zippy (Zotero Improvement Package, for Power Yousers) is a plugin for Zotero built by the CSCC01 team Team Hortons. Our plugin aims to improve the Zotero user experience by implementing the following features:
- Syncing records that live in personal and group libraries
- Introducing custom form builders
- Giving the user the ability to batch edit tags
- ... and more!
As of the time of writing, we have completed initial versions of batch tag editing and group syncing between libraries Keep checking back for more updates to zippy!
- Clone this repository
- Navigate to the 'zippy' folder
- Run
zip -r zippy.xpi ., or use your favorite archive manager to zip up everything in the zippy folder into zippy.xpi.
- Drag the xpi file onto your Firefox browser.
- Click on "Install" button.
3.Click on "Restart" button to restart the firefox.
If it doesn't work, click the menu button 
Go to Tools-Add-ones, the Add-ons Manager tab will open. Drag the xpi file onto Add-ones window, and restart the standalone.
Enjoy your newfound powers of batch editing and group syncing!
- Access our tags dialog from the settings menu on the Zotero toolbar.
- Use our batch tag editor to delete or merge tags!
- Right click on the item you wish to move and sync to another group library
- Click on the 'Move and Sync' button
- Select the group you wish move and sync to. Click OK. You're done, pal!
Now, changes to the metadata (as well as tags) to the item in the first library will propagate to the newly-moved item in the second library.
You can manage your linked items by clicking "Manage item links" from the Zotero Actions dropdown.
Here you can view and delete your links. If you select a link and click "Configure linked metadata"..
You can choose which item fields are synced!
- Right click on the item you wish to add customized fields to
- Click on the 'Add fields' button
- enter the field name and content for the customized field
- click Add button
