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Old 03-06-2009, 09:41 PM   #1
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Any way to convert zipped html to epub that will work on Iphone?

I love that I can combine html pages into one file via Calibre for use on my Sony 505. I've tested the output file on my Iphone and sadly, I just get a 1 page file with the text from the table of contents but no actual hyperlinks. Is there a way to create the file so that the hyperlinks work on the Iphone?

Also, is there a way to convert files that will put the title of the book at the top (or bottom) of each page?

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Old 03-06-2009, 10:03 PM   #2
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If you have a file that works on the SONY Reader and not on the iphone, thats a bug in Stanza.

The EPUB format doesn't support headers and footers, so no for the title
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Thanks for the quick reply.

How about a header when I use LRF or MOBI on my Sony reader?
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Old 03-06-2009, 10:49 PM   #4
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the lrf conversion dialog has a header option, use it.
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Old 03-06-2009, 11:34 PM   #5
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I love that I can combine html pages into one file via Calibre for use on my Sony 505. I've tested the output file on my Iphone and sadly, I just get a 1 page file with the text from the table of contents but no actual hyperlinks. Is there a way to create the file so that the hyperlinks work on the Iphone?
I use Calibre regularly to convert html and other files to epub for iPhone use. I have yet to encounter an epub converted by Calibre that doesn't work on my iPhone. I don't have a Sony Reader, though. Perhaps the formatting options used to make Sony-compatible epubs are currently incompatible with the Stanza? Might be something you should bring to the Stanza developers' attention. Lexcycle, I believe.
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Old 03-07-2009, 05:28 PM   #7
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I tested further today and figured out that this is an issue with the EPUB file being created in Calibre. If I use LRF or MOBI as the output format, the hyperlinks work but if I use EPUB, they don't work at all, regardless of the app I use to open the file. Nothing to do with Stanza.

Since I'm using the same html file to test, I know the file itself is not the problem. I get book with working hyperlinks unless I use EPUB. I also noticed that, at least in Stanza, the file is being read as an image, not a text page.

Any suggestions? Here is a typical text file. I then change the extension to .html and drop into Calibre and convert.

<html>
<body>
<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
<p style="text-indent:0pt">
<a href="/Users/Katelyn/Downloads/callwoa1.html">Part One</a><br/>
<a href="/Users/Katelyn/Downloads/callwoa2.html">Part Two</a><br/>
<a href="/Users/Katelyn/Downloads/callwoa3.html">Part Three</a><br/>
<a href="/Users/Katelyn/Downloads/callwoa4.html">Part Four</a><br/>
<a href="/Users/Katelyn/Downloads/callwoa5.html">Part Five</a><br/>
<a href="/Users/Katelyn/Downloads/callwoa6.html">Part Six</a><br/>
<a href="/Users/Katelyn/Downloads/callwoa7.html">Part Seven</a><br/>
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</body>
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Old 03-07-2009, 05:55 PM   #8
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do the links work if you view the file using calibre's viewer?
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Old 03-07-2009, 08:16 PM   #9
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No, when I use the View feature in Calibre there are no links when I use EPUB. Same files shows links when I use LRF and MOBI and view in Calibre. Very odd.
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can you open a ticket and attach both the source files and the converted epub to it.
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Old 03-07-2009, 09:29 PM   #11
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Thanks. Ticket submitted.
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In the interim, Stanza Desktop will convert it to epub. Not an elegant program, but it works. http://www.lexcycle.com/stanza
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I tested Stanza Desktop by opening an EPUB file I created using Calibre then downloading it to the Iphone. I can see the links but I get an error if I try to open any of them. The error on thr Iphone reads, "Invalid Link. Sorry, the link is invalid or leads to an external file."

I don't find anything at the Lexcycle site that leads me to believe Stanza Desktop will "combine" html pages into one single file to read as one book. In fact, there is a post in their forums how to combine html pages and the poster was referred to Calibre.

Hopefully, Calibre just as a bug with multiple html to EPUB or I'm just doing it wrong.
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The EPUB format doesn't support headers and footers
Yes, it does. Quoting from the OPS spec, section 1.3.5: Relationship to CSS:

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A few additional properties and values have been added to support page layout, headers, and footers.
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The content of an element assigned display: oeb-page-head should be presented only as a header, and the content of an element assigned display: oeb-page-foot should be presented only as a footer. Neither should be simply presented as if it were inline or block. Reading Systems, however, are free to present headers and footers either in special areas as usual for paper publications, or to make them available in another way... <continues>
Just a heads-up.
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Does any reader software actually support oeb-page-head?
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