Guide statements not working on a kindle

DanPotter · 05-02-2012, 11:41 AM

okay I'm making this ebook as an epub first via sigil. Then using amazon to convert it to mobi

I have the NCX file working. I have a linked table of contents, but it cannot find the TOC nor the start of the text (opens on the title page)

I think the trouble is with these lines of code on the bottom of my content.opf file.

<guide>
<reference href="toc.xhtml" title="Table of Contents" type="toc" />
<reference href="Chapter 1.xhtml" title="Beginning" type="text" />
</guide>

Can anyone help?

crutledge · 05-02-2012, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanPotter

okay I'm making this ebook as an epub first via sigil. Then using amazon to convert it to mobi

I have the NCX file working. I have a linked table of contents, but it cannot find the TOC nor the start of the text (opens on the title page)

I think the trouble is with these lines of code on the bottom of my content.opf file.

<guide>
<reference href="toc.xhtml" title="Table of Contents" type="toc" />
<reference href="Chapter 1.xhtml" title="Beginning" type="text" />
</guide>

Can anyone help?

The guide should look something like this:

Code:

  <guide>
    <reference href="Text/The%20Mystery%20of%20Room%2075.htm" title="Cover" type="cover" />
    <reference href="Text/The%20Mystery%20of%20Room%2075_0002.xhtml" title="Title Page" type="title-page" />
    <reference href="Text/The%20Mystery%20of%20Room%2075_0003.xhtml" title="Table Of Contents" type="toc" />
    <reference href="Text/The%20Mystery%20of%20Room%2075_0004.xhtml" title="Start Reading" type="start" />
  </guide>

I think in your code

Code:

<reference href="Chapter 1.xhtml" title="Beginning" type="text" />

Should be

Code:

<reference href="Chapter 1.xhtml" title="Beginning" type="start" />

mncowboy · 05-03-2012, 08:56 AM

The easiest way is to let Sigil do it for you.
I would delete those 2 lines from the guide section.
Then go to the book browser, right click on your toc.xhtml file, choose Semantics, and check the Table of Contents.
Then right click on the Chapter 1.xhtml file, choose Semantics, and check Text.
Make sure that only one file has Text checked as its Semantics.
Now check your content.opf file and see how Sigil populated it. This will now convert correctly to mobi format
Bob

DanPotter · 05-03-2012, 01:05 PM

Thanks, having Sigil do it for me worked! And I see what was wrong with my code.

05-02-2012, 11:41 AM	#1
DanPotter Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle	Guide statements not working on a kindle okay I'm making this ebook as an epub first via sigil. Then using amazon to convert it to mobi I have the NCX file working. I have a linked table of contents, but it cannot find the TOC nor the start of the text (opens on the title page) I think the trouble is with these lines of code on the bottom of my content.opf file. <guide> <reference href="toc.xhtml" title="Table of Contents" type="toc" /> <reference href="Chapter 1.xhtml" title="Beginning" type="text" /> </guide> Can anyone help?

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05-03-2012, 08:56 AM	#3
mncowboy Wanderer Posts: 106 Karma: 472218 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3, PaperWhite 2	The easiest way is to let Sigil do it for you. I would delete those 2 lines from the guide section. Then go to the book browser, right click on your toc.xhtml file, choose Semantics, and check the Table of Contents. Then right click on the Chapter 1.xhtml file, choose Semantics, and check Text. Make sure that only one file has Text checked as its Semantics. Now check your content.opf file and see how Sigil populated it. This will now convert correctly to mobi format Bob

05-03-2012, 01:05 PM	#4
DanPotter Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle	Thanks, having Sigil do it for me worked! And I see what was wrong with my code.

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