Symptoms

The footer appears in the middle of a page. Here is an example screenshot:

Causes

1. There is an invalid or malformed custom layout
2. There is invalid or malformed Wiki Markup. For example, there is an unbalanced {column} macro. See Page Footer Appears in the Middle of the Page. Example code:

   
   {section}
   {column}
   {column}
   || Test || Test ||
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   {column}
   {section}
   

3. There are no {column} macros within a {section} macro and a table Markup is within the {section} macro. For example:

   
   {section}
   || Test || Test ||
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   | {loremipsum} | {loremipsum} |
   {section}
   

Resolution

If the problem is happening site-wide, fix the custom layout. If the problem is happening on a specific page, fix the markup for that page.