Question

OK, so now there’s a new wrinkle. The original problem I was having: Sticky Footer, but only sometimes. I have a scroll bar in my browser, and I can’t seem to make the extra 70px margin go away…

<div id="wrapper">
<div id="headwrapper">
<div id="header"></div>
    <div id="menu">
       <ul>
          <li class="active"><a href="#" title="Link1">Link1</a></li>
          <li><a href="#" title="Link2">Link2</a></li>
          <li><a href="#" title="Link3">Link3</a></li>
          <li><a href="#" title="Link4">Link4</a></li>
          <li><a href="#" title="Link5">Link5</a></li>
       </ul>        
    </div>
    <div id="content-container">
          <div id="content">
              <h2>
                  Page heading
              </h2>
              <p>
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              </p>
              <p>
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              </p>
              <p>
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              </p>
          </div>
          <div id="aside">
              <h3>
                  Aside heading
              </h3>
              <div class="box">
              <p>
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              </p>
              </div>
              <div class="box">
              <p>
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              </p>
              </div>
          </div>
 </div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
 <p>Footer content</p>
</div>

stylesheet:

* {margin:0}

html, body {height:100%;}

#wrapper {
    max-width:100%;
    min-width:1000px;
    min-height:100%;
    margin:0 auto;
    background-image:url(images/shadowborder.png);
    background-repeat:repeat-y;
    background-position:center;
    padding-bottom:70px;
    overflow:auto;
}

#headwrapper {
    position:relative;
    -moz-background-clip:border;
    -moz-background-origin:padding;
    -moz-background-size:auto auto;
    background-color:#003a72;
    background:url(images/bnr_rpt.jpg) repeat-x;
    height:150px;
}

#header {
    position:relative;
    -moz-background-clip:border;
    -moz-background-origin:padding;
    -moz-background-size:auto auto;
    background-color:transparent;
    background:url(images/KMIAFS_banner.jpg) center top no-repeat;
    height:150px;
}

#menu {
    clear:left;
    float:left;
    padding:0;
    border-top:5px solid #f52620;
    width:100%;
    overflow:hidden;
    height:70px;
}


#menu ul {
    float:left;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    list-style:none;
    position:relative;
    left:50%;
    text-align:center;
}

#menu ul li {
    display:block;
    float:left;
    list-style:none;
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    position:relative;
    right:50%;
    font-size:16px;
    font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif!important;
    font-weight:bold;
}

#menu ul li a {
    display:block;
    float:left;
    margin:0 2px 0 0;
    padding:10px 20px 6px 20px;
    background:#003a72;
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#FFF;
}

#menu ul li a:hover {
    padding:15px 20px 6px 20px;
    background-color:#999;
}

#menu ul li.active a, #menu ul li.active a:hover {
     color:#CCC;
}

#content-container {
    min-height:100%;
    height:100%;
    margin:0 auto;
    width:1000px;
}

#content {
    clear:left;
    float:left;
    width:610px;
    padding:10px;
    margin:0 0 0 30px;
    display:inline;
    background-color:transparent;
}

#content img {
    border:solid 2px #CCC;
    float:left;
    margin:14px 10px 10px 0px;
}

#content h2 {
    margin-bottom:10px;
}

#aside {
    float:right;
    width:290px;
    margin:0 40px 0 0px;
    display:inline;
    background-color:transparent;
}

#aside p {
    color:#CCC;
}

#aside h3 {
    padding-bottom:20px;
}

#aside .box {
    margin-bottom:20px;
    padding:20px;
    color:#fff;
    background-color:#336699;
    -webkit-border-radius:20px;
    -moz-border-radius:20px;
}

#footer {
    position:relative;
    height:70px;
    width:100%;
    border-top:5px solid #f52620;
    background:url(images/ftr_rpt.jpg) repeat-x;
    text-align:center;
    color:#FFF;
    margin:0 auto;
    margin-top:-70px;
    clear:both;
}

#footer a {
    color:#FFF;
    text-decoration:none!important;
    padding:-5px;
}

#footer a:hover {
    color:#CCC;
}

So what am I missing here?
Here’s the site: http://www.erisdesigns.net/Stage/McCampbellInsurance/index.html

Answer 1

Set #wrapper{margin-bottom:-70px;position:relative;} and remove padding-bottom.

Then add a <div class="spacer"></div> at the bottom of your wrapper and add .spacer{height:70px;clear:both;} to your css like so:

<div id="wrapper">
...
stuff here
...
<div class="spacer"></div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
 <p>Footer content</p>
</div>

This is usually how I do it. It might not be exactly what you want but it might point you in the right direction.