Aloha all, With the following org file, exporting the subtree to html gives this:
,-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | org-html-footnote-reference: Format specifier doesn't match argument type `-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the org file. To reproduce, move to `* Export subtree to html' then C-c C-e C-s h H: ----------- #+OPTIONS: html-link-use-abs-url:nil html-postamble:auto #+OPTIONS: html-preamble:t html-scripts:t html-style:t #+OPTIONS: html5-fancy:nil tex:t #+HTML_DOCTYPE: xhtml-strict #+HTML_CONTAINER: div #+HTML_LINK_HOME: #+HTML_LINK_UP: #+HTML_HEAD: #+HTML_HEAD_EXTRA: #+HTML_MATHJAX: #+INFOJS_OPT: #+CREATOR: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a> 24.4.1 (<a href="http://orgmode.org">Org</a> mode 8.3beta) #+LATEX_HEADER: #+AUTHOR: Tom Dye[fn:1] * Export subtree to html Foo bar. * Footnotes [fn:1] The author. ----------- GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.2.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.20) of 2014-10-22 on tennine-slave.macports.org Org-mode version 8.3beta (release_8.3beta-561-ge4195f @ /Users/dk/.emacs.d/src/org-mode/lisp/) All the best, Tom -- T.S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists 735 Bishop St, Suite 315, Honolulu, HI 96813 Tel: 808-529-0866, Fax: 808-529-0884 http://www.tsdye.com