Share URL to a PDF file with group members

  • 188BET靠谱吗It's a very useful feature to be able to share the URL (or some kind of identifier) to a PDF file stored in Zotero among the members of the same Group on Zotero.
  • 188BET靠谱吗You can just select the attachment in the web library and then copy the zotero.org URL from your browser address bar.Anyone in the group will be able to access it and then open the PDF from there.

    188BET靠谱吗You just can't share the files.zotero.net URL after viewing the file, since that's a temporary URL.

    In a future version, we'll be making it possible to share a web library URL right from the desktop app.
  • 188BET靠谱吗Is it possible to share a link to the pdf of a paper from zotero such that anyone can open/download it?

    With Mendeley, it was easy to store the pdfs in a dropbox folder, and share links to individual papers directly.188BET靠谱吗But I'm intimidated by the folder structure of Zotero and haven't dared try to move it to Dropbox
  • @hlpayne188BET靠谱吗the Zotero data folder (under which is the storage folder tree where each PDF has its own folder) cannot be in cloud storage!188BET靠谱吗due to the danger of the Zotero sqlite database in that data folder then being write-able by the cloud app.
    188BET靠谱吗//www.brodersterzo.com/support/kb/data_directory_in_cloud_storage_folder

    188BET靠谱吗If the person is not a member of your Zotero group(s) (which contains the PDF), you could make a copy of the PDF (finding it first via right-click Show File) to a cloud folder and then share the cloud service's file link.

    Or if you use a cloud service to store a copy of your entire data folder for backup purposes, you could share PDF links from there instead.

    In a "linked" PDF attachments setup (where linked PDFs [only] *can* be in a cloud folder) you can share a cloud PDF file link directly!for example from a single cloud folder that contains multiple PDFs (all your PDFs or just a subset).That can be important in a teaching environment, or similar cases where PDF distribution is common.金博宝世界杯体育赛事But linked PDF files have significant other restrictions - they don't work in Groups, the web library, nor the mobile apps.
    188BET靠谱吗//www.brodersterzo.com/support/attaching_files#linked_files

    188BET靠谱吗Note that in all those scenarios the PDF won't contain any annotations made in the Zotero reader, as those are stored in its database (but can be exported).
  • Thanks for the reply!188BET靠谱吗This is the one downside of Zotero compared to Mendeley that I've experienced.Each of the work-arounds seem a bit clunky.188BET靠谱吗It would be really great to be able to right click and share a link to an attachment directly, especially if I'm paying for Zotero storage,
  • As I say above, in a future version, we'll be making it possible to share a web library URL right from the desktop app, which will allow you to quickly share links to synced files with anyone in your group.But if you're asking for the ability to share files publicly without any sort of login, that's not something we have any plans to support — we'd rather not spend all our time dealing with takedown requests and abuse.
Sign Inor Registerto comment.