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justbobf · 07-11-2010, 10:51 PM

I created a book in Adobe InDesign and exported it as an ePub.

I opened the ePub with Springy. (BTW, I'm on a Mac.) Each chapter was exported as a separate .xhtml file in the ePub. I had created a separate chapter for the Table of Content. I opened that file, which is the name-of-the-book-5.xhtml and I manually added links to the chapter names. The links looked like this:

<a href="name-of-the-book-1.xhtml">Chapter number</a>

This ePub validates with epubcheck-1.0.5. Trouble is, when put on the iPod, the links do not work.

So I added ../ to the links to make the iPod look in another file. The links now looks like this:

<a href="../name-of-the-book-1.xhtml">Chapter number</a>

Loaded this onto the iPod. Bingo! Links work. Trouble is, now the file does not pass the validation test.

Ideas?

07-11-2010, 10:51 PM	#1
justbobf Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPad	How to properly format links so they validate and work, too? I created a book in Adobe InDesign and exported it as an ePub. I opened the ePub with Springy. (BTW, I'm on a Mac.) Each chapter was exported as a separate .xhtml file in the ePub. I had created a separate chapter for the Table of Content. I opened that file, which is the name-of-the-book-5.xhtml and I manually added links to the chapter names. The links looked like this: <a href="name-of-the-book-1.xhtml">Chapter number</a> This ePub validates with epubcheck-1.0.5. Trouble is, when put on the iPod, the links do not work. So I added ../ to the links to make the iPod look in another file. The links now looks like this: <a href="../name-of-the-book-1.xhtml">Chapter number</a> Loaded this onto the iPod. Bingo! Links work. Trouble is, now the file does not pass the validation test. Ideas?