[SOLVED] Footnotes

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Fri, 18/09/2015 - 18:36

Guest

Pending moderation

I've been on this site for awhile, but I haven't learned how to use footnotes yet. Can someone please show me?

Thank you. :)

Fri, 18/09/2015 - 18:37

Sophia_

Editor of Russian content

Joined: 07.07.2014

dm wrote:

In the place where you want to add a footnote enclose the footnote text within an fn tag: [fn]like this[/fn]

The filter will take the text within the tag and move it to a footnote at the bottom of the page.

You can also use a "value" attribute to a) set the numbering to start from the given value, or b) to set an arbitrary text string as label.
Ex:

[fn value="5"]This becomes footnote #5. Subsequent are #6, #7...[/fn]
[fn value="*"]This footnote is assigned the label "*"[/fn]

Using value="" you can have multiple references to the same footnote in the text body.
[fn value="5"]This becomes footnote #5.[/fn]
[fn value="5"]This is a reference to the same footnote #5, this text itself is discarded.[/fn]

Fri, 18/09/2015 - 19:00

Fary

Moderator

Joined: 18.11.2011

If you simply put [ fn ]text here[ /fn ] it adds the little numbers automatically. So even if you want to add more than one footnote you don't have to worry about the numbers.

Fri, 18/09/2015 - 19:24

Alexander Laskavtsev

Retired Moderator Alex the Translator

Joined: 06.06.2015

Actually not necessarily the number can be a footnote:
[fn value="*"]This footnote has a value "*"[/fn] ;)

Wed, 06/12/2017 - 23:09

Diácono

Novice

Joined: 24.04.2017

Like Michael Scott once said, "Why don't you explain this to me like I'm an 8 year old."
Am I to literally type "1" with the text in between and it'll somehow know that I want that it to become a footnote? Or do I push the "fn" button on my computer? Or am I suppose to understand from this that I should do something else entirely? Not sure what is meant by an "fn tag."
Thanks!