Blank pages after cover image in epub file

KingAuthor · 02-14-2016, 12:04 PM

Hi all,

Hope this is the right forum. I used Sigil to create an ebook. I've gotten everything looking and acting like I want EXCEPT the cover image. I opted to put one in my kindle version, even though I know they always open on chpt 1. Anyway, the problem is this: In Sigil, everything looks normal. When I convert to mobi using the Kindle previewer, I get two blank pages when I move from htm section #2 toward the cover image. I get one blank page when I move back toward section #2. This holds true for all kindle devices in the previewer. When I use ADE, there are no blank pages between the cover and the next page, but I get a blank page for Page #1 and a blank page immediately after my TOC. (I've just started looking at this with ADE today, but my focus is on the Kindle application) I've scoured the internet and see all kinds of confusing reasons for this, none of which I can find here. The only thing that comes close is the possibility that the cover image is too large (bleeding over) and may be creating page breaks? Here are a few sections of the code I've used.

Top (1st) section in Book Browser:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

<title>Cold Currents</title>

</head>

<body>
<div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Cover (2nd) html file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Cover</title>
</head>

<body>
<div style="text-align: center; padding: 0pt; margin: 0pt;">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 1716 2626" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<image height="2626" width="1716" xlink:href="../Images/Cold_Currents_front_cover.jpg"/>
</svg>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Third file down in Book Browser (section0002.htm):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

<title>Cold Currents</title>

<link href="../Styles/Style0001.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="../Styles/Style0003.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/></head>

<body>
<div>
<h4>ALSO BY BYRON SUGGS</h4>

<p> </p>

<p><b><i>Rockapocalypse</i></b></p>

<p> </p>

<p><b><i>Anything But</i></b></p>

</div>
</body>
</html>

Parts of Content.opf pertaining to cover:

dc:date>
<dc

ublisher>Fall Line Publishing</dc

ublisher>
<dc:rights>All Rights Reserved</dc:rights>
<meta content="Cold_Currents_front_cover.jpg" name="cover" />
<meta content="0.7.4" name="Sigil version" />
</metadata>
<manifest>
<item href="toc.ncx" id="ncx" media-type="application/x-dtbncx+xml" />
<item href="Images/image001.jpg" id="image001.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item href="Images/image002.jpg" id="image002.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item href="Text/Section0036.htm" id="Section0036.htm" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
<item href="Images/Cold_Currents_front_cover.jpg" id="Cold_Currents_front_cover.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" />
<item href="Text/cover.xhtml" id="cover.xhtml"

*********************************************

idref="Cold_Currents_Suggs_KindleFormat_2015A.htm" />
<itemref idref="cover.xhtml" />
<itemref idref="Section0002.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0003.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0004.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0005.htm" />
<itemref idref="TOC.xhtml" />
<itemref idref="Section0006.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0007.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0008.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0009.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0010.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0011.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0012.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0013.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0014.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0015.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0016.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0017.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0018.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0019.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0020.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0021.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0022.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0023.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0024.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0025.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0026.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0027.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0028.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0029.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0030.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0031.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0033.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0034.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0035.htm" />
<itemref idref="Section0036.htm" />
</spine>
<guide>
<reference href="Text/cover.xhtml" title="Cover" type="cover" />
<reference href="Text/TOC.xhtml" title="Table Of Contents" type="toc" />
</guide>
</package>

What can be causing these blank pages? Any suggestion would be appreciated. If I had hair it would be in tuffs around my feet.

rubeus · 02-15-2016, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingAuthor

What can be causing these blank pages? Any suggestion would be appreciated. If I had hair it would be in tuffs around my feet.

A class in the stylesheet.

KingAuthor · 02-15-2016, 06:18 AM

Rubeus, please explain. I didn't think I had anything in my 3 ext Stylesheets that dealt with or would affect the cover image?

doubleshuffle · 02-15-2016, 06:24 AM

I don't know if that is what Rubeus meant, but you should check how many instances of "page-break-before: always" or "page-break-after: always" you have, and see if removing any of them makes a difference. It's the most likely culprit, I guess.

Hitch · 02-16-2016, 01:09 AM

What is the purpose of the "first section," please? A blank page, prior to the cover? What is that intended to do?

Hitch

senhal · 02-22-2016, 05:26 AM

Try remove:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

Calibre prettifier (flower icon) removes it automatically.

JSWolf · 02-23-2016, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

What is the purpose of the "first section," please? A blank page, prior to the cover? What is that intended to do?

Hitch

From what I gather it's so a Kindle will open to the cover. But I don't think it will work.

Hitch · 02-23-2016, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

From what I gather it's so a Kindle will open to the cover. But I don't think it will work.

Well, it's possible that it will fool the big Z, but...I wouldn't bet my pennies on it.

Hitch

02-22-2016, 05:26 AM	#6
senhal Connoisseur Posts: 80 Karma: 25684 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle NT	Try remove: Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> Calibre prettifier (flower icon) removes it automatically.

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02-14-2016, 12:04 PM	#1
KingAuthor Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2016 Device: none	Blank pages after cover image in epub file Hi all, Hope this is the right forum. I used Sigil to create an ebook. I've gotten everything looking and acting like I want EXCEPT the cover image. I opted to put one in my kindle version, even though I know they always open on chpt 1. Anyway, the problem is this: In Sigil, everything looks normal. When I convert to mobi using the Kindle previewer, I get two blank pages when I move from htm section #2 toward the cover image. I get one blank page when I move back toward section #2. This holds true for all kindle devices in the previewer. When I use ADE, there are no blank pages between the cover and the next page, but I get a blank page for Page #1 and a blank page immediately after my TOC. (I've just started looking at this with ADE today, but my focus is on the Kindle application) I've scoured the internet and see all kinds of confusing reasons for this, none of which I can find here. The only thing that comes close is the possibility that the cover image is too large (bleeding over) and may be creating page breaks? Here are a few sections of the code I've used. Top (1st) section in Book Browser: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Cold Currents</title> </head> <body> <div> </div> </body> </html> Cover (2nd) html file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Cover</title> </head> <body> <div style="text-align: center; padding: 0pt; margin: 0pt;"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 1716 2626" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <image height="2626" width="1716" xlink:href="../Images/Cold_Currents_front_cover.jpg"/> </svg> </div> </body> </html> Third file down in Book Browser (section0002.htm): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Cold Currents</title> <link href="../Styles/Style0001.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="../Styles/Style0003.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/></head> <body> <div> <h4>ALSO BY BYRON SUGGS</h4> <p> </p> <p><b><i>Rockapocalypse</i></b></p> <p> </p> <p><b><i>Anything But</i></b></p> </div> </body> </html> Parts of Content.opf pertaining to cover: dc:date> <dcublisher>Fall Line Publishing</dcublisher> <dc:rights>All Rights Reserved</dc:rights> <meta content="Cold_Currents_front_cover.jpg" name="cover" /> <meta content="0.7.4" name="Sigil version" /> </metadata> <manifest> <item href="toc.ncx" id="ncx" media-type="application/x-dtbncx+xml" /> <item href="Images/image001.jpg" id="image001.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" /> <item href="Images/image002.jpg" id="image002.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" /> <item href="Text/Section0036.htm" id="Section0036.htm" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" /> <item href="Images/Cold_Currents_front_cover.jpg" id="Cold_Currents_front_cover.jpg" media-type="image/jpeg" /> <item href="Text/cover.xhtml" id="cover.xhtml" ********************************************* idref="Cold_Currents_Suggs_KindleFormat_2015A.htm" /> <itemref idref="cover.xhtml" /> <itemref idref="Section0002.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0003.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0004.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0005.htm" /> <itemref idref="TOC.xhtml" /> <itemref idref="Section0006.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0007.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0008.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0009.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0010.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0011.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0012.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0013.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0014.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0015.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0016.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0017.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0018.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0019.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0020.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0021.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0022.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0023.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0024.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0025.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0026.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0027.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0028.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0029.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0030.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0031.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0033.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0034.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0035.htm" /> <itemref idref="Section0036.htm" /> </spine> <guide> <reference href="Text/cover.xhtml" title="Cover" type="cover" /> <reference href="Text/TOC.xhtml" title="Table Of Contents" type="toc" /> </guide> </package> What can be causing these blank pages? Any suggestion would be appreciated. If I had hair it would be in tuffs around my feet.

02-15-2016, 06:18 AM	#3
KingAuthor Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2016 Device: none	Rubeus, please explain. I didn't think I had anything in my 3 ext Stylesheets that dealt with or would affect the cover image?

02-15-2016, 06:24 AM	#4
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,923 Karma: 185041098 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	I don't know if that is what Rubeus meant, but you should check how many instances of "page-break-before: always" or "page-break-after: always" you have, and see if removing any of them makes a difference. It's the most likely culprit, I guess.

02-16-2016, 01:09 AM	#5
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,462 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	What is the purpose of the "first section," please? A blank page, prior to the cover? What is that intended to do? Hitch

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