ZLO Chrome Extension

Install it in four steps

1. 01

   Download and unzip

   Download the extension below and unzip it. You get one folder. Keep it somewhere it can stay: Chrome reads it from there.

2. 02

   Open the extensions page

   In Chrome, type chrome://extensions in the address bar and press Enter.

3. 03

   Turn on Developer mode

   Switch on Developer mode (top right), click Load unpacked, and choose the folder you unzipped.

4. 04

   Sign in to Zlo

   Open Zlo in a tab and sign in. The extension hands pictures to your open Zlo tab, so you need to be signed in. Pin the icon so it is one click away.

After an update, remove the old folder, unzip the new one, and press the reload icon on its card in chrome://extensions.

How to use it

1. 01

   Hover and Save

   Hover any picture on any website. A Save button appears on the picture. Press it and choose the project: each save becomes one new item there. A picture on its own is saved as an item holding that picture.

2. 02

   Image, Link or Both

   When a picture sits inside a link (a product tile, a picture in a post), the panel asks what to keep. Image saves just the picture. Link saves a link card with no picture. Both saves a link card with the picture as its cover. Your choice is remembered for the next save.

3. 03

   Right-click: Save to ZLO

   Right-click a picture, a link, or empty space on a page and choose "Save to ZLO". It works out what you clicked: a picture, a link, or the page itself. Pick a project and it becomes one new item, shown as a link card with the site's own picture, title and, on shop pages, the price. Some sites share no picture or price; then the card shows just the site name and the link.

4. 04

   The toolbar icon saves this page

   Click the Z in Chrome's toolbar and the same panel opens for the page you are on, as a link. On Chrome's own pages and the Web Store a panel cannot open, so a small popup opens instead.

5. 05

   Pick where it goes

   The panel shows what you are saving: its picture (or the website's icon), a small tag (Image, Image + link, Link or Page link), its title and its website. Below it your projects are listed, with the ones you used last on top. Tap a project and the save becomes a new item there. To add to a page you already have, open the project with its arrow and tap the page: a link joins it as another card, a picture is added to it, so a shopping list or reading list stays on one page.

6. 06

   It tells you where it went

   After every save the panel says which project it went to, with a button that opens the new item in Code Studio. The project you saved to last is on top next time.

No Zlo tab open? One opens in the background. Not signed in, or zlo not reachable? The save waits, and the panel's bottom line shows Retry.

What it needs, and why

Chrome shows these when you install it. Pictures you save are uploaded to your own Zlolibrary and nowhere else. A link is stored only as an address; the app reads the site's picture, title and price when it shows the card.

Read the pages you open

It runs on every site so the Save button can show on pictures and find them. Nothing leaves the page until you press Save.

Right-click menu

Adds "Save to ZLO" to the menu.

Storage

Remembers your last project and page, your Image / Link / Both choice, and the app address.

The website's icon

When a save has no picture, the panel shows the website's icon. It asks Google's icon service for it, and only the website's address is sent.

Tabs and scripting

Finds your open Zlo tab and hands the pictures to it.

Use pictures you have the right to use

A picture being on the web does not make it free to use. Save pictures you made, have permission for, or that are licensed for reuse. See the Community Guidelines for what can be published on Zlo.

More help

• Code Studio guide
• Intake guide
• Contact support
• What you can do on Zlo