Try this, you had extra http://
#footer {
background-image: url("http://www.elliottwaveireland.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/footer.gif");
border-top: 1px solid #d5d5d5;
padding-top: 50px;
margin-bottom: 30px;
min-height: 80px;
position: relative;
background-color:#396395;
color: #fff;
clear: both;
}
[Moderated by Josh: Please use backticks when placing code in posts.]
