Page number does not appear anymore

felix.peter
Hey,

I have been creating my own citation style and was quiet happy with it. Unfortunately though suddenly I noticed that when I use Zotero to cite a reference and also want to add the page number that Zotero does not do this anymore. it worked before just fine.

To be more precise:
I work with Zotero Standalone and Microsoft on a Mac.
When I am in Word and I go over the toolbar to add a citation with Zotero it takes me to Zotero. I then can choose my source and type in the page number I want. But the page number does not show up in Word. But if I go back to edit the citation Zotero has the page number.

It should look like this Yin, R. (2008), p. 19
and looks like this Yin, R. (2008)

Thanks for your help
  • adamsmith
    so, you're adding the page number using the quick format dialog?
    https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage#quick_format_citation_dialog
    and you're sure that's in your citation style as "locator"?
  • felix.peter
    Hey,
    yes I am doing it exactly like that.

    No its not in my citation style but until now it has worked just fine without it as well. And when I go over the panel I can add a prefix that is shown but the page number does not show up anymore.

    How would I add an locator into my style?

    Thanks?
  • adamsmith
    we'd have to see the style, copy the code of the style e.g. from the test pane: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/reference_test_pane
    to gist.github.com, create a public gist (you don't need to register) and post a link here.
  • felix.peter
    Hey,

    thanks for the reply.

    Here the public gist to my problem. It would be great if you could solve my problem.

    Sorry when the code is a little confusing.
  • felix.peter
    and here the link

    https://gist.github.com/anonymous/4a1da9adb20c4ff2c174
  • adamsmith
    oh my, that's a bit chaotic ;)
    Start by deleting line 117
    <layout/>

    then between line 115 and 116 insert:

    <group delimiter=" " prefix=", ">
    <label variable="locator" form="short"/>
    <text variable="locator"/>
    </group>
    that should work, you can test in the reference test pane.
  • felix.peter
    Thank you so much. Now it works perfectly fine :)

    I just wonder why it worked before and then suddenly stopped working even without an locator?!
  • adamsmith
    can't tell you - the page number you input in the Word plugin is only ever used as a variable=locator. Could be you looked in the wrong place - e.g. the quick format bar, not the finished citation - or that there was a reference to the locator variable left over from the previous style.
  • felix.peter
    Hey,

    just one more question to the pages in Zotero when I add the page number for the reference in the Zotero citation pane.

    Zotero usually shows:
    Camp, R. (2001), p. 34
    can is also show Camp, R. (2001), pp. 43 f. ?

    Thanks :)
  • adamsmith
    if you want to add "f." and the like you can't just type into the quick format bar, you need to actually use the page field that pops up when you click on a citation.
  • felix.peter
    Sorry, I described it wrong.

    I knew that i could add the f. ad the suffix but I would like to have pp. instead of p.

    is that possible?
  • adamsmith
    only for page ranges (43–44), unless you always want pp. in which case you can set plural="always" on the label variable.

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