jump to chapters

[lexmoen]

i am making my first ebook with sigil, works wonderfull. but i have a lot of chapters and in the beginning a contentpage. can i jump from this contentpage directly to any of the chapters?

thnx

lex

[charleski]

<p class="toc"><a href="[name of file containing the chapter][#optional fragment id]">Chapter Whatever</a></p>

etc

[lexmoen]

what do i do wrong?

in sigil in the bookbrowser are the names of the chapters, f.i.
blis 0 verzen 1-8 proloog.xhtml

now i did this:
<p class="toc"><a href="iblis 0 verzen 1-8 proloog.xhtml">Iblis 0 : 1- 8 proloog</a></p>

but it doesn't work

lex

[theducks]

Originally Posted by lexmoen

i am making my first ebook with sigil, works wonderfull. but i have a lot of chapters and in the beginning a contentpage. can i jump from this contentpage directly to any of the chapters?

thnx

lex

"Real" E-Pub's don't need an "inline TOC" (page).

USING a H1, H2, H3 headeron Text, auto-magically make a nested entry in the "Catalog" (TOC)

Press F7 to see what you have. There are tick boxes to hide entries that used H# tags in places that are not to show as a TOC item.

The advantage of the "Catalog", is it's use does not lose your place in the book as moving to the inline version would.

OTOH if you plan on converting your E-Pub to some other formats, you might need that inline TOC to support the lack of built in TOC features

[lexmoen]

ok, using <h2></h2> and pressing f7 shows a toc entry.
and now what?

lex

[lexmoen]

pressing f7 shows a toc entry: iblis 0:1-8 proloog in the file i see: <h3 id="heading_id_2">
but now what?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by lexmoen

pressing f7 shows a toc entry: iblis 0:1-8 proloog in the file i see: <h3 id="heading_id_2">
but now what?

There was supposed to be the Text between the Heading tags

<h3>Chapter 99<\h3>

What is between the tags is also usefd as a TOC text.
or

<h3>title="Chapter 99" &nbsp;<\h3>

If you only want the words to show in the TOC
(or different words)

[lexmoen]

between the headers was Iblis 0:1-8 proloog but if i put that < a href="Iblis 0:1-8 proloog">Iblis 0:1-8 proloog</a> it doesn't work still


i do something wrong

[theducks]

Originally Posted by lexmoen

between the headers was Iblis 0:1-8 proloog but if i put that < a href="Iblis 0:1-8 proloog">Iblis 0:1-8 proloog</a> it doesn't work still


i do something wrong

You need nothing for the TOC to link to the header. It is automatic.
If you want t link the Header to the TOC, No. That trick only works with the manual Inline (Web Browser holdover?) type
BTW Sigil usually puts files in the Text/ folder

"../Text/yourfilenamehere"

[lexmoen]

i still don't get it.
if i have in the f7 a toc entry : Iblis 0:1-8 proloog, how do i refer to that spot at other places?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by lexmoen

i still don't get it.
if i have in the f7 a toc entry : Iblis 0:1-8 proloog, how do i refer to that spot at other places?

Forget F7. that is the RESULTS of making Header tag values.
Open the document.
Make a Header (h3 type) by placing h3 tags around some text.: TOC entry made. Done
Repeat for each place you want a TOC entry.

The order in the "Book Browser", the within the document., automatically places them correctly, with a link to the proper place.
Simple

After you have done a few, press F7 and see the results of your work.

F7 exists because you might not want ALL uses of "Header tags" to appear in the TOC.. Sigil adjusts your code if you un-tick an entry.

[lexmoen]

i must be stupid.
i put <h3> around a text, as well in the contentpage as in the actual chapter. i save the document (epub) . when i press f7, i see the entries.
but when i look at bookview or the ebookreader, i cannot click anything to jump from the contentpage directly to the corresponding chapter with the same name

[lexmoen]

no - i understand it now!
thank you very much!!

lex

[Perkin]

If you want a seperate link, other than the toc links, include in the <h#> tag an id decriptor something like

<h3 id="chap03">Chapter 3</h3>

then if you need to link to it elsewhere you can do something like

<a href="#chap03">Jump to Chapter 3</a>

Things to note.
The jump link has a #before the id-name.
The jump link would need a (relative)filename if the target is in a different file.

<a href="section1.html#chap03">Jump to Chapter 3</a>

Doesn't have to be used for just chapters, I use it for footnotes.

<p><a id="return01"></a>Here’s a <a href="#footnote1">link</a> which jumps to the end footnote.</p>

and further on

<p><a id="footnote1"></a>A footnote is here.</p>
<p>When selecting here. <a href="#return01">RETURN</a></p>

Edit: spelling

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by Perkin

Doesn't have to be used for just chapters, I use it for footnotes.

<p><a id="return01"></a>Here’s a <a href="#footnote1">link</a> which jumps to the end footnote.</p>

and further on

<p><a id="footnote1"></a>A footnote is here.</p>
<p>When selecting here. <a href="#return01">RETURN</a></p>

And you don't have to use empty <a> elements, you can add the "id" to the <p>:

<p id="return01">Here’s a <a href="#footnote1">link</a> which jumps to the end footnote.</p>

<p id="footnote1">A footnote is here.</p>
<p>When selecting here. <a href="#return01">RETURN</a></p>