Style Repository Setting

dstark
Does Zotero always look for style updates only at https://www.zotero.org/styles/? Or is there something in an individual CSL file that can be manipulated to allow Zotero to download style updates from an alternative repository?

Thank you so much for your help!
  • dstillman
    It always gets official styles from that repo, which is a mirror of the official CSL repo. There's no specification for a CSL repository, so it's not something that could just be configured differently — Zotero's repo uses its own private API.

    In theory Zotero could — and should — update styles pointing to other locations (rel="self" to another web address) using standard HTTP caching mechanisms, but we've never gotten around to implementing that (and there's also currently some ambiguity in the CSL spec that makes it impossible to do so for dependent styles). I've added an issue to track that.
  • dstark
    Okay. Thanks for the update. I tried setting the rel="self" line to a different URL on the pattern of what I saw elsewhere, which didn't work (per your comment). But it's encouraging to know I was on the right track. :-)

    Thanks, again.
  • dstillman
    Note that, while it won't currently update in Zotero anyway, your rel="self" line is a 404. That needs to be the actual download URL, so you either need to add .csl or configure your web server to serve it without the .csl extension.
  • dstillman
    edited September 18, 2020
    And the id should be a permanent identifier, not something with wp-content in it. The CSL specification now recommends using a UUID to make this clearer.
  • dstark
    Got it. Thank you so much.
Sign In or Register to comment.