Uploading a new style?

Hello,

I've managed to update a style to conform to the standards of "African Zoology" (thanks to some help from wonderful people here), tested it, and validated it using csl-validator.js

It all seems to work fine, but I can't seem to install the file. Whether I do it by dropping the csl file in an open Firefox window, or go through Zotero itself (add new style), it doesn't seem to recognize my file as a valid "style" file. The message is that the file "does not appear to be a style file". I created the file on my Mac, saving it as a .csl file in TextEdit. Below are the first few lines (mostly copied from another style:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<style xmlns="http://purl.org/net/xbiblio/csl" class="in-text" version="1.0" demote-non-dropping-particle="sort-only" default-locale="en-GB">
<info>
<title>African Zoology</title>
<id>http://www.zotero.org/styles/African-zoology</id>;
<link href="http://www.zotero.org/styles/african-zoology" rel="self"/>
<author>
<name>Aliza le Roux</name>
</author>
<contributor>
<name>Aliza le Roux</name>
</contributor>
<category citation-format="author-date"/>
<issn>0266-4674</issn>
<issn>1469-7831</issn>
<updated>2013-01-21T01:58:08+00:00</updated>
<rights license="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License</rights>
</info>


Can anyone advise me on what may have gone wrong? I'd also love to add this to the style repository, but think something must have gone wrong in my saving/ coding process.

Thanks a lot!

Aliza
  • Did you select “Make Plain Text” under “Format” in TextEdit (Cf.)?

    Can you post it as a public gist here (and provide the link)?
  • The file is definitely in plain text format.

    I've posted it as a public gist here:
    https://gist.github.com/4597474

    Thanks!
  • try downloading from your own gist by using this link:
    https://gist.github.com/raw/4597474/9262cda0211361add6368c5bf6a3b2f913344d53/gistfile1.txt
    right-click --save link as... --> and then save as african-zoology.csl
    without going through TextEdit - this should really work.
  • Thanks, that worked! I'll go the github route in future. Thanks for everybody's help.
  • The style is now up on the repository. It will show up on the repository within 30mins. It may take up to 24hs for the preview to work.
    If you submit corrections or additions to the style in the future, please always work with the most recent copy from the style repository, as we frequently adjust the formatting of styles.

    Thank you for contributing!
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