Changing page number style

nbtaylor

I need to change the style for listing page numbers from a comma and the page number to "p" or "pp" and the page number. The American Chemical Society author-date style uses the "p" and page number format, but since this style is not in Zotero I am trying to modify the Chicago style to match.

adamsmith

could you give an example so we're clear on which page numbers where?

nbtaylor

"(Taylor and Smith, 2013, 22)" changed to "(Taylor and Smith, 2013, p 22)"

adamsmith

and pp 22-24 for page ranges?

nbtaylor

Yes, that is correct.

adamsmith

1. I'm not quite sure I understand your rationale for using Chicago here. Getting a style into Zotero is a one-click operation from www.zotero.org/styles

2. If you do want to use CMoS, you have, unfortunately picked an unusually complex style, but essentially find this:
<macro name="point-locators">
<choose>
<if variable="locator">
<choose>
<if locator="page" match="none">
<choose>
<if type="bill book graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture report song" match="any">
<choose>
<if variable="volume">
<group>
<text term="volume" form="short" suffix=" "/>
<number variable="volume" form="numeric"/>
<label variable="locator" form="short" prefix=", " suffix=" "/>
</group>
</if>
<else>
<label variable="locator" form="short" suffix=" "/>
</else>
</choose>
</if>
<else>
<label variable="locator" form="short" suffix=" "/>
</else>
</choose>
</if>
<else-if type="bill book graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture report song" match="any">
<number variable="volume" form="numeric" suffix=":"/>
</else-if>
</choose>
<text variable="locator"/>
</if>
</choose>
</macro>
and then remove the test for pages and the periods in abbreviations, i.e.
<macro name="point-locators">
<choose>
<if variable="locator">
<choose>
<if type="bill book graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture report song" match="any">
<choose>
<if variable="volume">
<group>
<text term="volume" form="short" suffix=" "/>
<number variable="volume" form="numeric"/>
<label variable="locator" form="short" prefix=", " strip-periods="true" suffix=" "/>
</group>
</if>
</choose>
</if>
<else>
<label variable="locator" form="short" strip-periods="true" suffix=" "/>
</else>
</choose>
<text variable="locator"/>
</if>
</choose>
</macro>

nbtaylor

The Chicago style seemed to be, to my weak eyes, the closest to the American Chemical Society author-date style. I have made the modifications to the code that you gave me thank you. The page number still comes in, in the in-text citation, as a comma and just the page number with no "p" or "pp" in front. For example (Smith, 2013, 12) Would you suggest that I just go with the Chicago style and not worry about the "pp" or "p"?