Quote:
Originally Posted by jackie_w
If you wouldn't mind sharing, I would be interested to know how you've done that, even if it's just an outline of your method. Do you, perhaps, use some kind of generated background image?
|
It's pretty ugly.
BUT I AM WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES!!!@@!$!! 
I'll outline it, and maybe post my files later. I don't get full credit for this; I took the initial from another mobileread thread, and then customized it till I have the whole thing nailed down.
Basically it requires a custom "page-template.xpgt" which the ePUB spec actually says not to use. Ever. Hah! Then I am required to insert the
header tag after every paragraph in the ePUB. You read that right. After every paragraph!
1) Copy page-template.xpgt to the ePUB OEBPS directory.
2) Add a special class in the CSS for the header. This places the tagged text into the header.
2) Add a reference to the page-template.xpgt to the header of every single content file, but after the CSS.
4) Pick your text. My Preference: "Book Title -- Chapter."
5) Add the tagged text after every </p> in each file.
This technique works on the Sony, but not on iBooks. Apple iBooks actually prints the whole
header tag after each paragraph. Ugly!
The advantage of the "page-tempate.xpgt" is that you can customize margins, as well as insert a header and footer. I like a little whitespace for margins, even though it's not the most efficient use of screen space.
And every ePUB I make passes
epubcheck perfectly.
-Pie