Change textual citation "(author, year, p. )" for "(author, year, page)".

mariafernandezmelian

Hello,
I'd like to change citation, to replace "(author, year, p. 1)" for "(author, year, page)" without "p.".

Example: (Atria, 1998, p. 1) for (Atria, 1998, 1).

Thank you so much!!!

bwiernik

What style are you using? What style are you trying to fit?

And also, are you submitting this paper to a particular journal or outlet?

mariafernandezmelian

I'm using APA, American Pshycological Association 6th edition (no ampersand).
No, Im not, I just want to have citation in that way. Thank you!

bwiernik

Download the .csl style file from here:
https://www.zotero.org/styles/apa-no-ampersand

Open in a text editor (like TextEdit, Notepad, etc.).

Find:
<else>
<label variable="locator" form="short"/>
</else>

And change it to:
<else-if locator="page" match="none">
<label variable="locator" form="short"/>
</else-if>

Change the style name and style ID at the top of the file to something else, save, and install.

General instructions for editing CSL styles here:
https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step

mariafernandezmelian

Thank you so much, but I make a mistake when I start this conversation because I´d like to change for (Author, year: page), not for (Author, year, page). Its a colon after the year, not a comma. Could you help me with this? Thank you anyway

damnation

In addition to the other change, you'll also want to make the change here (line 627):
<group delimiter=", ">
<text macro="author-short"/>
<text macro="issued-year"/>
<text macro="citation-locator"/>
</group>
change to:
<group delimiter=", ">
<text macro="author-short"/>
<text macro="issued-year"/>
</group>
<text macro="citation-locator" prefix=": "/>

mariafernandezmelian

I´m so sorry, I don´t know it was rude to do that. I just did it because it was no possible to change my original comment (which have a mistake) and I thought that everyone will see that post mistaken. I hope you understand this because my english is not so good.

Thank you so much for your help anyway! It works perfectly!!

adamsmith

(if you hover over your post (at the top right) there is a little gear icon that you can click to edit it. If you think your post has been forgotten -- which does happen -- just add another post to that thread, which will "bump" it to the top).

mariafernandezmelian

Ah, ok! I see it now.
Thank you, so helpful