yeah, I just did the same thing. I took my entire footer out because I made one myself for the rest of my site. You can check it out if you want 😀
I used an SSL to call the footer in the rest of the site, but since WP uses php, I included it with the php function. However, it wasn’t sticking to the bottom! So, I just removed the entire footer – bother the WP one and my custom one.
http://www.DviantImage.com
Do I need to make sure that I’m still calling my footer.php file? I’m not sure I am. I hacked around until it looked right, then stopped screwing with it.
Sorry to resurrect here, but this was relevant for me!
Sorry, and WP’s footer.php looks like this:
<?php include("http://www.dviantimage.com/footer.html");?>