Problems with installing a CSL file in Zotero (Mac)

FHerrmann · February 13, 2024

Hello everyone!

I would like to add my own citation style to Zotero. Every time I try to insert the CSL file, I get a message that an unexpected error has occurred (without an error code).
I have a Mac (Sonoma 14.1.2), Zotero is up to date and I have already tested different text editors (TextEdit and Visual Studio Code).
Does anyone know this problem or have ideas on how I could solve it?

Best regards F

adamsmith · February 13, 2024

I'd assume it's a problem with the citation style. Can you post somewhere we can look it (not just download), like pastebin.com or gist.github.com?

FHerrmann · February 13, 2024

Of course, thank you very much for your help. I have never worked with CSL before. So this is a first attempt. Here is the link:

https://github.com/HerrJF/Test-citation/blob/3844b80a98aa213174c330114bffc4126204a314/Zitation.csl

adamsmith · February 13, 2024

The file has a bunch of validation errors. You should check them at https://validator.citationstyles.org/ and fix (Zotero should tell you this, though, I'll check what's going on)

FHerrmann · February 14, 2024

Thanks for website, I will continue working on my code with it.