How to edit the web link of a captured reference (v.2.1.1)

science2002

Probably my question is very naïve, but I was not able to find an answer in this forum:

Let say that I just captured a reference from Amazon site.
In doing it, Zotero adds also a sub-item called Amazon.com link.
Selecting this sub-item, one sees (among other info) the title of the captured reference and the web address of it, which is clickable. Example: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1234567890 (not working here).

If for some reason, I want to change the above web address, how shall I do it? It seems not editable. But let's say that the referenced item changes address in Amazon (or in other web sites), shall I download it again, or is it possible just to edit the web address of the old reference, I already captured.

Thanks for any help.

adamsmith

you would leave the old parent item intact, but attach a new link - right click the item --> Add Attachment --> Add Link to Current page (if you're looking at the page at it's new address) or --> Add Link to URI (if you want to manually add a link).

Amazon links are stable as far as I know, though.

science2002

Many thanks for the answer.

A similar thing (of an item not editable) that I found limiting is when one attaches a file. In this case when the link is broken I am unable to see what it was it, since it cannot be seen. It would be helpful to let show it explicitly. And even better to let it edit.

adamsmith

if you have "automatically attach snapshot" selected in the advanced tab of the Zotero preferences, Zotero keeps a permanent copy of the webpage and you can check what it contains.