I need some help for using the \footcite
command together with Biblatex. I’m using the authoryear style.
According to the guidelines for my thesis, the footnote must have the following structure:
Last name of Author (Year), p. X.
I already found the following solution for this problem:
\renewbibmacro*{cite:labelyear+extrayear}{%
\iffieldundef{labelyear}
{}
{
\printtext[bibhyperref]{%
\printtext[parens]{
\printfield{labelyear}%
\printfield{extrayear}}}}}
But when I use this, the following output is generated:
Footnote http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1005161/Footnote.JPG
The problem is the space after the bracket. Do you have any idea, why this happens? Also how can I disable the first name in the footnote citation?
Also the perfect solution would be a space between the numberof the footnote and the author. But that is not so important.
Best Answer
If the first name is displayed with
style=authoryear
and\footcite
, you're doing something wrong -- my guess is an additional set of braces around the author in your.bib
file.The formatting of the footnote has nothing to do with
biblatex
. You may use, e.g., thescrextend
package (part of KOMA-Script) to get a space between footnote mark and text.EDIT: Added solution for "semicolon after title of articles".
EDIT 2: It seems you need semicolons after every "unit". Try to remove the redefinition of the
in:
bibmacro and add instead\renewcommand*{\newunitpunct}{\addsemicolon\space}
.