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-Site translators are the secret sauce that make Zotero so easy to use.  Here you'll find tools and documentation to get you started creating your own site translators.
-[[scaffold|Scaffold: an IDE for Zotero translators]] (only compatible with Zotero 1.0.x) \\ Scaffold is a Firefox extension designed to help you write translators. Some people find it worthwhile to keep a separate Firefox profile running Zotero 1.0 and Scaffold if they are writing translators under Windows. (As of 1 Jul 2010, an unofficial build of Scaffold 2.0 is available [[http://bitbucket.org/rmzelle/scaffold/downloads|here]]. Scaffold 2.0 will be available from zotero.org in the near future.)
-[[http://niche-canada.org/member-projects/zotero-guide/chapter1.html|How to Write a Zotero Translator]] \\ Adam Crymble's guide to writing a simple screenscraping translator for Zotero (aka //HWZT//) is a comprehensive guide to writing a translator using [[http://dev.zotero.org/scaffold|Scaffold 1.0]] and [[http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Solvent|Solvent]], not to mention the DOM, JavaScript, and XPath. Unfortunately
-  * much has changed since HWZT was written, limiting its current usability.
-  * HWZT is not wikified, limiting its maintainability.
-[[how_to_write_a_zotero_translator_plusplus|How to Write a Zotero Translator++]] \\ HWZT++ wikifies HWZT, and updates it by using uplevel tools. Currently (Jul 2010) HWZT++ is useful, though further work is planned, since HWZT++ is currently
-  * merely a list of deltas to HWZT, so one will unfortunately need to work with both resources open.
-  * has the functional limitation as HWZT, i.e. it uses Scaffold (2.0) to write a screenscaper.
-[[translators reference guide|Zotero Translators - The Missing Manual]] This missing manual aims to expand on Adam Crymble's introductory tutorial, discussing the functions in Zotero.Utilities, describing how translators can call other translators, and more.
-[[Translator Overview]]
-[[Translator Tips & Tricks]]
-A more technical (but fairly outdated) guide additionally covering the creation of import and export translators can be found [[http://deskbox.gmu.edu/translators.html|here]]