We are trying to build a group library for our research group. I am using Zotfile to handle PDF attachments. (Rename, move to custom folder, add linked attachment). When I try to drag n drop an Item f

When I start Zotero 5 for Mac standalone, (with Zotfile 5 also installed), it does two strange things. First, it immediately starts a second copy, so now the icon is showing twice in the toolbar. Seco

You enter the JSON in the zotfile.wildcards.user preference in Zotero's config editor (Advanced pane of prefernces). Then, when you use one of your custom wildcards in your renaming rules (Zotfile pre

Thank you. However, this does not tell me much more than what is on ZotFile.com. I see that it is JSON. And I see that regular expressions can be used as PART of one of these sets of commands. But J

Zotfile wildcards are defined using JSON syntax (the nested curly brackets {} code you see in the examples you linked to).

I am having great difficulty understanding the instructions for User-defined Wildcards on ZotFile.com. They are very terse and I get the feeling the author is assuming an entire body of knowledge that

They are preferences that you can set in the Config Editor accessible from the Advanced pane of the Zotero (not Zotfile) preferences.

How do you get to the zotfile.wildcards.default and zotfile.wildcards.user files?

Particularly, why would using Zotfile to automatically name the files according to your system not work for you?

Additionally, if you want this just because you prefer your own format for filenames, would adding ZotFile-style customization options for the renaming not solve the problem, in an automated way that

to my preferred naming scheme. I have looked at ZotFile and it does not do what I want. In addition, it does not provide any means to choose between different file naming schemes for different catego

I recommend you use the Zotfile plugin to organize and store your files in a cloud folder. See the link dstillman gave above.

I'm pretty sure I've downloaded the current version from Zotfile.com. I mean, there's only one version I've found on this page: http://zotfile.com/

and some are, I think, artifacts from the use of Zotfile. Based on the dates these folders have been around for quite some time and so if there is any kind of housecleaning tools I can use to elimi

Apologies, I should've known. I have written to them although I think that, too, will take quite some time before they implement it (if they're willing). For now, Zotfile comes to the rescue so no hur

Or do I have any methods to return the PDF links created by the zotfile to the PDF attachment(the attachment file type is PDF)?

P.S. As a control group, I tried to attach the PDF directly on the bibliography instead of the link of the Zotfile, but the PDF still cannot indexed. The bug ID is D1224135229.

Zotfile 5.0.6

Yes, I would recommend that you use the Zotfile plugin to automatically rename your files according to your desired pattern. It is quite flexible in terms of what it can do.

If you don't like ZotFile, you can also just turn around your workflow as dstillman suggests: