General principle
SPIP provides a typographic shortcut to insert a footnote, such as :
"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players."[[William Shakespeare]]
which will display the following text :
"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players." [1]
SPIP automatically generates:
- the superscripted number
- the direct link to the footnote
- the display of the footnote text and the link to part of the text where the footnote was inserted.
Specific case
As mentioned in the SPIP online-help [2], you can also insert a footnote by using a syntax that will override the numbering of the footnote into any other symbol or text of your choice. At the beginning of the footnote, insert the reference in-between < >, eg. :
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[[<*>dummy text.]].
will display the following :
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet [*].
This syntax could be particularly useful when you wish to insert a footnote that already appears somewhere else in your text [3] (you only want to re-call the footnote without duplicating it).
This syntax could be particularly useful when you wish to insert a footnote that already appears somewhere else in your text [[<3>]]
The HTML generated code
<span class="spip_note_ref"> [<a href='#nb2' class='spip_note' rel='footnote' title='William Shakespeare.' id='nh2'>2</a>]</span>
and further below:
<p><span class="spip_note_ref">[<a href='#nh2' class='spip_note' title='Notes 2' rev='footnote'>2</a>] </span>William Shakespeare</p>
Footnotes and Templates
Beware, footnotes will only appear in your text if the #NOTES tag is specifically set in the template for this article.