Output styles

Yes a number of people have requested this, and I'm working on it. You'll probably see it in a month or two.

Ron.

I also just had this wish. I noticed that the output is a bit ambiguous sometimes (i.e., it doesn't say "this is a book chapter", "this is a conference paper" quite as clearly as many of the styles you usually see in papers), and there are also some pieces of information missing. For example for a book chapter, it does not show the editors!

This is getting closer to the top of the todo list, so I'll keep these comments in mind.

Ron.

I've incorporated a new styling feature so switching between styles is easier now. I've included the original and CSE in the latest release, but more (MLA, Chicago) will follow.

To switch styles, go to the admin/biblio/settings page and you will see the styles at the bottom of the page.
Ron.

I appreciate the work you are putting into this. I like the CSE style much better than the classic one. APA would be perfect if it weren't for the underlines :) I hate underlines, I don't care if that's the standard.

Would it be difficult to be able to specify a style using a simple "language"? Like this: %authors%, %title%. %journal%, %volume(%number%), %year. Then spans could be generated called "biblio-authors", "biblio-title", etc., for styling the different parts in CSS. That would be the ultimate in flexibility ...

MLA and Chicago styles would be great. The current selection of styles simply isn't suitable for citation in the humanities.

I posted some new styles here: http://drupal.org/node/119796. Not MLA or Chicago, yet, but new styles are fairly easy to create.

BTW: If you want to get rid of the underlining in APA, just open the biblio_style_apa.inc file and change the <u> tag on the line that starts with $output .= ($pub->biblio_secondary_title). Or, which is probably better, you can change it in CSS with something like

.biblio-entry u {
text-decoration: none; 
}

Will MLA and Chicago be added to this mod soon?

I realize I have said this is coming for some time now... regrettably, my free time both personally and professionally has been quite limited lately.

I'll try to hack something up soon, I promise.

Ron.

Just a reminder. :)