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roger64

03-22-2010 05:53 AM

Where is the stylesheet.css?

I follow on my slow trials with Sigil using xhtml files exported from OpenOffice.

I took several steps to try to improve the quality of my html file (xhtml in fact) and I have been rewarded with better and better results with Sigil. I hope to provide you with a test file and some comments soon, including images.;)

One thing surprises me though: when Sigil creates an EPUB, it seems it does not provide a stylesheet.css file. If I hand this epub to calibre, and let him do a conversion from epub to epub, it provides me with a stylesheet.css file.:chinscratch:

Due to my cleaning work, I can see that this file is now quite short and handy to work on.

Question
So where could I find the stylesheet.css in the first epub from Sigil?

Valloric

03-22-2010 01:31 PM

If your original file had a CSS stylesheet, it will have one when you open it in Sigil. If it doesn't, it won't.

Creating a new CSS file is easy. Right-click the "Styles" folder in the Book Browser, and choose "Add new item...". Don't forget to link to that CSS file in the <head> section of the XHTML files, like so:

Code:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="../Styles/Style0001.css" type="text/css" />

Admittedly, that last part is a pain. In a future version, Sigil will ask you from which XHTML files do you want the new stylesheet to be automatically linked.

roger64

03-23-2010 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valloric (Post 840298)

In a future version, Sigil will ask you from which XHTML files do you want the new stylesheet to be automatically linked.

This will be very handy. Thanks for your explanations. :thanks:

I just completed my low-level report here :bookworm:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...77&postcount=7

A happy user

paulpeer

03-23-2010 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valloric (Post 840298)

Code:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="../Styles/Style0001.css" type="test/css" />

But instead of test/css you'd better use text/css, Valloric!

For one of my books I copied your link, and spent two hours to find out where the error was. At last, Mikel, the developer of EPUBReader, found it for me! :) :)

Valloric

03-23-2010 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulpeer (Post 841655)

But instead of test/css you'd better use text/css, Valloric!

It's a typo, I've fixed it now. Sorry :)

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