August 08, 2008
New Footnotes at sAlexander.org!!!
written by Spencer Alexander on August 08, 2008 at 03:06PM in Random
Exciting news about the footnotes on my website…. they’ve changed!!Due to the killer response to my impromptu quiz1, I’ve decided to change the way that footnotes display. Unfortunatly, you won’t be able to get the full affect of the footnotes unless you’re viewing the post from my website2. So, if you haven’t already, hop on over to the post on my website
So for all of you viewing this post from my website here is the low down… lets start from the top:
- Hover over one of the footnotes with your mouse3. You should see the footnote appear in a box next to the mouse. Convienent, eh? Thank Laura Campo for her comment that gave me the idea 4.
- Now, go crazy and click on one of the footnotes5. For 95% of the people browsing the internet, the footnote will appear in the text! For the 5% of you with javascript disabled (or those browsing from an rss reader), you will be redirected to the third item:
- At the bottom of the page, you can still find a full collection of all the footnotes! That way, if you’re like Bruce and prefer to use the footnotes as a brain teaser / puzzle, you’ll still have the opportunity to do so.
For the rails developers out there who are interested in implementing this method on your own website, it is quite a simple addition to RedCloth, and I’ll be posting the code in the next couple days so you can have some cut-n-paste fun.
For everyone else who doesn’t spend their spare time designing websites, I hope you enjoy the new feature! It should make my footnote laden posts a little easier to digest, and for those of you whom avoid useless commentary whenever possible, you can continue to scan right over the footnotes without thinking twice about it.
1 a whole three people!
2 The footnotes won’t appear on an RSS syndicator due to security reasons
3 here is an example for ya to work with
4 although I secretly think she got it from xkcd’s grand implementation of the same feature… regardless a great recommendation for this site
5 another example for you to work with
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You have spent a lot of energy on these footnotes. Glad you got it worked out!