Getting HTML Body to extend with text

[mrquy0512]

so what I'm trying to do basically is have the HTML document extend vertically as I add more text, and at the moment it's just giving me some really weird problems, such as:[*]The body won't extend downward as I add more text[*]The footer isn't displaying at all at this point[*]There are some weird symbols being inserted into the document[*]The only way I know how to position things is absolute, and I don't know if this is causing some problems (such as getting text under the "Home" image?)Here's the jFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/9nYgb/Any help is appreciated greatly, thank you!