SSRN translator could not save

rychang901
I am not able to save any articles from SSRN. I have gone through all the troubleshooting steps on 2 different computers. The ReportID is 1527023425. Can someone help?

Sample URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1722155

Firefox version is 17.0.1.
  • adamsmith
    sample URL? (as per the last step)
  • rychang901
    Added URL to original post.
  • fbennett
    edited December 29, 2012
    MLZ works fine, but I can reproduce the error with Zotero 3.0.11.

    It looks like the pages make use of Ajax (a modern method of trickling data into a page after it is first called by the browser). Others will know the details, but I believe some changes were recently made to Zotero in as-yet-unreleased code that copes better with Ajax pages. MLZ was recently refreshed from the development branch of Zotero, and that is the most likely explanation for the difference in behaviour. SSRN translation should start working in official Zotero with the next release.

    If you have immediate work to do, you could install MLZ, and reinstall official Zotero when the next release becomes available. (It is safe to accept the "database upgrade" that MLZ performs on installation; it does not alter the core Zotero database tables.) MLZ will work with the official CSL styles, but for references to primary legal materials, you will be better off using the matching MLZ styles, also listed in the page linked above.
  • adamsmith
    interesting - I don't get an error in Zotero 3.0.11
    Which Firefox versions?
  • rychang901
    Firefox version is 17.0.1.
  • adamsmith
    same here - Frank - could you look at the debug/error that you're getting - where is the problem specifically?
  • fbennett
    I definitely get an error on that page with Zotero 3.0.11. I just retried with a clean install into a fresh profile. The error console shows:

    trimInternal: argument must be a string

    This is under Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) with Firefox 17.0.
  • adamsmith
    ah yes, I've had this before: This works for me with ad-block plus enabled, but not without. This is usually easy enough to fix - until then I suggest using ad-block.
  • rychang901
    Yes, it works with ad-block plus. Thanks to the both of you for your help!
  • aurimas
    ah yes, I've had this before: This works for me with ad-block plus enabled, but not without. This is usually easy enough to fix - until then I suggest using ad-block.
    On Windows, that page works for me without ad-block. Is this another case of google ad pages? If so, could you check if the latest code on 3.0 branch fixes this (i.e. https://github.com/zotero/zotero/pull/206)?
  • fbennett
    edited December 30, 2012
    In the MLZ sources with that patch reversed, translation of the linked page fails here. With the patch reapplied, it succeeds. When your patch finds its way into the next release, these pages should work correctly with or without AdBlock installed. (Yay!)

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