Unwanted blank pages

wdaly · 02-26-2013, 10:32 AM

I've got a problem with unwanted blank pages, as follows: I'd like to use our cover image also within the book as the first page. I add the image as normal, but when I view the book in iBooks on our iPad, there is either one or two blank pages placed before this image - one blank page when viewed in portrait format, or a blank spread when viewed landscape. Is there a way to control this? It's odd, as there are other images in the book where this is not a problem, and there is no problem with the file at all when converted to Kindle. Resizing the image, reimporting etc does not resolve it. Any help appreciated!

Toxaris · 02-26-2013, 10:38 AM

Please post your code for the cover. There are more possibilities.

wdaly · 02-26-2013, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxaris

Please post your code for the cover. There are more possibilities.

Hi Toxaris; do you mean the code for the cover as placed in the first page?

wdaly · 02-26-2013, 12:38 PM

This is the current code for the first page:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<!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></title>
</head>

<body>
<p><img alt="CCC1_cover_web_col_inside_small" src="../Images/CCC1_cover_web_col_inside_small.jpg" /></p>
</body>
</html>

theducks · 02-26-2013, 12:51 PM

OK
there are NO. None, Zero styles associated with anything there.

That says, you accept ALL the render programs defaults: Margins, indents ...

depending on your image size, and the BODY margins, and the P margins,
things are probably overflowing on both sides of the Image.

wdaly · 02-26-2013, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

OK
there are NO. None, Zero styles associated with anything there.

That says, you accept ALL the render programs defaults: Margins, indents ...

depending on your image size, and the BODY margins, and the P margins,
things are probably overflowing on both sides of the Image.

Thanks theducks. So where do I go from here? I use Sigil precisely because my HTML knowledge is very shakey, and the WYSIWYG format is useful for me, so I'm not clear on how to attribute styles.

meme · 02-26-2013, 03:47 PM

Well, you can try the tutorials in Sigil as a start. Just use Help->Tutorials.

wdaly · 02-27-2013, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meme

Well, you can try the tutorials in Sigil as a start. Just use Help->Tutorials.

Thanks meme; I use your guide regularly and find it extremely helpful; though I can't seem to find specific reference to how to resolve my problem. From what I can see, the 'add a cover image' section does not deal with this.
Could anyone point me in the right direction of a good code to resolve this? Much appreciated.

wdaly · 02-27-2013, 11:10 AM

I seem to have resolved this by adding the following code after the image

width="auto"

Full code sample:

<img alt="CCC1_cover_web_col" src="../Images/CCC1_cover_web_col.jpg" width="auto" />

This allows an image which is larger than the screen resolution to fit to whatever orientation the book is being viewed in and resulting a sharp image.

02-26-2013, 10:32 AM	#1
wdaly Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Kindle keyboard / iPad 3	Unwanted blank pages I've got a problem with unwanted blank pages, as follows: I'd like to use our cover image also within the book as the first page. I add the image as normal, but when I view the book in iBooks on our iPad, there is either one or two blank pages placed before this image - one blank page when viewed in portrait format, or a blank spread when viewed landscape. Is there a way to control this? It's odd, as there are other images in the book where this is not a problem, and there is no problem with the file at all when converted to Kindle. Resizing the image, reimporting etc does not resolve it. Any help appreciated!

02-26-2013, 10:38 AM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 2,095 Karma: 927511 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-300, PRS-T1	Please post your code for the cover. There are more possibilities. __________________ Creator and maintainer of the e-Book Tools Word add-in. Creator and maintainer of the Clean HTML macro for MS Word.

02-26-2013, 12:51 PM	#5
theducks Staff to 4 Cats Posts: 10,695 Karma: 2485850 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The (original) Silicon Valley, USA Device: Galaxy Tab 2,Black Astak PEz, K4NT(now Wifes)	OK there are NO. None, Zero styles associated with anything there. That says, you accept ALL the render programs defaults: Margins, indents ... depending on your image size, and the BODY margins, and the P margins, things are probably overflowing on both sides of the Image. __________________ Using: Ubuntu(32 bit):Oneric,Precise and XPpro SP3, W7HP(64)- - Libre Office w/Writer2EPUB

02-26-2013, 03:47 PM	#7
meme Sigil developer Posts: 1,261 Karma: 1101600 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, K4 NT, K3, Kobo Touch	Well, you can try the tutorials in Sigil as a start. Just use Help->Tutorials. __________________ See the Sigil User Guide and its tutorials for details about Sigil.

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02-26-2013, 12:38 PM	#4
wdaly Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Kindle keyboard / iPad 3	This is the current code for the first page: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <!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></title> </head> <body> <p><img alt="CCC1_cover_web_col_inside_small" src="../Images/CCC1_cover_web_col_inside_small.jpg" /></p> </body> </html>

02-27-2013, 11:10 AM	#9
wdaly Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Kindle keyboard / iPad 3	I seem to have resolved this by adding the following code after the image width="auto" Full code sample: <img alt="CCC1_cover_web_col" src="../Images/CCC1_cover_web_col.jpg" width="auto" /> This allows an image which is larger than the screen resolution to fit to whatever orientation the book is being viewed in and resulting a sharp image.

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