User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Zotero integration

Installing AcaWiki Summary CSL
You'll need to have Zotero installed first. Once you've done that, here's how to install and use it:


 * 1) Download acawiki.csl.
 * 2) Add the CSL file to Zotero:
 * 3) Open Zotero.
 * 4) Click on the gear icon.
 * 5) Click on Preferences.
 * 6) Click on the Styles icon in the preferences dialog.
 * 7) Click on the + button.
 * 8) Find the file you have downloaded on your local disk drive and click Open.
 * 9) Add the style as an export default for AcaWiki:
 * 10) From within the preferences dialog (see above), click the Export icon.
 * 11) Click on the + button.
 * 12) Type acawiki.org in the box under Domain/Path.
 * 13) Select AcaWiki Summary in the button box under Output Format'.

Using AcaWiki Summary CSL
Using AcaWiki Summary CSL is easy but it means you shouldn't create things with a normal Post A Summary link. Instead, you should create a page the old fashioned way:


 * 1) Check to make sure the article you want to create doesn't exist yet!
 * 2) Navigate to a page of the form "http://acawiki.org/My_article_title_here"  except use the actual title.
 * You can use spaces instead of underscores (the wiki will convert them).
 * What I do is just type "acawiki.org/" in my URL bar and then paste the title of the article out of Zotero into the URL bar. That seems to work!
 * 1) You will be taken to a page that says There is currently no text in this page. There will be a link on that page that says, edit this page. Click on that link!
 * 2) You will see a big blank text box. Now just drag your post out of Zotero into the box. It should automatically paste in a properly formatted AcaWiki summary template.
 * 3) Edit the template as you see fit.
 * 4) Either paste in the summary after |summary= or click Save. In a two step process, you can then click the Edit link to edit and add the summary.
 * 5) Rinse. Repeat.