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MacEachaidh · 08-09-2010, 03:25 AM

I've created an ePub from a file that I originally coded in HTML, and brought it into Sigil to tidy up. I used Sigil to split the file into chapter sections, and rename the sections for ready identification.

I got about halfway through the book, and then decided to split it more finely, so I went back and re-split earlier sections. So that meant not all the splits were actually done in page order.

The resulting ePub file loads and reads fine in Sigil, but when I load it onto my ereader the split sections display out of order. I can't be absolutely certain, but they seem to display in the order they were split. (For example, Chapter 3 ends prematurely, at the point where I split it in Sigil. I was up to Chapter 11 when I was splitting them in Sigil, when I went back and split Chapter 3 into two bits. So now, in my ereader, the part of Chapter 3 past the split appears at Chapter 11.)

Is this expected behaviour? The sections display in correct order when I open the file in Sigil; how do I reorder them in the file itself so they open in the correct order in my ereader?

08-09-2010, 03:25 AM	#1
MacEachaidh Browser Posts: 745 Karma: 578294 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura HD	ePub post-split displays sections out of order I've created an ePub from a file that I originally coded in HTML, and brought it into Sigil to tidy up. I used Sigil to split the file into chapter sections, and rename the sections for ready identification. I got about halfway through the book, and then decided to split it more finely, so I went back and re-split earlier sections. So that meant not all the splits were actually done in page order. The resulting ePub file loads and reads fine in Sigil, but when I load it onto my ereader the split sections display out of order. I can't be absolutely certain, but they seem to display in the order they were split. (For example, Chapter 3 ends prematurely, at the point where I split it in Sigil. I was up to Chapter 11 when I was splitting them in Sigil, when I went back and split Chapter 3 into two bits. So now, in my ereader, the part of Chapter 3 past the split appears at Chapter 11.) Is this expected behaviour? The sections display in correct order when I open the file in Sigil; how do I reorder them in the file itself so they open in the correct order in my ereader?