bwilsonnet on "Footer changed/won't keep dimension in newly created custom page"

Thanks Cyril Wasbrook! I'd never heart of W3C Validator. Getting rid of all the </div > tags that were in the template did the trick.

However now it's styled different, oy lol -_-. It's separated the wordpress info from the credit and before it was transparent with stylized lines around it. Any suggestions?

here's the new footer code I corrected

<div style="clear:both;"></div>

	<div id="footer">
	<div id="footer-inner">

		<p><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> <?php _e('is powered by','panorama'); ?> <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a></p>

	</div>

	<div id="credit">

		<p>Panorama Theme by <a href="http://themocracy.com/"><img style="vertical-align:-7px;" src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/styles/<?php them_activeStyleDir(); ?>/themocracy_icon.gif" />Themocracy</a></p>
	</div>

<?php wp_footer(); ?>
</body>
</html>

and then here's the css style sheet

/*
Theme Name: Panorama
Theme URI: http://themocracy.com/2009/04/panorama-free-wordpress-theme/
Description: 2 column theme, compatible with WP2.8 and threaded-comments - add your own header image - 6 backgrounds, left or right sidebar, link/hover colors, jQuery dropdown page menu, and twitter badge all fully customizable - licenced under the GPL. Language localization supported, DA, AR, DE, FR, IT, NL, ES, TR.
Version: 2.1
Tags: fixed-width, two-columns, white, theme-options, threaded-comments
Author: Themocracy
Author URI: http://themocracy.com/
*/

body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
color: #222;
text-align:center;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 100.1%;
}

#wrapper{
width: 1000px;
margin: 0px auto;
padding: 0px;
text-align:left;
font-size: 78%;
line-height:20px;
}

#header{
height: 100px;
padding: 0 0 0 20px;
margin: 0;
}	

#container{
padding: 0 21px 0 20px;
}

#headerimage{
height:120px;
}

#topmenu{
margin:0;
padding:7px 0 0 0;
}

#content{
clear:both;
margin: 0px;
padding: 10px 0 0 0;
}

#content2{
clear:none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px 0 0 0;
}	

#footer {
clear: both;
margin: 0;
padding: 0px 20px 14px 20px;
text-align: center;
font-size: 90%;
}

#footer-inner{
background: #f2f2f2;
height: 50px;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
}

#footer p{
margin:0;
padding:15px 0;
}

#navigation{
padding: 5px 15px;
}

#navigation div.fleft{
float:left;
}

#navigation div.fright{
float:right;
}

#credit{
text-align:right;
padding: 0 15px;
}

#credit p{
margin:0;
font-size:85%;
}

#credit p a, #credit p a:hover{
font-weight:100;
text-decoration:none;
}

/*  ********** default styles *********** */

p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6{
margin: 10px 0;
padding: 0;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}

h1{
	font-size: 190%;
}
h2{
	font-size: 160%;
}
h3{
	font-size: 120%;
}
h4{
	font-size: 110%;
}
h5{
	font-size: 100%;
}
h6{
	font-size: 70%;
}

a{
font-weight:800;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:hover{
text-decoration:underline;
}

a img{
border:0px;
}

hr{
height:2px;
margin:5px 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
}

blockquote{
padding: 10px 35px 5px 35px;
margin: 3px 30px;
background: #f4f4f4  url("images/quotes.gif") top left no-repeat;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
}

form{
margin: 0;
padding:0;
}

fieldset{
padding:10px;
margin:0;
border:none;
}

legend{
font-weight:800;
}

code{
font-size: 95%;
font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
}

td{
 vertical-align:top;
}

.aligncenter,
div.aligncenter {
   display: block;
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
}

.alignleft {
   float: left;
	 margin: 0 10px 0 0;
}

.alignright {
   float: right;
	 margin: 0 0 0 10px;
}

.wp-caption {
   border: 1px solid #ddd;
   text-align: center;
   background-color: #f3f3f3;
   padding-top: 4px;
   margin: 5px 10px;
   /* optional rounded corners for browsers that support it */
   -moz-border-radius: 3px;
   -khtml-border-radius: 3px;
   -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
   border-radius: 3px;
}

.wp-caption img {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   border: 0 none;
}

.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
   font-size: 11px;
   line-height: 17px;
   padding: 0 4px 5px;
   margin: 0;
}

/* Tabs  */

.horizmenu{
width: 100%;
line-height:16px;
background: #ccc;
float:left;
font-size:95%;
}

.horizmenu a{
font-weight: 100;
}

.horizmenu ul{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}

.horizmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
}

.horizmenu ul li a{
display: block;
background: #ccc;
padding: 8px 15px;
border-right: 1px solid #fff;
color: #999;
text-decoration: none;
}

* html .horizmenu ul li a{
display: inline-block;
}

.horizmenu ul li a:link, .horizmenu ul li a:visited{
color: #222;
}

.horizmenu ul li a:hover{
background: #999;
color: white;
}

.horizmenu ul li a:hover, .horizmenu ul li ul li a:hover{
 text-decoration:none;
}

.horizmenu ul li.current_page_item a, .horizmenu ul li.current_page_item ul li a{
color:black;
background: #a9a9a9;
}

.horizmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: block;
visibility: hidden;
}

.horizmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none;
}

.horizmenu ul li ul li ul{
top: 0;
}

.horizmenu ul li ul li a{
width: 150px;
padding: 5px 8px;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #f2f2f2;
}

.horizmenu ul li ul li a:hover{
background: #999;
color: white;
}

.downarrow{
position: absolute;
top: 12px;
right: 7px;
}

.rightarrow{
position: absolute;
top: 9px;
right: 5px;
}

/* Headings */ 

#surheader{
color:white;
text-align:right;
padding: 0 14px 0 0;
}

#surheader p{
margin: 4px 0;
}

#surheader a{
color:white;
font-weight:100;
}

form#searchform2{
display: block;
float:right;
margin: 35px 14px 0px 5px;
}

#header h3{
margin:  0;
padding: 0 0 0 20px;
}

#header h3 a{
font-weight:100;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 260%;
line-height:28px;
}

#header h3 a:hover{
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}

#header h2{
margin: 0;
padding: 10px 0 5px 20px;
font-weight:800;
font-family:  arial, verdana, sans-serif;
color: #ccc;
font-size: 100%;
letter-spacing: 1px;
}

h2#sectiontitle{
font-size:140%;
font-weight: 100;
padding: 6px 6px 6px 10px;
margin: 1px 5px 10px 5px;
background: #f5f5f5;
color: #444;
}

/* post styles */

.post{
margin: 0px 15px 18px 15px;
padding: 10px 0px;
background: #fff url("images/dots.gif") bottom left repeat-x;
}

.entry{
margin: 0;
padding: 0px 10px 3px 10px;
}

.entry2{
margin: 0;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.post h2 {
color: #333;
font-size: 165%;
font-weight:100;
padding: 0 0 5px 5px;
margin: 5px 0 5px 0;
background: #fff url("images/dots.gif") bottom left repeat-x;
}

.post h2 a{
color: #333;
text-decoration:none;
font-weight:100;
}

.post h2 a:hover{
text-decoration:none;
color: #333;
}

.postmetadata{
font-size:90%;
padding: 1px 8px 1px 5px;
margin: 0;
background: #f5f5f5;
border-left: 3px solid #eee;
border-right: 3px solid #eee;
}

.postmetadata p{
line-height: 18px;
padding: 0;
margin: 2px 0;
}

.authormeta{
font-size:90%;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0;
}

.commentsmeta{
float:right;
font-size:90%;
padding: 0px;
margin: 0;
}

/* Comments > WordPress 2.6 */

ol.commentlist {
list-style:none;
margin:0;
padding:0;
text-indent:0;
}

ol.commentlist li {
border:1px solid #d3d3d3;
border-radius:5px;
-moz-border-radius:5px;
-webkit-border-radius:5px;
height:1%;
margin:0 0 10px;
padding:5px 7px 5px 57px;
position:relative;
}

ol.commentlist li div.comment-author {
padding:0 160px 0 0;
}

ol.commentlist li div.vcard {
font:800 12px/1.9  verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}

ol.commentlist li div.vcard cite.fn {
font-style:normal;
}

ol.commentlist li div.vcard cite.fn a.url {
text-decoration:none;
}

ol.commentlist li div.vcard img.avatar {
border:2px solid #eee;
top:7px;
left:7px;
position:absolute;
}

ol.commentlist li div.comment-meta {
font:100 11px/1.9 verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
position:absolute;
top:5px;
right:10px;
text-align:right;
}

ol.commentlist li div.comment-meta a {
color:#333;
text-decoration:none;
}

ol.commentlist li p {
font:normal 12px/1.5 verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
margin:0 0 1em;
}
ol.commentlist li ul {
font:normal 12px/1.4  verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
list-style:square;
margin:0 0 1em;
padding:0;
text-indent:0;
}

ol.commentlist li div.reply {
color:#374C76;
font:bold 12px/1.4 verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}

ol.commentlist li div.reply:hover {
color: black;
}

ol.commentlist li div.reply a {
text-decoration:none;
}

ol.commentlist li ul.children {
list-style:none;
margin:1em 0 0;
text-indent:0;
}

ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-2, ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-3, ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-4 {
margin:0 0 .25em;
}

ol.commentlist li.even {
background:#fff;
}
ol.commentlist li.odd {
background:#f3f3f3;
}

ol.commentlist li.pingback div.vcard {
padding:0 160px 0 0;
}

#respond h3, h3#comments, h3#postcomment{
font-size: 105%;
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
margin: 10px 0;
}

.replysubmit{
background:#ddd;
border:1px solid #aaa;
padding:2px 10px;
text-align:center;
-moz-border-radius: 3px;
-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
border-radius: 3px;
}

/*  Legacy Comments < WordPress 2.7  */

ol#lcommentlist{
padding: 0 0 0 20px;
font-size: 90%;
list-style-type: none;
}

ol#lcommentlist li{
padding: 0px 3px;
margin: 0;
}

ol#lcommentlist li p.commentheader{
margin: 0px 0 0px 0;
display: block;
padding: 1px 5px;
}

ul#lcommentlist{
padding: 0;
margin:0;
list-style-type:none;
}

ul#lcommentlist li{
display: block;
padding: 0;
margin: 0 15px 5px 15px;
font-size:90%;
background: #f2f2f2;
}

ul#lcommentlist p{
margin: 6px 0;
}

ul#lcommentlist li div.comm{
margin: 1px;
padding: 1px;
}

ul#lcommentlist li div.gravatar {
	width:50px;
	float:left;
	padding: 10px 0 0 10px;
}

ul#lcommentlist li div.gravatar img{
border: 2px solid #ccc;
}

ul#lcommentlist li div.commenttext{
padding: 0;
margin:5px 10px 5px 65px;
}

ul#lcommentlist li div.commenttext div.commentwrapper{
margin:0 0 0 5px;
padding: 3px 8px;
}

/*  sidebar styles */

.menu{
padding:0;
font-size:95%;
}

.menu a{
font-weight: 100;
}

.menu a:hover{
text-decoration:none;
}

.menu ul{
margin:0;
padding:0;
list-style-type:none;
}

.menu ul li.widget{
padding: 2px;
margin:0 0 10px 0;
}

.menu ul li.widget ul{
margin: 0;
padding:0;
}

.menu ul li.widget ul li{
padding: 3px 0 3px 20px;
margin:1px 0 0 0;
display:block;
background: #f2f2f2 url("images/bullet.gif") no-repeat 4px 8px;
}

.menu ul li.widget h3{
font-size:140%;
padding:4px 0 4px 7px;
margin: 0 0 2px 0;
color: #444;
font-weight: 100;
background: #e5e5e5;
border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
}

.menu ul li h3 a{
color: #333;
font-weight: 800;
}
.menu ul li h3 a:hover{
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
}

.menu form{
display:block;
margin:0px;
padding:4px;
}

.menu input{
margin:3px 0;
font-size:90%;
}

li.widget #search, li.widget #tags {
display:block;
padding: 2px 5px;
}

/* Calendar styles */
#wp-calendar {
empty-cells: show;
margin: 10px auto 0;
width: 230px;
}

#wp-calendar #next a {
padding-right: 10px;
text-align: right;
}

#wp-calendar #prev a {
padding-left: 10px;
text-align: left;
}

#wp-calendar a {
display: block;
}

#wp-calendar caption {
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
}

#wp-calendar td {
padding: 3px 0;
text-align: center;
}

#search{
background: #555;
border: 1px solid #b3b3b3;
float: right;
height: 22px;
margin: 30px 15px 0 0;
padding: 0 5px 0 0;
width:234px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
-khtml-border-radius: 4px;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
}

* html #search{
margin-right: 8px;
}

#search input{
background: transparent;
border: 0;
float: left;
font-size: 105%;
margin: 2px 0 0;
padding: 1px 2px 2px 10px;
width:198px;
}
#search .searchsubmit{
margin: 3px 0 0 5px;
padding: 0;
width: auto;
}

#footer a{
font-weight: 100;
}

Thank you both so much I really appreciate the help, and suggestions ^_^.