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bobcdy · 11-25-2010, 10:42 PM

I originally posted this on the epub forum, but because I constructed the epub with Sigil 3.1, and after further experimentation, I think the problem might have resulted from something awry with Sigil (?) I've changed the original post a bit and added new data on the problem that has led to my complete lack of understanding how to solve the problem:

I'm working on an epub with many png images, and it is essentially finished with final proofing complete. The problem occurs only when I upload the epub to my Bebook One (original version) and does not occur with either Sigil or Adobe DE on my computers. Most of the images are fine in the epub, but there are several no shows on the Bebook - that is, the space required to show the images is usually present, but the image is hidden. This occurs with two centered images each starting with <div class="center" or <p class="center"...or with two floating image each with <span class="floatleft" (or right)... All of the images are sized as percentages of the full width or height.

I originally thought the problem was caused by two images being very close to one another but this is not always true. To experiment, I replaced the "bad images" with others from the epub that show, but when replaced in the problem locations, the new images don't show either. Then with my computer Adobe DE, I opened the offending epub from the Bebook SD card - all the images show perfectly showing that the epub was not damaged by being copied to the sd card. Next I backed up all the material from the SD card, reformatted the card using sdformatter 2, copied the original epub from the computer to the card, ran it on my Bebook - had same problem. Thus, the problem does not result from a bad SD card.

The epub passes validation using the Threepress validator. Normally, when an epub runs on the computer ADE, it works perfectly on the Bebook; this is the first time I've had discrepancies.

I'm concerned about distributing the epub because the problem may not only be present with Bebook, but perhaps with other ereaders, and I only have one reader to test it with.

I've posted about this on the Bebook Company forum but haven't had any replies.

Does anyone have ANY ideas what could be wrong? How could I test further to determine the cause?

11-25-2010, 10:42 PM	#1
bobcdy Fanatic Posts: 527 Karma: 1048576 Join Date: May 2009 Device: bebook; prs-950; nook simple touch; HTC Jetstream tablet	odd epub image problem I originally posted this on the epub forum, but because I constructed the epub with Sigil 3.1, and after further experimentation, I think the problem might have resulted from something awry with Sigil (?) I've changed the original post a bit and added new data on the problem that has led to my complete lack of understanding how to solve the problem: I'm working on an epub with many png images, and it is essentially finished with final proofing complete. The problem occurs only when I upload the epub to my Bebook One (original version) and does not occur with either Sigil or Adobe DE on my computers. Most of the images are fine in the epub, but there are several no shows on the Bebook - that is, the space required to show the images is usually present, but the image is hidden. This occurs with two centered images each starting with <div class="center" or <p class="center"...or with two floating image each with <span class="floatleft" (or right)... All of the images are sized as percentages of the full width or height. I originally thought the problem was caused by two images being very close to one another but this is not always true. To experiment, I replaced the "bad images" with others from the epub that show, but when replaced in the problem locations, the new images don't show either. Then with my computer Adobe DE, I opened the offending epub from the Bebook SD card - all the images show perfectly showing that the epub was not damaged by being copied to the sd card. Next I backed up all the material from the SD card, reformatted the card using sdformatter 2, copied the original epub from the computer to the card, ran it on my Bebook - had same problem. Thus, the problem does not result from a bad SD card. The epub passes validation using the Threepress validator. Normally, when an epub runs on the computer ADE, it works perfectly on the Bebook; this is the first time I've had discrepancies. I'm concerned about distributing the epub because the problem may not only be present with Bebook, but perhaps with other ereaders, and I only have one reader to test it with. I've posted about this on the Bebook Company forum but haven't had any replies. Does anyone have ANY ideas what could be wrong? How could I test further to determine the cause?