pdf can not be recognized after the recent update of APS website

duguyipiao · March 13, 2015

After a recent update of APS website (journals.aps.org, American Physical Society, which publishes journals such as prl, rmp, pra, prb,...), Zotero can not automatically recognize and download the pdf file.

For example, open http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.100503 and press Ctrl+Shift+S (or click the zotero icon in the address bar), then only the abstract are downloaded, the pdf file is not automatically recognized and downloaded.

This may result from the recent update of APS website, and all the journals under APS are affected.

Tested with Zotero 4.0.26.1 and firefox 36.0.1 in ubuntu 14.04.

adamsmith · March 13, 2015

A translator fix is now up. Your version of Zotero will automatically update within 24hs, or you can update manually using the "Update Now" button in the "General" tab of the Zotero preferences. If you're using Standalone, restart Zotero and your browser after updating.

Any further problems let us know & thanks for reporting

duguyipiao · March 13, 2015

After I update the translator, Zotero works well for most papers, but there are still some problems. For example, Zotero works well for (http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.091301), but it does not work for (http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.098105). While I save this item with Zotero, it says "An error occurred while saving this item..."

This may result from the "Physics SYNOPSIS" section. After I delete this node with inspect element of firefox, this item can be saved by Zotero.

adamsmith · March 14, 2015

thanks for testing. Fixed that problem (the Physics Synopsis section fooled Zotero into believing these were search results, so that was indeed the problem), same instructions as above.