Zotpress bibliography output

PS – Tried putting the text of abstract into note for record to see if using notes in Zotpress instead of abstract worked better but only got standard bibliography. How should notes appear and do I need to do something more? Thanks.

Citations are styled based on the style guidelines on the Zotero side and passed over into Zotpress with inline styles. You can override these with CSS classes and make use of the !important keyword.

You have to allow your notes to be public through your Zotero website account (in the the API settings, I believe). You may also have to manually re-sync on the Accounts page.

Thanks for such a swift reply. I feared this might involve CSS about which I know very little – is there anything that will help me understand what it means to “override these with CSS classes”?

Is that on WP (where https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/ may help me I guess) or given you say it is based on the style guidelines on Zotero is it something I need to change there (is https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step what I need to get into?).

Will look into making notes public and see if that helps with the other problem.

Really grateful for your advice and the plugin. Thanks.

I don’t know of a quick start guide, but the line-height modification is relatively painless. The CSS is modified within your WP install, particularly the theme. If you’re not super comfortable modifying your theme, I would install a WP plugin that lets you add custom CSS. Then I would try this CSS:

.zp-Zotpress .zp-Entry .csl-bib-body {
line-height: 1.25;
}

Change line-height number as needed. You might have to add the keyword I mentioned:

.zp-Zotpress .zp-Entry .csl-bib-body {
line-height: 1.25 !important;
}

I am trying to increase line spacing on a publication list on wordpress using Zotpress. I tried the CSS code above, but it hasn’t worked. Is there any further advice anyone could offer? Thanks.

Make sure you have the !important keyword on every line. If you know the classes or ID of parent elements, include those in the selector. The more specific the better.

malariaproject: I had trouble making this change work on my own child theme, but I finally did with jetpack plugin, and it works. I conclude that something may be wrong at the child theme.