

Having a footer that always stays at the bottom of a webpage is a common challenge for many web designers. In this tutorial, we will explore different techniques to achieve this in Webflow.

Method 1: Using Absolute Positioning

If you want your footer to stick to the bottom of the viewport, regardless of the page content, you can use absolute positioning. Follow these steps:

  1. Create a section element and give it a class name, for example, “footer-section”.
  2. In the Styles panel, set the position property to “Absolute”.
  3. Set the bottom property to “0” to position it at the bottom of its containing element (usually the body).
  4. Adjust other styling properties like width, height, and background color as desired.

Note: Make sure there is enough vertical space between your page content and the footer so that it doesn’t overlap any important elements.

Method 2: Using Flexbox

A more flexible way to keep your footer at the bottom is by using flexbox. Here’s how:

  1. Create a section element and give it a class name like “footer-section”.
  2. In the Styles panel, set its display property to “Flex”.
  3. Set flex-direction to “column” so that its child elements stack vertically.
  4. Add “flex-grow: 1” to make sure it expands to fill any remaining space.

Note: Remember to adjust other styling properties like width, height, and background color to match your design.

Method 3: Using Sticky Footer

If you want the footer to stay at the bottom of the page content when there is enough content to fill the entire viewport, you can use the sticky footer technique. Here’s how:

  1. Create a wrapper div to contain your page content and footer.
  2. Set its display property to “Flex”.
  3. Add “min-height: 100vh” to make sure it fills at least the entire viewport height.
  4. Set the wrapper div’s “margin-bottom” property to (-)height of your footer.
  5. Add a div for your footer inside the wrapper and give it a class name like “footer-section”.

Note: Adjust other styling properties like width, height, and background color as needed. Also, make sure your page content doesn’t exceed the viewport height so that scrolling isn’t affected.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we explored three different methods to keep the footer at the bottom of Webflow pages. Whether you prefer absolute positioning, flexbox, or sticky footer technique, you now have multiple options to achieve this common web design requirement.

Remember: Each method has its pros and cons depending on your specific design needs. Experiment with these techniques in Webflow and choose the one that works best for your project.