Help with Zotero Plug-in for Chrome

Adelea

My report ID # is 158422549.

Can I fix the errors? What, if anything, is wrong? Below is a list of the errors that Zotero has experienced and a description of how they might have occured.

[JavaScript Error: "Attempting to use a disconnected port object" {file: "extensions::messaging" line: 73}]

[JavaScript Error: "Attempting to use a disconnected port object" {file: "extensions::messaging" line: 73}]

[JavaScript Error: "Attempting to use a disconnected port object" {file: "extensions::messaging" line: 73}]

[JavaScript Error: "onAuthenticationComplete called with no outstanding OAuth request" {file: "chrome-extension://ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc/api.js" line: 116}]

[JavaScript Error: "Cannot read property 'textContent' of undefined" {file: "eval at <anonymous> (chrome-extension://ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc/inject/translate_inject.js:50:9), <anonymous>" line: 30}]

[JavaScript Error: "getTranslators: detection is already running" {file: "chrome-extension://ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc/zotero/translation/translate.js" line: 1000}]

[JavaScript Error: "getTranslators: detection is already running" {file: "chrome-extension://ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc/zotero/translation/translate.js" line: 1000}]

[JavaScript Error: "Cannot read property 'textContent' of undefined" {file: "eval at <anonymous> (chrome-extension://ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc/inject/translate_inject.js:50:9), <anonymous>" line: 30}]

I am not quite sure what the errors mean, but I think I know how they happened. I installed the Zotero standalone as well as the chrome plug-in on my computer today. My computer is an HP 2000. The plug-in image was next to the bookmark star, so I decided to try it on an article I read: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/12/footnote-mouth/kWs1L2xZWlRdm5pCI4rbIN/story.html. I had not logged in to Zotero since installing, so I was prompted to do so while Zotero attempted to save the article. While I was in the online site I saw the icon for Zotero in the corner and I wanted to see if and how Zotero would categorize its own site, so I clicked on the icon. Next, I opened up a new window and noticed that the icon was not there. I thought that it should be, so I went to chrome extensions to see if there was an issue. While there, I saw the errors and decided to post a forum discussion on what happened. I hit "Update Translators" because I thought that might be why I couldn't see the icon in every new tab. I was then prompted to go to the Zotero page on Translator issues.

adamsmith

Do you have Standalone running when you try this? Then you shouldn't need to log in to your Zotero account. Import will also generally work better.
On which page did you not see a URL bar icon?

Adelea

I did not have Standalone running when I tried this. I did not see the icon when I opened a new tab. I believe it only shows up when there is material it can download and cite.

aurimas

Correct. The errors above generally should not happen, but it's hard to diagnose the issue without a specific website in mind. https://www.worldcat.org/title/inquiry-into-the-nature-and-causes-of-the-wealth-of-nations/oclc/167332 is a good page to test if your connector is working. You should see a book icon in the URL bar.

You should also be able to use either Zotero Standalone to import to it directly from Chrome or use Chrome connector without Zotero Standalone and import directly to zotero.org (which would then sync to your local library the next time you open Zotero Standalone). As adamsmith says, Zotero Standalone is generally more convenient and gives you much more flexibility and better quality metadata, so that's recommended, but both _should_ work.

Adelea

I used that as a test page and it worked. I was able to see the book icon in the corner.

aurimas

Also test if you can import the item by clicking on the icon. If you have Zotero Standalone open, it should import into your selected collection. If you don't have it open it should import into "My Library" online (and then sync).

Adelea

I did. I can import it to my library and it synced just fine.