Replace body except footer - html

Question

I use this to load a page and replace the current page:
$.get('genres.html').done(function (data) {
$('#pagecontent').html(data);
})
When i do this everything in de body gets replaced with the new content.
I need to replace the full body except this footer.
I did see something about div:not but i think thats not working with ajax.
How can i replace everything except the footer:
<footer class="footer bg-dark">
<div id="jp_container_N">
<div class="jp-type-playlist">
<div id="jplayer_N" class="jp-jplayer hide"></div>
<div class="jp-gui">
<div class="jp-video-play hide"><a class="jp-video-play-icon">play</a></div>
<div class="jp-interface">
<div class="jp-controls">
<div><a class="jp-previous"><i class="icon-control-rewind i-lg"></i></a>
</div>
<div><a class="jp-play"><i class="icon-control-play i-2x"></i></a>
<a class="jp-pause hid"><i class="icon-control-pause i-2x"></i></a>
</div>
<div><a class="jp-next"><i
class="icon-control-forward i-lg"></i></a></div>
<div class="hide"><a class="jp-stop"><i class="fa fa-stop"></i></a>
</div>
<div><a class="" data-toggle="dropdown" data-target="#playlist"><i
class="icon-list"></i></a></div>
<div class="jp-progress hidden-xs">
<div class="jp-seek-bar dk">
<div class="jp-play-bar bg-info"></div>
<div class="jp-title text-lt">
<ul>
<li></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="hidden-xs hidden-sm jp-current-time text-xs text-muted"></div>
<div class="hidden-xs hidden-sm jp-duration text-xs text-muted"></div>
<div class="hidden-xs hidden-sm"><a class="jp-mute" title="mute"><i
class="icon-volume-2"></i></a> <a class="jp-unmute hid"
title="unmute"><i
class="icon-volume-off"></i></a></div>
<div class="hidden-xs hidden-sm jp-volume">
<div class="jp-volume-bar dk">
<div class="jp-volume-bar-value lter"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div><a class="jp-shuffle" title="shuffle"><i
class="icon-shuffle text-muted"></i></a> <a
class="jp-shuffle-off hid" title="shuffle off"><i
class="icon-shuffle text-lt"></i></a></div>
<div><a class="jp-repeat" title="repeat"><i
class="icon-loop text-muted"></i></a> <a
class="jp-repeat-off hid" title="repeat off"><i
class="icon-loop text-lt"></i></a></div>
<div class="hide"><a class="jp-full-screen" title="full screen"><i
class="fa fa-expand"></i></a> <a class="jp-restore-screen"
title="restore screen"><i
class="fa fa-compress text-lt"></i></a></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="jp-playlist dropup" id="playlist">
<ul class="dropdown-menu aside-xl dker">
<!-- The method Playlist.displayPlaylist() uses this unordered list -->
<li class="list-group-item"></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="jp-no-solution hide"><span>Update Required</span> To play the media
you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update
your <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Flash
plugin</a>.
</div>
</div>
</div>
</footer>

Answer 1

Just put everything outside the footer in a container, then replace the contents of that. Something like:
<div id="content">
...your content here
</div>
<footer>
</footer>
Then do:
$.get('genres.html').done(function (data) {
$('#content').html(data);
})