I am designing my website and I\'m trying to find a way to keep a header always in the screen.
For an example, take a look at this extra long page on Wikia.com. Noti
HTML:
<div id="wrap">
<div id="header"> HEADER </div>
<div id="navigation"> NAVIGATION </div>
<div id="content"> CONTENT </div>
</div>
JavaScript:
( function () {
var nav = $( '#navigation' )[0],
top = $( nav ).offset().top,
left,
height = $( nav ).outerHeight(),
width = $( nav ).width(),
fixedClass = 'fixed';
function pageOffset() {
return window.pageYOffset || document.body.scrollTop;
}
$( window ).
resize( function () {
left = $( nav ).offset().left;
}).
scroll( function () {
$( nav ).toggleClass( fixedClass, pageOffset() > top );
if ( $( nav ).hasClass( fixedClass ) ) {
$( nav ).
css({ 'left': left, 'width': width }).
prev().css({ 'marginBottom': height });
} else {
$( nav ).
prev().andSelf().removeAttr( 'style' );
}
}).
trigger( 'resize' );
})();
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/simevidas/Mx8hC/show/
//header//
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title><?php echo SITE_NAME; if(isset($page_title)){ echo ' :: '.$page_title;}?></title>
<meta name="Description" content="<?php echo $SITE_NAME;?>" />
<meta name="robots" content="all, index, follow" />
<meta name="distribution" content="global" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="<?php if(isset($include_file_ext)){ echo $include_file_ext;}?>css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
<h1><?php echo SITE_NAME;?></h1>
</div>
<div id="navigation">
<ul>
<li><a href="/photosharing/">Home</a></li>
<!--
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Services</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact us</a></li>-->
</ul>
</div>
<div id="content">
//footer
</div>
<div id="footer">
Copyright © <?php echo SITE_NAME.' , '.date('Y');?>
</div>
</body>
</html>
//css
body,td,th {
font-family: Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #333;
}
body {
margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 30px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
.maindiv{ width:690px; margin:0 auto;}
.textbox{ padding:2px 4px; width:200px;}
.submit{ border:solid 1px #008000; background:#008000; color:#FFF; font-weight:bold;}
#container
{
margin: 0 30px;
background: #fff;
}
#header
{
background: #ccc;
padding: 20px;
}
#header h1 { margin: 0; }
#navigation
{
float: left;
width: 100%;
background: #333;
}
#navigation ul
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#navigation ul li
{
list-style-type: none;
display: inline;
}
#navigation li a
{
display: block;
float: left;
padding: 5px 10px;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
border-right: 1px solid #fff;
}
#navigation li a:hover { background: #383; }
#content
{
clear: left;
padding: 20px;
}
#content h2
{
color: #000;
font-size: 160%;
margin: 0 0 .5em;
}
#footer
{
background: #ccc;
text-align: right;
padding: 20px;
height: 1%;
}
If you want it to be stuck to the top even when the user scrolls (i.e. stuck to the top of the browser window), use:
.top-bar {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
Or just to the of the the page:
.top-bar {
margin: 0;
width: 100%;
}
You could use CSS positioning to solve this. The following link has instructions on what you need I believe.
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/keeping-footers-at-the-bottom-of-the-page
Edit: Sorry I misread, these should work for headers as well.
http://www.noobcube.com/tutorials/html-css/fixed-header-footer-layout-a-beginners-guide-/
http://davidchambersdesign.com/css-fixed-position-headers/
Hope these help.
Always remember if you have to stick the header or footer { position : fixed; }
can be used.
So apply CSS like this:
.header{
top:0;
width:100%;
height:50px;
position:fixed; // this is the key
}