Calibre ePUB to mobi conversion help (with images)

anamardoll · 02-19-2012, 07:22 PM

I could use some help.

I'm trying to convert an ePUB book to a mobi book via Calibre 0.8.35. The conversion seems pretty good except I'm bumping up into a problem with the images. Images that should be on the same page as the following text are sometimes cordoned off on their own page and I don't want that. The weird thing is that this isn't occurring everywhere -- so I can see that I can get what I want, I just can't figure out how. Help!

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The Chapter1 picture (attached) is bad. You can see that the image is on a separate page from the text. The ePUB code (pre-conversion) is here:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!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>Chapter 1 - Rosella</title>
  <link href="../Styles/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
  <style type="text/css">

  /*<![CDATA[*/

  @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; }

  p.sgc-1 {text-align: center;}
  /*]]>*/
  </style>
</head>

<body style="">
  <p class="sgc-1"><img alt="Chapter 1 - Rosella" src="../Images/Chapter%2001%20-%20Rosella.png" /></p>

  <h1 id="heading_id_2" title="Chapter 1 - Rosella">Chapter 1 - <i>Rosella</i></h1>

  <p class="text">Rosella eyed the darkening sky appreciatively as she walked the dirt-packed road. The sky had threatened rain all day, and she was thrilled to see thick thunderclouds rolling overhead as dusk approached. She hadn't planned on a downpour, and did not have the necessary skill with weather to create one even if she had, but a storm would add a nice touch to tonight's events.</p>

The CharacterPortrait picture (attached) is good. You can see that the image is on the same page as the text. The ePUB code (pre-conversion) is here:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!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>Rosella</title>
  <link href="../Styles/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
  <style type="text/css">

  /*<![CDATA[*/

  @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; }
  p.sgc-1 {text-align: center;}
  /*]]>*/
  </style>
</head>

<body style="">
  <p class="sgc-1"><img alt="Character Portrait: Rosella" src="../Images/Chapter%2001%20-%20Rosella.png" /></p>

  <h2 id="heading_id_2" title="Character Portrait: Rosella">Character Portrait: <i>Rosella</i></h2>

  <p class="text">When I started <i>Pulchritude</i>, the "Beauty and the Beast" story most firmly fixed in my mind was the Disney version, which starts with a curse. A beautiful fairy disguises herself as a beggar and then curses a prince for his selfishness when he refuses to give her lodging for the night.</p>

The major difference I can see is that one has an H1 tag and the other an H2 tag, but changing that didn't make a difference to the conversion. Any help is greatly appreciated.

theducks · 02-19-2012, 10:14 PM

look at your stylesheet.
see if you have styles for h1 and h2 (note there is no leading dot as these apply at the Tag Level)
Post those sections (guessing h1 has a page-break-before: always ) and you want that to happen before you image and page-break-before: never for the h2 tag

anamardoll · 02-19-2012, 10:16 PM

Thank you for responding.

This is my stylesheet:

Code:

@namespace h "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
body { margin: 0; }
h1 { text-align: left; }
h2 { text-align: left;}
img {text-align: center;}

I already tried changing the H1 to an H2 before conversion, just to test -- I got the same result. It's so weird.

theducks · 02-19-2012, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anamardoll

Thank you for responding.

This is my stylesheet:

Code:

@namespace h "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
body { margin: 0; }
h1 { text-align: left; page-break-before: never;}
h2 { text-align: left;page-break-before: never;}
img {text-align: center;page-break-before: always;}

I already tried changing the H1 to an H2 before conversion, just to test -- I got the same result. It's so weird.

try adding the green
Note doing this at the Tag level affects all IMG tags and All H1 and H2 tags

it might be better to create some classes and style the appropriate locations.

KISS is not always appropriate

anamardoll · 02-19-2012, 10:32 PM

Unfortunately, that didn't change the behavior seen in conversion.

I really am not against making it more complicated if it makes the conversion act as I need it to, but it sure would be nice to understand why the Character Portrait instance works fine but the Chapter 1 instance doesn't. That seems significant to me, somehow.

anamardoll · 02-19-2012, 10:45 PM

Well, by trial and error I have narrowed it down.

This works:

Code:

<h1 id="heading_id_2" title="Chapter 1 - Rosella">Character Portrait: <i>Rosella</i></h1>

This doesn't:

Code:

<h1 id="heading_id_2" title="Chapter 1 - Rosella">Chapter 1: <i>Rosella</i></h1>

The ONLY difference between those two lines is the actual text: Character Portrait: Rosella and Chapter 1: Rosella.

It almost seems like the page is being split because of the word "Chapter". Can that be possible? Is there a way to prevent that?

anamardoll · 02-19-2012, 10:53 PM

Now I knew what to look for, I found a previous thread and solved it. Thank you!

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=101467

02-19-2012, 10:16 PM	#3
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Thank you for responding. This is my stylesheet: Code: @namespace h "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; body { margin: 0; } h1 { text-align: left; } h2 { text-align: left;} img {text-align: center;} I already tried changing the H1 to an H2 before conversion, just to test -- I got the same result. It's so weird.

02-19-2012, 10:45 PM	#6
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Well, by trial and error I have narrowed it down. This works: Code: <h1 id="heading_id_2" title="Chapter 1 - Rosella">Character Portrait: <i>Rosella</i></h1> This doesn't: Code: <h1 id="heading_id_2" title="Chapter 1 - Rosella">Chapter 1: <i>Rosella</i></h1> The ONLY difference between those two lines is the actual text: Character Portrait: Rosella and Chapter 1: Rosella. It almost seems like the page is being split because of the word "Chapter". Can that be possible? Is there a way to prevent that?

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,778 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	look at your stylesheet. see if you have styles for h1 and h2 (note there is no leading dot as these apply at the Tag Level) Post those sections (guessing h1 has a page-break-before: always ) and you want that to happen before you image and page-break-before: never for the h2 tag

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anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Unfortunately, that didn't change the behavior seen in conversion. I really am not against making it more complicated if it makes the conversion act as I need it to, but it sure would be nice to understand why the Character Portrait instance works fine but the Chapter 1 instance doesn't. That seems significant to me, somehow.

02-19-2012, 10:53 PM	#7
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Now I knew what to look for, I found a previous thread and solved it. Thank you! https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=101467