How do I get a floating footer to stick to the bottom of the viewport in IE 6?

Question

I know this would be easy with position:fixed, but unfortanately I\'m stuck with supporting IE 6. How can I do this? I would rather use CSS to be clean, but if I have to u

Answer 1

If the footer has fixed height and you know it and can hard-code it in CSS, you can do it like this:

    
        
    
    
        

             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
             everything from the page goes here
        
        

             the footer