Now that the footer has a different color in the bootstrapped version, it would be better to put the footer at the bottom (like in reposearch):

see demo with link to css explaination

Submitted by Elmer van Chastelet on 2 January 2013 at 17:40

I am using that technique in researchr, but it has this downside:

“You must set the height of the footer div to something other than auto. Choose any height you like, but make sure the value is specified in pixels or ems within your CSS. This is not a big limitation, but it is essential for this method to work correctly.”

So I’m waiting for a better solution.