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JPD · 09-26-2010, 09:11 PM

I'm trying to convert multiple nested pages from a web site into an ebook. It's a scientific site, and the pages are image-rich with gifs. I open a page, e.g., http://www.chemguide.co.uk/analysis/...ation.html#top , in FireFox, save it to my desktop (and the save from FF saves the images locally in a matching folder), and drag the saved html into Calibre. The file appears in Calibre as a zip, and I convert it to mobi without making any changes to the metadata. When complete and I view the converted file, and regardless of what page from this site I'm working on, one of the image from the page appears at position 1.0 where the content should actually begin, above the page heading where the book should actually start. That image also still shows correctly where it's supposed to as well. It's almost as if the image is being inserted at the beginning as a book cover, although to the right it shows the generic book image.

I don't know if this is related, but when I quit calibre I get this error message:

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/folders/3g/3g++kTeeHJmwGtYBJz9CQk+++TI/-Tmp-/calibre_0.7.20_tmp_gFSqaR/ipc_result_1_7_q_9c8r.pickle'

ERROR: ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>IOError</b>:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/folders/3g/3g++kTeeHJmwGtYBJz9CQk+++TI/-Tmp-/calibre_0.7.20_tmp_gFSqaR/ipc_result_1_7_q_9c8r.pickle'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 147, in main
return run_entry_point()
File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 116, in run_entry_point
return getattr(pmod, func)()
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 101, in main

I'm using a PPC Apple iBook running Mac OS 10.5.8, FF 3.6.10, and Calibre 0.7.20.

Any help that can offered would be appreciated.

09-26-2010, 09:11 PM	#1
JPD Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle	web page image incorrecly appears at top of conversion I'm trying to convert multiple nested pages from a web site into an ebook. It's a scientific site, and the pages are image-rich with gifs. I open a page, e.g., http://www.chemguide.co.uk/analysis/...ation.html#top , in FireFox, save it to my desktop (and the save from FF saves the images locally in a matching folder), and drag the saved html into Calibre. The file appears in Calibre as a zip, and I convert it to mobi without making any changes to the metadata. When complete and I view the converted file, and regardless of what page from this site I'm working on, one of the image from the page appears at position 1.0 where the content should actually begin, above the page heading where the book should actually start. That image also still shows correctly where it's supposed to as well. It's almost as if the image is being inserted at the beginning as a book cover, although to the right it shows the generic book image. I don't know if this is related, but when I quit calibre I get this error message: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/folders/3g/3g++kTeeHJmwGtYBJz9CQk+++TI/-Tmp-/calibre_0.7.20_tmp_gFSqaR/ipc_result_1_7_q_9c8r.pickle' ERROR: ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>IOError</b>:[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/folders/3g/3g++kTeeHJmwGtYBJz9CQk+++TI/-Tmp-/calibre_0.7.20_tmp_gFSqaR/ipc_result_1_7_q_9c8r.pickle' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 147, in main return run_entry_point() File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 116, in run_entry_point return getattr(pmod, func)() File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 101, in main I'm using a PPC Apple iBook running Mac OS 10.5.8, FF 3.6.10, and Calibre 0.7.20. Any help that can offered would be appreciated.