# Position:Absolute cuts off half my footer?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [May 29, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634 "2008-05-29T13:08:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![w1sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@w1sh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1sh)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634/1 "2008-05-29T13:08:47Z")

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[http://webs.ashlandctc.org/csimmons/sites/actctlc/pages/index\_beta2.htm](http://webs.ashlandctc.org/csimmons/sites/actctlc/pages/index_beta2.htm)

There is a lot of code, but what happens is:

```auto

#footerarea {
    position:absolute;
    bottom:0px;
}

```

Cuts off the right side of my footer image. Fixed does too. Static and relative do not (but don’t position it bottom:0px; either…)

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**Author:** ![thats\_all\_folks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@thats\_all\_folks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thats_all_folks)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634/2 "2008-05-29T13:23:46Z")

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Maybe try setting the width of the footer to the width of your container

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**Author:** ![w1sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@w1sh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1sh)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634/3 "2008-05-29T13:27:22Z")

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Nevermind. In all my splendor I figured it out. 🙂  
Thanks though.

Edit: Is there a way to delete these threads if you’re the thread creator?

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**Author:** ![thats\_all\_folks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@thats\_all\_folks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thats_all_folks)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634/4 "2008-05-29T13:32:22Z")

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Just wondering what the answer to the problem was???

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**Author:** ![w1sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@w1sh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1sh)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634/5 "2008-05-29T13:35:36Z")

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> [@thats all folks;2332967](#):
>
> Just wondering what the answer to the problem was???

🙂  
vertical-align: baseline; - the Footer

But now the content cell won’t fit snugly up top.  
Arg. Always problems with this CSS stuff. But I need to learn it cause everyone says tables are tubular or something…

Edit: Bah, I didn’t fix it after all. Looks like some fake space is gonna be added to make this work. When in doubt, cheat.

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**Author:** ![simplistik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplistik/32/7747_2.png) [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634/6 "2008-05-29T13:54:04Z")

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[QUOTE=w1sh;2332961]Edit: Is there a way to delete these threads if you’re the thread creator?[/QUOTE]

no

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**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634/7 "2008-05-29T13:57:49Z")

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[quote=w1sh;2332969]🙂  
Edit: Bah, I didn’t fix it after all. Looks like some fake space is gonna be added to make this work. When in doubt, cheat.[/quote]

Hrmm, i can see why it won’t work, because of that ACTC / Contact part …

if you remove the 15px of top padding on #content, it allows the heading to get _somewhat_ up there, but unless my eyes deceive me you’re going to have to increase the left and right paddings on #content by about 3px to match the whitespace between CONTENT TITLE and the nav

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**Author:** ![w1sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@w1sh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1sh)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/position-absolute-cuts-off-half-my-footer/261634/8 "2008-05-30T12:43:11Z")

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[quote=fasterthanlight™;2332988]Hrmm, i can see why it won’t work, because of that ACTC / Contact part …

if you remove the 15px of top padding on #content, it allows the heading to get _somewhat_ up there, but unless my eyes deceive me you’re going to have to increase the left and right paddings on #content by about 3px to match the whitespace between CONTENT TITLE and the nav[/quote]

Too… lazy…