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Kratos · 07-18-2012, 02:00 PM

Hi all, I hope you can help.

I've used Indesign CS5.5 to create an epub with pictures inside.
I unzipped the epub for basic editing. I don't know html but there are a couple of things I've picked up from the internet to improve the look of my book (and fix incorrect fonts).

I added some div.groups for images in the CSS file which has image sizing instructions.
And in many of the html files I have taken out the image code and replaced it with this

Code:

<div class="group1">
<img src="exampleimage" alt="example" />
</div>

The book looks and works great. I validated it with Sigil and it came out okay. I tried uploading it to the Apple iBookstore and it was rejected.

I tested it with EPub validator and it has over 300 errors of the same type.

It list the html file and then element "div" from namespace "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" not allowed in this context

The strange thing is I have created two other books in this way and they were fine and have been published. If it was one or two errors I would suspect I had messed up the html code, but because it is around 300 errors I suspect something different.

A common element of the line just before the div lines listed above is this.

Code:

<p class="body"><span class="body" style="font-size:0.86em;"><br/>

ta.

07-18-2012, 02:00 PM	#1
Kratos Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3, iPhone, iPad, PC	ePub validation error - not liking div tags Hi all, I hope you can help. I've used Indesign CS5.5 to create an epub with pictures inside. I unzipped the epub for basic editing. I don't know html but there are a couple of things I've picked up from the internet to improve the look of my book (and fix incorrect fonts). I added some div.groups for images in the CSS file which has image sizing instructions. And in many of the html files I have taken out the image code and replaced it with this Code: <div class="group1"> <img src="exampleimage" alt="example" /> </div> The book looks and works great. I validated it with Sigil and it came out okay. I tried uploading it to the Apple iBookstore and it was rejected. I tested it with EPub validator and it has over 300 errors of the same type. It list the html file and then *element "div" from namespace "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" not allowed in this context* The strange thing is I have created two other books in this way and they were fine and have been published. If it was one or two errors I would suspect I had messed up the html code, but because it is around 300 errors I suspect something different. A common element of the line just before the div lines listed above is this. Code: <p class="body"><span class="body" style="font-size:0.86em;"><br/> ta.