How do I display articles in sticky footer? Not sure if i am going about this the right way but my intended goal is this:

Create a sticky footer that displays: 


In Section 1(Left section) a Link to Latest magazine issue.
In Section 2 (Right Section) 
A. Either show the latest Archived Articles.
B. Allow a user to input or select their own desired archived article.


Can I use a view to display this, or should I use a block? If I can accomplish this with a view, what should my approach be?
if you number of archive and data in this block all always this (not need generate dynamic)  you can  create them  with 2 static block that their link  redirect user to a page that data was generated by views,(views page ).

and if you block data is not static and you want they generate dynamically I suggest you use views block(this mean a view with block display).

I think this link can help you it describe how to create a block that show month name and when click on each month  related data  according to the that month fetch by view.