No pdf saved with connector button

EVanuytrecht · September 1, 2017

I used to include references and pdf documents automatically with one click on the Zotero Connector button in firefox, which was great. Since two weeks, the button doesn't allow me anymore to save the pdf directly. The reference is still included in my database, but the pdf is not, even though I have access to it on the webpage. Tried to update both zotero, the connector and some other stuff to troubleshoot but I can't fix it.

bwiernik · September 1, 2017

Is this a specific website (if so, please give a URL) or all web pages (if so, check that the option to Automatically download PDF is enabled in Zotero preferences)?

zuphilip · September 1, 2017

Which url?

EVanuytrecht · September 1, 2017

The option 'automatically attach associated PDFs when saving items' is active.

The url that causes problems is for example http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311916614284.

Problem is that I use sciencedirect a lot. Wiley doesn't give the problem! I just didn't check which websites do and which don't.

bwiernik · September 1, 2017

Okay, the people who work on the site translators are aware of the issue with ScienceDirect (they recently changed their site layout and broke the translator). They are working on a fix.

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/285189#Comment_285189

zuphilip · September 1, 2017

I can confirm the problem with saving the PDF from that ScienceDirect url. Other urls from ScienceDirect from other journals should work. I think I can also fix that one. Stay tuned...

(@bwiernik The linked discussion is IMO not the same issue as here.)

dameder · September 4, 2017

Same problem here - any solution on the horizon? Thanks so much

zuphilip · September 4, 2017

I hope my pull request here https://github.com/zotero/translators/pull/1402 will solve this issue, but this needs a review first.