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Forum: Workshop 05-14-2013, 02:39 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,208
Posted By lissie
Not quite sure why Doistu said the change to...

Not quite sure why Doistu said the change to heading tags should be temprorary - they should be headers anyways so you can style them appropriatesly - and yest Sigil will then pick them up as a...
Forum: ePub 05-08-2013, 01:35 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,829
Posted By lissie
Because ADE doesn't create (or read) MOBI files -...

Because ADE doesn't create (or read) MOBI files - KP runs kindlegen which crates the MOBI.

Yes you have to pass the pdf checks at createspace before they will print your book
Forum: ePub 05-07-2013, 11:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,829
Posted By lissie
I disagree eping - there is certainly a MOBI...

I disagree eping - there is certainly a MOBI check - called Kindle Previewer - it gives detailed reasons about why your file failed to compile. Upload an incorrect pdf to Createspace and you'll...
Forum: ePub 05-05-2013, 03:04 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,829
Posted By lissie
That did work thanks! I ended up spending a few...

That did work thanks! I ended up spending a few hours having to change the NCX file though and re-doing stuff in Sigil Most annoying
Forum: ePub 05-04-2013, 09:30 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,829
Posted By lissie
Calibre appears to have added: <svg...

Calibre appears to have added:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="none" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 566 724" width="100%"...
Forum: ePub 05-04-2013, 08:13 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,829
Posted By lissie
ePub passes validation - won't upload to Nook Press

OK this one has me stumped. I have a book created the html by hand, created the mobi, and then used calibre to convert to epub. This approach has worked fine in the past and the books have been...
Forum: Kindle Formats 04-28-2013, 10:39 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,837
Posted By lissie
Thanks guys - what an annoying work around!

Thanks guys - what an annoying work around!
Forum: Kindle Formats 04-26-2013, 08:04 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,837
Posted By lissie
I didn't say I was using paragrah styles - not...

I didn't say I was using paragrah styles - not sure where you got that from -I'm using heading styles - as you do

My CSS is:
h1 {
text-align: center;
color: #CD1634;
padding-top: 7em;
}
...
Forum: Kindle Formats 04-26-2013, 07:09 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,837
Posted By lissie
Good thought - unfortunately it didn't make any...

Good thought - unfortunately it didn't make any difference
Forum: Kindle Formats 04-25-2013, 08:43 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,837
Posted By lissie
Did you ever get this working - I can get top...

Did you ever get this working - I can get top margins honoured for fist paragraphs - but not when I have aheader straight after a forced page break - it seems to be ignoring all top margins after the...
Forum: Kindle Formats 04-25-2013, 08:38 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,141
Posted By lissie
Does this work for the newer 8.9" Fires?

Does this work for the newer 8.9" Fires?
Forum: Workshop 04-16-2013, 04:43 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,145
Posted By lissie
Wow thank you so much guys - I am off to play!

Wow thank you so much guys - I am off to play!
Forum: Workshop 04-16-2013, 02:15 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,145
Posted By lissie
Struggling with regex over multiple lines

Okay I'm not the best with regex :help:but I know this must be possible. I have a book with hundreds of footnotes. Some of the footnotes are a page long! I want to add a "return to text" hyperlink...
Forum: Apple Devices 01-28-2013, 07:58 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 15,402
Posted By lissie
Whats the recommendation on batteries these days...

Whats the recommendation on batteries these days - is is still best to let the battery run down entirely before charging the first few times?
Forum: Workshop 01-23-2013, 04:22 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,766
Posted By lissie
Thanks - I'd only just figured out that I can...

Thanks - I'd only just figured out that I can convert from the epub straight to mobi using KP rather than going from the html!

Also the point seems to be moot - it appears that the file displays...
Forum: Workshop 01-23-2013, 12:28 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,766
Posted By lissie
Older Kindles don't recognise CSS Toxaris

Older Kindles don't recognise CSS Toxaris
Forum: Sigil 01-22-2013, 06:22 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,116
Posted By lissie
It did the same to me with calibre - so I...

It did the same to me with calibre - so I rebooted the PC and it seem OK now
Forum: Sigil 01-22-2013, 01:19 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,116
Posted By lissie
Just tried that - still crashed even using the...

Just tried that - still crashed even using the 800x600px version - which is waaay to small for iBookstore I know. I don't think it's the size - it doesn't even try as soon as I attempt to add an...
Forum: Sigil 01-22-2013, 01:10 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,884
Posted By lissie
cheers - thanks for that!

cheers - thanks for that!
Forum: Sigil 01-22-2013, 01:00 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,116
Posted By lissie
Sigil Crashes on Win7 v0.6.2 When loading image

Hi - I'm trying to add a cover image to my epub - everytime I try to load the image Sigil crashes completely - no error report nothing - it doesn't even freeze it just crashes.

Any work around?
Forum: Sigil 01-22-2013, 12:36 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,884
Posted By lissie
nope it's totally inconsistent - it will take...

nope it's totally inconsistent - it will take _100 it won't take 1_6 will take _16 - any ideas what the actual label ID rules are ?
Forum: Sigil 01-22-2013, 12:24 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,884
Posted By lissie
never mind - put an underscore it and it worked

never mind - put an underscore it and it worked
Forum: Sigil 01-22-2013, 12:22 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,884
Posted By lissie
Validation error value '100' is invalid NCName

OK I'm getting the following validation error
value '100' is invalid NCName
for code that looks like:
<a id="100"></a></p>

It's not a one-off I'm getting for each anchor I'm using for my...
Forum: Workshop 01-21-2013, 08:45 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,766
Posted By lissie
@pholy - that's probably what I'll do going...

@pholy - that's probably what I'll do going forward - but at the moment I have plenty of books in mobi only format - as do many other authors !

@JSWolf - I'm talking non-fiction here - indents...
Forum: Workshop 01-21-2013, 05:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,766
Posted By lissie
Workflow - XHTML to mobi to ePub

For sometime I've been converting books to Kindle using
Word - export to HTMl - stripped to clean HTML - edited in a text editor, created opf and ncx by hand - create mobi using KindlePreviewer
...
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