Need help with html>epub ToC

[Cthulhu Inc]

I have some documents that I would love to be able to read conveniently on my iPod, and Calibre converts them excellently, except for one problem. The epubs don't have any table of contents!

How can I get a ToC on an epub that was converted from an html? I need step-by-step instructions, since my code isn't that good...

[itimpi]

Originally Posted by Cthulhu Inc

I have some documents that I would love to be able to read conveniently on my iPod, and Calibre converts them excellently, except for one problem. The epubs don't have any table of contents!

How can I get a ToC on an epub that was converted from an html? I need step-by-step instructions, since my code isn't that good...

You should be able to fix that using the approach described at http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...specific-order. However this requires going back to the original HTML files.

[jackie_w]

There are many ways to do this but it is basically a two-step process for each book:

1. Edit your HTML file in a plain text editor and mark all your chapter headings in a specific way.
2. Import the edited HTML file into Calibre and, as part of the zip to epub conversion process, tell Calibre what you did in step 1.

A simple example:
Step 1: In the HTML file mark all your chapter headings with <h2>...</h2> tags, like this.

<h2>Chapter 1</h2>
<p>This is the text... blah blah...</p>

<h2>Chapter 2</h2>
<p>...more text... blah blah...</p>

Step 2: In Convert - Structure Detection - Detect chapters at tell Calibre that you used <h2> tags by entering //h:h2 in the box.