I couldn't save the articles I want on webpages to zotero

xf15
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I couldn't save the articles I want on webpages to zotero

steps:
1 right-clicked the webpage
2 left-click "save page to zotero"

shows "This item could not be saved because Zotero Standalone is not open or unreachable. Please open Zotero Standalone and try again." at down right corner of my screen
  • adamsmith
    and you have Zotero open when you're trying?
  • xf15
    what do you mean by open?

    the extension is enabled, but I cannot see it on the tool bar,
  • adamsmith
    no, you actually need to have Zotero Standalone, which is a piece of software, installed and opened to be able to save webpages (you can save some other supported sites directly to the server, but not plain webpages).
    Find it at www.zotero.org/download
  • xf15
    error report says this now [JavaScript Error: "getTranslators: detection is already running" {file: "chrome-extension://ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc/zotero/translation/translate.js" line: 1023}]

    standalone is unavailable.

    report ID now is 175862795
  • adamsmith
    did you see my post above? You need Standalone installed and running. Please confirm that that's the case, otherwise this isn't going to work.
  • xf15
    you are right I only added the extension, let me download the app then try
  • xf15
    Now all the articles I want save to my computer instead of my library online, I do not know how to cite them in
  • adamsmith
    See https://www.zotero.org/support/sync
    you should generally work with the sofware, not with the webpage. It's a lot more powerful. You can get a quick overview of how that works here: https://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide
    or look at one of the many more in-depth tutorials available on the internet e.g.
    http://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/zotero

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