title: WP get_footer function does not show footer
body: <p>I'm trying to learn how to build my own WordPress themes. I've been through a few tutorials but I've hit a snag. I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. When I have my html for my footer in the same file as my "home.php" it works fine. When I try to separate it however and place the footer html in "footer.php" and use the "get_footer();" function, the footer does not appear at all, visibly or in the code... it's not there. I am wondering if there is something else I have neglected to do to get the footer to work? If not then what could be causing the footer not to show up when I split up the code into different theme parts/files?</p>
  
  <p>Here is the code for home.php:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;?php
  /*
    Template Name: Front Page
   */
  ?&gt;
  
  &lt;?php get_header(); ?&gt;
  
  &lt;?php get_template_part('nav'); ?&gt;
  
  &lt;div id="content"&gt;&lt;!-- Start Content --&gt;
  
      &lt;?php get_sidebar('left'); ?&gt;
  
      &lt;div id="middle-column" class="grid_8"&gt;&lt;!-- Main Content Begins Here --&gt;
  
          &lt;?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?&gt;&lt;!-- Start Loop --&gt;
                  &lt;div class="post"&gt;
                      &lt;h2 id="post-&lt;?php the_ID(); ?&gt;"&gt;&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
                      &lt;div class="entrytext"&gt;
                          &lt;?php the_content('&lt;p class="serif"&gt;Read the rest of this page &amp;raquo;&lt;/p&gt;'); ?&gt;
                      &lt;/div&gt;
                  &lt;/div&gt;
                  &lt;?php
              endwhile;
          else:
              ?&gt;
              &lt;?php _e('This page does not appear to have been set up yet. Sorry, please try again later. Thanks!'); ?&gt;
          &lt;?php endif; ?&gt;
  
          &lt;!-- End Loop --&gt;
  
      &lt;/div&gt;
  
      &lt;?php get_sidebar('right'); ?&gt;
      &lt;?php get_footer(); ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and here is the code for footer.php:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div id="push"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- End Content --&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- End Container --&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- End Wrapper --&gt;
  
  
  &lt;div id="footer"&gt;&lt;!-- Start Footer --&gt;
      &lt;div id="footWrap"&gt;&lt;!-- Start #footWrap --&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&amp;copy; Brent Blackwood&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- End #footWrap --&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- End Footer --&gt;
  
  &lt;div id="headerBand"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- Placed here for SEO purposes --&gt;
  &lt;div id="navBand"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- Placed here for SEO purposes --&gt;
  
  &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>