# Snapshots of Websites

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/snapshots-of-websites/397>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 22, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/snapshots-of-websites/397 "2016-12-22T13:19:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![buhtz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/buhtz/32/372_2.png) [@buhtz](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/buhtz)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/snapshots-of-websites/397/1 "2016-12-22T13:19:03Z")

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In Zotero I have Website-entries. And most have them have a “Snaphot”. This is a local html file of the content. It makes it possible to read the Website offline.

When I export that as RIS and import it into JabRef the Snapshot-file is lost.  
Is there a way to import them, too?

When I create new Website items in JabRef. Is there a way to generate Snapshots automaticly and add them to the entry?

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/snapshots-of-websites/397/2 "2016-12-23T17:57:15Z")

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Hello,

unfortunately that is currently not possible to automatically generate a snapshot. However, you could put the html files in some folder and then use JabRef’s feature to “Autolink” files based on their name + extension to an entry. These would then be added with a link to the file in entry field “field” (e.g. like the pdf files).

You can find more information on that topic here in the help:  
[https://help.jabref.org/en/FileLinks](https://help.jabref.org/en/FileLinks)

Regards and Merry Christmas  
Christoph

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**Author:** ![buhtz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/buhtz/32/372_2.png) [@buhtz](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/buhtz)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/snapshots-of-websites/397/3 "2017-03-03T14:33:01Z")

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Useing JabFox as Firefox AddOn makes it possible to use snapshots for JabRef entries.

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**Author:** ![charryzzz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/charryzzz/32/447_2.png) [@charryzzz](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/charryzzz)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/snapshots-of-websites/397/4 "2018-08-02T08:48:39Z")

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Hi, do you use jabfox on Windows? It says that ‘This add-on is not available on your platform.’ when I try to install jabfox on my firfox on ubuntu 16.04