# where to put .csl file?

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/where-to-put-csl-file/358>\
**Category:** CSL Development\
**Created:** [November 15, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/where-to-put-csl-file/358 "2007-11-15T23:42:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![bryan\_mcintosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@bryan\_mcintosh](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/bryan_mcintosh)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/where-to-put-csl-file/358/1 "2007-11-15T23:42:38Z")

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Hi folks. I’m not developer at all, really more of a modifier.

I needed to make a new csl style for zotero. So I used the csledit gui  
(thanks peter hedlund) to make a couple of changes to a similar style. Then  
I used sqlite DB viewer gui to modify the csl table. It now appears in  
zotero, but where do I put the mystyle.csl files so that zotero can find it?

Simple question. So I’m hoping for a simple answer.

Thanks guys.

bryan

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Bruce_D_Arcus1)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/where-to-put-csl-file/358/2 "2007-11-16T00:47:28Z")

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bryan mcintosh wrote:

> I needed to make a new csl style for zotero. So I used the csledit gui  
> (thanks peter hedlund) to make a couple of changes to a similar style.  
> Then I used sqlite DB viewer gui to modify the csl table. It now appears  
> in zotero, but where do I put the mystyle.csl files so that zotero can  
> find it?

See:

[http://www.zotero.org/styles](http://www.zotero.org/styles)

Bruce

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**Author:** ![bryan\_mcintosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@bryan\_mcintosh](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/bryan_mcintosh)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/where-to-put-csl-file/358/3 "2007-11-16T01:09:33Z")

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But how do I “install” a style. Where do I have to put the file?-----Original Message-----  
From: [xbiblio-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net](mailto:xbiblio-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net)  
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Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 4:47 PM  
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Subject: Re: [xbiblio-devel] where to put .csl file?

bryan mcintosh wrote:

> I needed to make a new csl style for zotero. So I used the csledit gui  
> (thanks peter hedlund) to make a couple of changes to a similar style.  
> Then I used sqlite DB viewer gui to modify the csl table. It now appears  
> in zotero, but where do I put the mystyle.csl files so that zotero can  
> find it?

See:

[http://www.zotero.org/styles](http://www.zotero.org/styles)

Bruce

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**Author:** ![Simon\_Kornblith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Simon\_Kornblith](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Simon_Kornblith)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/where-to-put-csl-file/358/4 "2007-11-16T01:24:09Z")

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You don’t have to put the file anywhere. Its contents go in the "csl"  
column of the csl table.

Simon

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**Author:** ![bryan\_mcintosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@bryan\_mcintosh](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/bryan_mcintosh)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/where-to-put-csl-file/358/5 "2007-11-16T01:48:58Z")

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Duh. That was so easy. Thanks a bunch.

bryan-----Original Message-----  
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Subject: Re: [xbiblio-devel] where to put .csl file?

On Nov 15, 2007, at 5:09 PM, bryan mcintosh wrote:

> But how do I “install” a style. Where do I have to put the file?

You don’t have to put the file anywhere. Its contents go in the “csl”  
column of the csl table.

Simon

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