Error epubcheck

Buble · 05-23-2014, 01:02 PM

Hello,
I believed my epub was correctly built but when I try to validate it with epubcheck, it tells me that all my xhtml files (every file in fact) are not declared in opf file, whereas they really are and the links are correct... Would you know why ?
After that, I started again my process to built again the epub, and know it tells me that in the ncx the error is : "hyperlink to non-standard resource 'OEBPS/PHENbook.xhtml' of type 'xhtml+xml'"
I go crazy... does anybody know the answer ? Thanks a lot for your help !!

Dr. Drib · 05-23-2014, 01:34 PM

Please look over our site and post responsibly.

The General Discussion Forum is for ".....discussions about e-book reading not specific to a device, software or format."

Your post has been moved out of the General Discussion Forum and moved to.......the epub forum.

Don
(Moderator)

mrmikel · 05-23-2014, 02:57 PM

These sorts of issues is why many people use Calibre's editor or Sigil to create epubs. They handle much of this sort of things themselves.

You could try downloading either and seeing what error message you get or whether Sigil corrects the error if you allow it to when you open the file.

With Sigil the file may not remain exactly the same, but it will display the same way you want it to.

odedta · 05-23-2014, 03:28 PM

Or you could post the exact error it gives you here, I will post a solution for you.
However, I do recommend Calibre just like mrmikel does.

Buble · 05-24-2014, 01:46 PM

Hi,

Thanks for your answers. I built my ebook by myself with RJ textedit, so I didn't use Calibre or Sigil, that's why I don't understand this error : "item (OEBPS/PHEN_partA.xhtml) exists in the zip file, but is not declared in the OPF file" because this file IS declared in the opf and the link is correct.Honestly I just start in creating epubs but you are great if you find the solution, it is mysterious... Please note that my epub like that doesn't want to open in Adobe reader, and Sigil doesn't want to open it neither...

elibrarian · 05-24-2014, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buble

Hi,

Thanks for your answers. I built my ebook by myself with RJ textedit, so I didn't use Calibre or Sigil,

Since RJ Texted is a (scriptable) text-editor and has no automation for epubs, you have probably handcoded everything yourself? - which means, there may be typing errors. Remember, that links, declarations etc. are case-sensitive, and any - and I mean ANY - typo will result in an error.

Best thing to do would be to upload a sample of the finished epub with the error, if possible, and some of the experts around here will probably be able to pinpoint the responsible culprit.

Regards,

Kim

odedta · 05-24-2014, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elibrarian

Since RJ Texted is a (scriptable) text-editor and has no automation for epubs, you have probably handcoded everything yourself? - which means, there may be typing errors. Remember, that links, declarations etc. are case-sensitive, and any - and I mean ANY - typo will result in an error.

Best thing to do would be to upload a sample of the finished epub with the error, if possible, and some of the experts around here will probably be able to pinpoint the responsible culprit.

Regards,

Kim

+1

Make sure the opf declartation looks something like this:

Code:

<item href="Text/Section0000.xhtml" id="Section0000.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>

If things still don't work out upload the file so we can find out exactly what the problem is.

Buble · 05-24-2014, 04:23 PM

Yes it does, unfortunately... (I didn't write the epub entirely, I used word and then I built the opf content and ncx...) How could I upload it to show you ? Sorry I am a new one on this forum. Thanks again, so much, there is obviously a reason but I go completely crazy.

odedta · 05-24-2014, 04:40 PM

When you reply using Advanced mode, you can scroll down a bit and see "Attach files" section, it looks like this

mrmikel · 05-24-2014, 05:07 PM

Acrobat Reader won't open epubs, even good ones. Sigil needs to be set up so it will correct errors on input. Calibre editor doesn't require a valid epub. If you are desperate you could just paste your book sections into a new blank book in calibre editor and then use tools, table of contents to generate a valid table of contents. It, as does Sigil assumes you have marked your chapters with headings. <h1><h2><h3> etc.

DiapDealer · 05-24-2014, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buble

that's why I don't understand this error : "item (OEBPS/PHEN_partA.xhtml) exists in the zip file, but is not declared in the OPF file" because this file IS declared in the opf and the link is correct.

It simply can't be both. Either it's not declared, or the link is wrong. If it was declared AND correct... you wouldn't get the error. I don't say this to be mean, but so that you look closer.

The links are case sensitive as others have mentioned and the path must be exactly correct (relative to the OPF file).

Buble · 05-26-2014, 03:52 AM

Yes, I really understand this, either the link, either it is not declared, but my file does not seem bad in that way... however I do understand that there is obligatory an error, of course ! (Adobe digital editions doesn't want to open it)
Sorry, I may be stupid but I don't find the Advanced mode to reply, so here is a wetransfer link to download my epub :
https://www.wetransfer.com/downloads...6074805/2f2448
Thank you so much for your help (and sorry for my bad english...!), you save me !

odedta · 05-26-2014, 04:53 AM

Calire spits out a bunch of errors, the important one for you is the error in parsing the HTML file, that means there is something wrong with the syntax which you wrote the HTML file and that's why it doesn't show on a reader. i.e. You could have missed a quote symbol or didn't close a tag properly.

In this case:

Quote:

http-equiv=Content-Type

Is missing the quotes "", should look like this:

Quote:

http-equiv="Content-Type"

Some other attributes are missing quotes such as:

Quote:

lang=EN-GB
lang=EN-US

These are tags automatically generated by Microsoft word and are incorrect form of use when writing HTML code.

I really recommend using Calibre, there is absolutely no reason to hand code everything from scratch, even if you like to learn to old fashioned way.

Toxaris · 05-26-2014, 05:51 AM

If you are already using Word, consider my add-in. It will create an ePUB for you directly from Word that will work.

Buble · 05-26-2014, 08:41 AM

Yes indeed, but when I am adding the quotes, it tells me after that "element "span" not allowed here; expected element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "ins", "noscript", "ns:svg", "ol", "p", "pre", "script", "table" or "ul" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg")", does it mean that there is a problem whith the head declaration of the file ? My file seems to be an xhtml like this with no xml problem (I think !).
(Thanks to everyone)

05-23-2014, 01:02 PM	#1
Buble Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: none	Error epubcheck Hello, I believed my epub was correctly built but when I try to validate it with epubcheck, it tells me that all my xhtml files (every file in fact) are not declared in opf file, whereas they really are and the links are correct... Would you know why ? After that, I started again my process to built again the epub, and know it tells me that in the ncx the error is : "hyperlink to non-standard resource 'OEBPS/PHENbook.xhtml' of type 'xhtml+xml'" I go crazy... does anybody know the answer ? Thanks a lot for your help !!

05-24-2014, 04:40 PM	#9
odedta Addict Posts: 398 Karma: 96448 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: iPad	When you reply using Advanced mode, you can scroll down a bit and see "Attach files" section, it looks like this Attached Thumbnails

05-26-2014, 03:52 AM	#12
Buble Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: none	Yes, I really understand this, either the link, either it is not declared, but my file does not seem bad in that way... however I do understand that there is obligatory an error, of course ! (Adobe digital editions doesn't want to open it) Sorry, I may be stupid but I don't find the Advanced mode to reply, so here is a wetransfer link to download my epub : https://www.wetransfer.com/downloads...6074805/2f2448 Thank you so much for your help (and sorry for my bad english...!), you save me ! Last edited by Buble; 05-26-2014 at 03:56 AM.

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Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,743 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	Please look over our site and post responsibly. The General Discussion Forum is for ".....discussions about e-book reading not specific to a device, software or format." Your post has been moved out of the General Discussion Forum and moved to.......the epub forum. Don (Moderator)

05-23-2014, 02:57 PM	#3
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	These sorts of issues is why many people use Calibre's editor or Sigil to create epubs. They handle much of this sort of things themselves. You could try downloading either and seeing what error message you get or whether Sigil corrects the error if you allow it to when you open the file. With Sigil the file may not remain exactly the same, but it will display the same way you want it to.

05-23-2014, 03:28 PM	#4
odedta Addict Posts: 398 Karma: 96448 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: iPad	Or you could post the exact error it gives you here, I will post a solution for you. However, I do recommend Calibre just like mrmikel does.

05-24-2014, 01:46 PM	#5
Buble Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: none	Hi, Thanks for your answers. I built my ebook by myself with RJ textedit, so I didn't use Calibre or Sigil, that's why I don't understand this error : "item (OEBPS/PHEN_partA.xhtml) exists in the zip file, but is not declared in the OPF file" because this file IS declared in the opf and the link is correct.Honestly I just start in creating epubs but you are great if you find the solution, it is mysterious... Please note that my epub like that doesn't want to open in Adobe reader, and Sigil doesn't want to open it neither...

05-24-2014, 04:23 PM	#8
Buble Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: none	Yes it does, unfortunately... (I didn't write the epub entirely, I used word and then I built the opf content and ncx...) How could I upload it to show you ? Sorry I am a new one on this forum. Thanks again, so much, there is obviously a reason but I go completely crazy.

05-24-2014, 05:07 PM	#10
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Acrobat Reader won't open epubs, even good ones. Sigil needs to be set up so it will correct errors on input. Calibre editor doesn't require a valid epub. If you are desperate you could just paste your book sections into a new blank book in calibre editor and then use tools, table of contents to generate a valid table of contents. It, as does Sigil assumes you have marked your chapters with headings. <h1><h2><h3> etc.

05-26-2014, 05:51 AM	#14
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	If you are already using Word, consider my add-in. It will create an ePUB for you directly from Word that will work.

05-26-2014, 08:41 AM	#15
Buble Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: none	Yes indeed, but when I am adding the quotes, it tells me after that "element "span" not allowed here; expected element "address", "blockquote", "del", "div", "dl", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "hr", "ins", "noscript", "ns:svg", "ol", "p", "pre", "script", "table" or "ul" (with xmlns:ns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg")", does it mean that there is a problem whith the head declaration of the file ? My file seems to be an xhtml like this with no xml problem (I think !). (Thanks to everyone)