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2007-06-17 (6:24 pm) : by ralfordStatistics for 'ralford'
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After an afternoon of coding, Ralford.net weblog posts and wiki entries now support footnotes. I've wanted them for some time, because footnotes let the author introduce a relevant idea, but allow them to present the idea in such away that it doesn't crowd the main article's content.

Most footnote styles I have seen create a literal footnote, and place the reference at the bottom of the page (Wikipedia and WordPress). I tried to think of an alternative implementation, and came up with a CSS-driven mouse-over footnote
(f)I convinced myself this was the way to go, because I'm a huge fan of Trillian's ability to preview Wikipedia articles by mousing-over keywords.
. This works out well for content that doesn't need to be printed, because it keeps the reader from having to jump around the page.

As you may have noticed, the footnotes are a big buggy, but the bugs primarily revolve around CSS issues, and shouldn't impact usability
(f)Depending upon placement of the footnote, you'll notice the mouse-over box is transparent to the (f) text of other footnotes.
. The hovering is currently not supported in Internet Explorer, but as I learn more about CSS, I hope to change that.

I've since updated old posts using "brute force" footnotes to this new style, which is based on CSS.

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