Problem installing new styles and changing editor-info

dnh · November 17, 2008

Hi,

I've tried to modify existing styles and then install them (with Zotero 1.5, Kubuntu 8.10), but it fails. All I get is a file called "_.csl" in the styles folder, but no new applicable style. I've tried to modify existing styles only slightly, e.g. just the info fields, but it does not work.

Any suggestions why?

Thanks for an answer in advance.

dstillman · November 17, 2008

It's likely a problem with the metadata you're using. Are you including an <id> element?

dnh · November 17, 2008

Thanks for your immediate answer - you were right. Now it works - except for a minor thing: The new style gives me an "edited by" in front of the editors of anthologies - how can I make the style give me an "(ed)" or "(eds)" behind the editors instead?

Thank you for your help. Once the style works, I will send it to you (Zotero is great, but definitely lacks styles in Political and Communications Science).

dnh · November 17, 2008

I found the solution, label form="short" and change of order. That looks pretty neat... it is for the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. Where should I send the style so others can download it?

Modifying an existing style wasn't as difficult as I thought! :-)

noksagt · November 17, 2008

Where should I send the style so others can download it?

Submit via SVN if you can.

dnh · November 17, 2008

Thanks, I will give it a try.

Last question, just found a minor thing: Is there a way to get a comma in from of the "et al."?, say "Noksagt, et al., 2008", does not look nice, but the journal wants to have it...

thanks, dnh (soon "nokspurgt")

Rintze · November 17, 2008

Is there a way to get a comma in from of the "et al."?, say "Noksagt, et al., 2008", does not look nice, but the journal wants to have it...

http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/3808/wrong-german-citation-in-chicago-and-harvard-style/?Focus=17022#Comment_17022

Follow these instructions, but set the value of delimiter-precedes-last to "always" instead of "never".

dnh · November 17, 2008

Thanks for your reply.

Apparently, this does not work. It gives me "Rintze, and Noksagt, 2008", which is wrong, but not "Rintze, et al., 2008" in case of more than three authors.

Rintze · November 18, 2008

I just realized I have come across this problem before:

http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/536/what-other-citation-formats-would-you-like-zotero-to-generate/?Focus=16801#Comment_16801

I'm not sure if this issue can be tackled with the current version of CSL.