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FatDog · 06-15-2012, 11:54 PM

I have 3 long stories by the same author in txt format.

My goal is to wrap enough XHTML tags so that I can shove it into Sigil and produce a halfway decent epub.

I have wrapped all the paragraphs with "p" tags.

Now I understand I need to find where it says "Chapter NN" and wrap "h2 class="chapter" around them. This will allow me to use CSS to center/bold/do interesting things and the TOC can be generated automatically.

Since I might combine all 3 stories (40-90 chapters each) should these be "h3" tags so I can use "h2" for the titles?

What about "div" tags? I have seen some examples, but not sure where I should put them or how many "class=aaa". Where should I put them and what are they used for?

And there are separations like "* * *" sprinkled throughout. What tags should I use for these?

What other markup should I use? Is there a good guide you can send me to other than "here are all the tags you CAN use..." with no instructions on why you should use each?

06-15-2012, 11:54 PM	#1
FatDog Witless protection Agent Posts: 290 Karma: 1002898 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Los Angeles Device: Kindle	Help me with some concepts with tags/class for epub I have 3 long stories by the same author in txt format. My goal is to wrap enough XHTML tags so that I can shove it into Sigil and produce a halfway decent epub. I have wrapped all the paragraphs with "p" tags. Now I understand I need to find where it says "Chapter NN" and wrap "h2 class="chapter" around them. This will allow me to use CSS to center/bold/do interesting things and the TOC can be generated automatically. Since I might combine all 3 stories (40-90 chapters each) should these be "h3" tags so I can use "h2" for the titles? What about "div" tags? I have seen some examples, but not sure where I should put them or how many "class=aaa". Where should I put them and what are they used for? And there are separations like "* * *" sprinkled throughout. What tags should I use for these? What other markup should I use? Is there a good guide you can send me to other than "here are all the tags you CAN use..." with no instructions on why you should use each?