Change Citation Style (Chicago Style full-note) from alphabetical to a date-based-order

TatjanaKa

Hello Zotero-Users,

I want to change the order of the compiled bibliography from an alphabetical to a date-based order. So that the newest publication appears at first place (and the rest follows in a descending order), but the citation style stays the same. How can I change the code of Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (full-note) for that exact case?

Your help would be very precious, thank you in advance.
Tatjana

adamsmith

Find
<sort>
<key macro="contributors-sort"/>
<key variable="title"/>
<key variable="genre"/>
<key variable="issued"/>
</sort>

Change to

<sort>
<key variable="issued"/>
<key macro="contributors-sort"/>
<key variable="title"/>
<key variable="genre"/>
</sort>

General instructions are here: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step

TatjanaKa

Wow, thanks a lot for your help. That’s perfect!

TatjanaKa

So I changed the code and this worked out perfectly, but the order is ascending and not descending. Right now the oldest publication appears first and the newest is at last position of the bibliography. How can I turn that around so the newest publication is shown at first?

I'm sorry to ask such a fundamental question, I will definitely start getting to know the basics of programming and changing the styles.

Thank you very much!

adamsmith

<key variable="issued" sort="descending"/>
no problem at all, that's what forums are for.