master css for every chapter

michaelbr · 11-21-2012, 09:45 PM

Is there anyway to setup a master css file/template for every single html page/chapter you create? If so how can I do it?

theducks · 11-21-2012, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelbr

Is there anyway to setup a master css file/template for every single html page/chapter you create? If so how can I do it?

Please clairfy:
1 CSS for all chapters?
or
a separate CSS for each chapter.

(using Sigil 6):
for the single CSS:
Create or add the CSS (use File menu)
once in place, Select 1 or more HTML files Right click : Link stylesheets: TICK the sheets to link (could be more than 1): OK

mrmikel · 11-22-2012, 07:24 AM

This action puts a link statement for that particular stylesheet in the <head> of each section of your book.

This may not always be desirable, for things such as indents. Indents are great in text, but not so great in an index or captions. So be careful what you put in your master and consider using a modified master for areas where you don't want indents or something else that is not universally applicable.

The link action described above is a one time thing, so you can take out the link if you don't want it and use the same action to link to a different stylesheet that suits your needs for a particular section. It works very easily doing this.

michaelbr · 11-22-2012, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Please clairfy:
1 CSS for all chapters?
or
a separate CSS for each chapter.

(using Sigil 6):
for the single CSS:
Create or add the CSS (use File menu)
once in place, Select 1 or more HTML files Right click : Link stylesheets: TICK the sheets to link (could be more than 1): OK

Thanks theducks for your prompt reply and sorry for the wording, what I meant is for all chapters and thanks for the tip to link one css to several html files, I didn't know this trick. For consistency purpose, it would be nice if there's a way to have only 1 master css which will be inherited to all other html files, and when we need to change some chapters, we'll change just those chapters. I guess it's not the limitation of Sigil but CSS, right?

theducks · 11-22-2012, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelbr

Thanks theducks for your prompt reply and sorry for the wording, what I meant is for all chapters and thanks for the tip to link one css to several html files, I didn't know this trick. For consistency purpose, it would be nice if there's a way to have only 1 master css which will be inherited to all other html files, and when we need to change some chapters, we'll change just those chapters. I guess it's not the limitation of Sigil but CSS, right?

Once the Link has been made, it is there until you edit it out of the HTML.
a typical book Only has 1 (shared CSS, but you need to set the link into the file.
You are not limited to a Single CSS for a single HTML file either. If one file has a special, complex style, I leave those in a seperate CSS and only link that to the file that nees it, thus saving the need to parse a BIG css for every file.

mncowboy · 11-23-2012, 08:31 AM

If your master document is one html file that you bring into Sigil, add the link to the css file. Then when you split the file up in Sigil, it will automatically include everything in the head section for each of the split files.

michaelbr · 11-23-2012, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Once the Link has been made, it is there until you edit it out of the HTML.
a typical book Only has 1 (shared CSS, but you need to set the link into the file.
You are not limited to a Single CSS for a single HTML file either. If one file has a special, complex style, I leave those in a seperate CSS and only link that to the file that nees it, thus saving the need to parse a BIG css for every file.

Thanks theducks, good point, I haven't thought this way, I'll use your suggestions in the future, I'm glad I've asked this question so I won't make this mistake further down the road when I have many docs created.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mncowboy

If your master document is one html file that you bring into Sigil, add the link to the css file. Then when you split the file up in Sigil, it will automatically include everything in the head section for each of the split files.

Thanks mncowboy for this tip, I'll combine your tip with theducks in the future to convert several Word document to epub.

11-21-2012, 09:45 PM	#1
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mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	This action puts a link statement for that particular stylesheet in the <head> of each section of your book. This may not always be desirable, for things such as indents. Indents are great in text, but not so great in an index or captions. So be careful what you put in your master and consider using a modified master for areas where you don't want indents or something else that is not universally applicable. The link action described above is a one time thing, so you can take out the link if you don't want it and use the same action to link to a different stylesheet that suits your needs for a particular section. It works very easily doing this.

11-23-2012, 08:31 AM	#6
mncowboy Wanderer Posts: 106 Karma: 472218 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3, PaperWhite 2	If your master document is one html file that you bring into Sigil, add the link to the css file. Then when you split the file up in Sigil, it will automatically include everything in the head section for each of the split files.