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Simple Footnotes

This plugin implements basic footnote and endnote functionality for Joomla! articles.  It takes footnotes marked within the article text and converts them into HTML anchors.

This plugin was originally derived from a Tips & Notes plugin.  I didn’t want my footnotes implemented in CSS and Javascript when Joomla had the power to process them in the backend, so I rewrote it.

Current Version: .1

Version .1 of the footnotes plugin is available from http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/simplefootnotes/frs/.

There is also a feature request and bug tracker system at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/simplefootnotes/tracker/.

Usage:

Simply place the following marker in the text where a footnote is desired:

{footnote}Put your footnote text here.{/footnote}

The plugin will automagically replace each reference with a sequentially numbered footnote marker (1, 2, 3, and so on) and place the footnote at the bottom of the article.

The plugin also supports endnotes.  These are marked this way:

{endnote}Put your endnote text here.{/endnote}


All endnotes, wherever they are placed in the article, are simply moved to the bottom of the article and numbered sequentially.  No marker is placed in the text where they were.  Note that this is contrary to the typical definition of “endnote,” it was developed because I needed the functionality.

Note: If the article uses a “read more” link, neither footnotes nor endnotes will show up on pages where just the text before the “read more” link is displayed.  If an article does not have a “read more” link then notes will show up anywhere the article is displayed.

Further Note: If an article uses pagebreaks to create a multi-page article then footnotes and endnotes will display on whatever page they fall on.

Installation:

1. Install the plugin
2. Go to your Plugin Manager and enable the plugin
3. In Joomla! articles insert footnotes per the instructions above