recently, when I updated to #Zotero 7, I missed the pdf file rename patterns of #zotfile.
Now, I found a pattern that works well for me (no dots in "et al", no lengthy "and" between 2 authors, no hyphens, no subtitles).

Sharing it here:

{{ if {{ authors match="[^,]+,[^,]+,[^,]+" }} }}
{{ authors max="1" suffix=" et al" }}
{{ else }}
{{ authors join=", " }}
{{ endif }}
{{ year prefix=" " suffix=" " }}
{{ title truncate="100" replaceFrom="(\.|:|\?)(.*?)$"}}

h/t https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/470471/#Comment_470471

In #Zotero7 #Zotfile is not working anymore. You can keep your #workflow by instead using the https://github.com/MuiseDestiny/zotero-attanger Plugin. Download it via GoogleChrome via the "Releases" section in the right column.

In #Zotero go to Edit>Settings>General>Filerenaming to specify the new filenames

After loading the Attanger-Plugin go to Edit>Settings>Attanger>Destination Path and set the Folder-Path with all your PDFs as a RootDirectory. The "Subfolder" should be blank.

#Zotero got updated to version 7 recently, but several of the (for me) critical plugins are not compatible (#zotfile, #DOIManager, #StorageScanner, etc.), so I went back to version 6.
If you are using the zotero retoque.re repo, just do:

$ sudo apt install zotero6

#Ubuntu

#AcademicChatter #AcademicPublishing #pdf

Just noticed myself doing an interesting thing:
I opened the pdf on my phone of a paper I wanted to read (synced via #Zotero -> #Zotfile -> #Dropbox), saw that it was published by #eLife, and thought "huh, this will be nicer to read via the website" and clicked the #DOI to read it there instead.