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DHahn · 05-18-2011, 02:08 PM

Toxaris,

I've fixed this — thanks so much for your willingness to help, though.

There were two problems.

First — and I think most importantly — the eBook broke because I wasn't calling my viewport size in the cover.xhtml file

Code:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=1200, height=1700"></meta>

.

I think that forgetting to do this on each and every page of a fixed layout iBook totally breaks the entire publication.

Secondly, it looks like

Code:

linear="no"

is required for the cover item in the spine.

Of note: my cover image is now 1200x1700px, and it seems to work just dandy even though I've read that it should be less than 1000 pixels wide and high.

I thought that this would be a tough one to solve, but it was pretty basic! Contrary to what my art director thinks, turning off your computer and sleeping on a problem is much more efficient than getting frustrated and staring at code for ten hours straight

Thanks again!

Doug

05-18-2011, 02:08 PM	#7
DHahn Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: iPad	Toxaris, I've fixed this — thanks so much for your willingness to help, though. There were two problems. First — and I think most importantly — the eBook broke because I wasn't calling my viewport size in the cover.xhtml file Code: <meta name="viewport" content="width=1200, height=1700"></meta> . I think that forgetting to do this on each and every page of a fixed layout iBook totally breaks the entire publication. Secondly, it looks like Code: linear="no" is required for the cover item in the spine. Of note: my cover image is now 1200x1700px, and it seems to work just dandy even though I've read that it should be less than 1000 pixels wide and high. I thought that this would be a tough one to solve, but it was pretty basic! Contrary to what my art director thinks, turning off your computer and sleeping on a problem is much more efficient than getting frustrated and staring at code for ten hours straight Thanks again! Doug Last edited by DHahn; 05-18-2011 at 02:11 PM.