To enhance the layout of your footer, you should consider restructuring your stylesheet.
For instance, if the container for your footer has an id of 'footer', simply prepend that id selector to the beginning of each item in the stylesheet
For example:
table {
/*attributes*/
}
should be adjusted to:
#footer table {
/*attributes*/
}
When dealing with comma-separated lists, remember to include #footer before each item
For example:
div .item, span .value{
/*attributes*/
}
becomes
#footer div .item, #footer span .value{
/*attributes*/
}
No change is necessary for items already identified by ids, but ensure these ids are unique to each element
There is no need to alter elements like this one:
#disclaimer{
/*stuff*/
}
If modifying the stylesheet could pose issues for other page sections utilizing the same stylesheet, duplicating certain styles may be an option.
Alternatively, if duplication is undesirable, you could dynamically insert #footer into the CSS sheet on the server using regex replace and serve this version to clients instead of the original stylesheet. However, this process requires significant effort.
If your stylesheet is lengthy, I empathize with you.