Attach link to file
Bonjour,
l'option "attach link to file" dans le menu New child attachement ne fonctionne pas. Il n'est pas activé. Existe t-il une solution pour l'activer s'il vous plait?
Je vous remercie!
l'option "attach link to file" dans le menu New child attachement ne fonctionne pas. Il n'est pas activé. Existe t-il une solution pour l'activer s'il vous plait?
Je vous remercie!
So if I understand correctly, there is no way to turn it into a library group?
Sorry for my English! I'm not on top. And thank you for your reply!
(Feel free to write in French if that's easier.)
The link I want to add is for a file on a shared drive, where all folks using this group library have access. Using Zotero for Firefox, I can accomplish this with "attach link to current page", when I have the file loaded. Can't figure out a way to do it with standalone.
Help?
Tim
I see others are doing similar things with Dropbox.
Dan would have to say, but I believe the ability to add links to local files via "Attach link to current page" is an accident, not a feature.
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/31124/import-with-attachment-location/?Focus=162337#Comment_162337
Tim
Ugh, I think this means we have to go back to putting our local URI paths in Notes. Very unsatisfying. Would putting in a request for a change in this policy (no links to local files) ever get any traction? It doesn't seem like our situation is *that* unique.
Dan, the context here is that all users of this group library have access to the shared drive the files are on. So the files ARE accessible to all members of the group (granted: only when they are at work!). Full paths have been working just fine for us since 2011 when I imported the database into Zotero (and the full paths worked fine for many years previous with a different system).
But, it is good to see the link you provided indicates that allowing files using relative links may be on the horizon for group libraries.
Tim
So here's my backwards argument for permitting the attach URI option to allow local files: If a users can figure out that it is possible to manually paste a URL-formatted local path in the attach URI field then they should understand the consequences for that link not working in other locales. Just like for the other holes I just pointed out: if we are dumb enough to use these 'features' in the convoluted way we've discovered, then could you allow it ... please?
I have a library that needs to be a group so that my assistant and collaborators can clean up the entries. I also have my PDFs of the articles attached; thankfully, this I can do in Zotero if the group is not public and the files are not too many. However, what I cannot do is place these PDFs into a synced folder so that I can access them from my mobile device. For my personal library, I can get Zotfile to move the PDFs to a synced folder, but this doesn't work with group libraries. The obstacle appears to be that Zotfile relies on attached links, which are not allowed in group libraries.
If the reasoning is simply that you want to avoid broken links that might result from enabling attached links in group libraries, could you simply exclude these links from the sync process?