Is there any way to do cross-references to notes? I mean, suppose I say something about Emile Durkheim[1] and want to include that little bracketed number to cross-reference to a footnote in the same post, how do I do this? I've been just using superscripted numbers (a little trick I learned from Fang Langford) and putting the notes at the bottom. But it would be nice if you could click on the note number and go to the note. I know you can do this in HTML somehow, but I don't know if it works in posts and I don't know how to do it either.

Just since I seem to be writing some very long, reference-heavy posts....

Thanks!

Chris Lehrich

There doesn't seem to be one in BBCode, but I did a quick Google on HTML footnotes and found this page. It's a little dense, but I think you can find what you need...I think.

Here's the HTML code visible as you would type it in. One for the reference
[code]< a href="#note1" > [1]< /a >[/code]

And one for the note itself
[code] < a name="#note1" > [1] < /a > [/code]

Here you can try it out. [1]

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[1] Here's the explanation.

I believe you can also create a return loop with a bit of extra code, something like this:
[code]< a href="#note2" > [2]< /a >< a name="place2" >[/code]

And for the note itself
[code] < a name="note2" > [2] < /a > Explanatory text. < a href="#place2" >Return to Text< /a > [/code]

That should give you:
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[2] Here's the explanation. Return to Text.

(I hope this works.)

--M. J. Young

Yes, that definitely does work, but out of curiousity, where do you post topics long enough that need footnotes? That would be rather long... :)

Yes, well, take a look at some of my posts! In particular, see the RPG Theory thread "Not Lectures on Theory." You'll see why I asked.

Chris Lehrich

lol, that's true. You do need footnotes!